# SDMB 2012 Postcard Exchange: Final Round! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400 "2012-09-11T14:45:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/81 "2012-10-01T17:13:07Z")
And a reminder to anyone who’s not yet posted their cards, today is the deadline for the final round. (He says, with the smug air of virtue of one who has just slipped under the deadline.) ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/82 "2012-10-01T18:25:19Z")
I got my bonus card from Northern Piper - on Saturday? I think. I forgot to post that i had gotten it though. Thank you! Beautiful! And mine did go out in the mail, on the 27th. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/83 "2012-10-01T19:19:51Z")
Hey, I got my last two postcards _ **TODAY** _! At the same time 🆒 One is from Polihale Beach, Kauai (my favorite Hawaiian Island – no kidding) via **Olive** ; the other pictures the Vidler’s 5 & 10 Store, located in East Aurora, NY, sent from somewhere near Pittsburgh, via **Nayna**. Looks like a wonderful shopping experience & one that I would enjoy, if I ever get there. Thanx to all 😃 I love this sort of thing … will participate, whenever the next postcard exchange is up & running! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/84 "2012-10-02T00:49:44Z")
Got my second card today. It’s a wistful picture of a canal in Amsterdam courtesy of **JoseB.** Thanks, Jose! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/85 "2012-10-02T02:02:38Z")
My day included an unplanned hijack, which kept me from getting cards to a mailbox. Tomorrow. I promise. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/86 "2012-10-02T04:16:16Z")
Just got a card showing Vidler’s 5&10 from **Nayna**. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/87 "2012-10-02T06:03:13Z")
I got a picturesque card of Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, from raventhief. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/88 "2012-10-02T14:19:56Z")
Yay! Got my first card all the way from Australia from Cunctator 🙂 You have such nice penmanship. I’m always embarrassed by mine. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/89 "2012-10-02T17:31:40Z")
My postcards are in the mail! ::hangs head in shame at not having made the deadline:: Haven’t received any yet this round… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/90 "2012-10-02T19:21:22Z")
I got two postcards, one from Anaamika, and one from Anya Marie. _sigh_ I’d love to be in either place depicted on the cards, and away from work for a while. Oh, and Anaamika? A while back I had a thread about Indian food I’d tried. If it’s not too much trouble, do you have anything to add to it? I’d been hoping you’d show up. > **[I need a recommendation about Indian food](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=664897)** > > Today I attended an annual cultural event, IndiaFest, here in Topeka. http://www.indiafesttopeka.com/ Very well organized and very well attended I must say. There was dancing, craft booths, and of course food. I’ve not had much Indian food but I... ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/91 "2012-10-02T20:42:57Z")
And my first postcard arrived, from **Labtrash** : a postcard from the Rijksmuseum, showing the temptation of S. Peter by Rembrandt! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/92 "2012-10-02T21:10:08Z")
So, a tally. Those who have reported posting all three of their cards: **Lsura silenus gardentraveler raventhief needscoffee Anya Marie ~Olive~ Anaamika Nayna Baker Elendil’s Heir Labtrash Atomic Mama FrancisCastle Cunctator FloatyGimpy JoseB Northern Piper** That’s 18 of the 25 who signed up. I hope the remaining 7 have just forgotten to post that they’ve posted, or are busy rushing to the post office as we speak … ( **Tapioca Dextrin, international man of mystery,** did post that his cards were in Luanda while he’s 200 miles off the coast, so at least we know he’s trying!) Then there’s those who have had all 3 of their cards arrive; so far it’s just: **Elendil’s Heir** And in the category of having received all 3, again just one: **Labtrash** ( **Atomic Mama** , the card from me was the Northern Piper “Time-on-My-Hands-in-Yellowknife” Bonus Round card; you still have one more coming in this round from someone else.) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/93 "2012-10-02T22:22:19Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Then there’s those who have had all 3 of their cards arrive; so far it’s just: > > **Elendil’s Heir** \*\*Labtrash \*\*too, by the looks of it. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/94 "2012-10-02T22:26:45Z")
I’ve received my first card! A mountie from **Floaty Gimpy**! Quite impressive. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/95 "2012-10-02T23:10:14Z")
I have been a neglectful kat. ☹ Post cards are away. Sorry for not posting. Have been dragging myself through the worst head cold I have had in years for the last ten days. Finally on the mend, still not great, but better. And a bonus card in the mail from **silenus** helped to cheer the day yesterday. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/96 "2012-10-03T07:15:44Z")
Found a pretty card of Shenandoah in my box today from \*\*raventhief \*\*. One of my favorite places. Thanks~ ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/97 "2012-10-03T14:22:26Z")
Yay! Two more postcards for me! A beautiful card from **JoseB** and special, bonus card from **silenus**. Made my morning, it did. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/98 "2012-10-03T21:23:17Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Yay! Two more postcards for me! A beautiful card from **JoseB** and special, bonus card from **silenus**. > > Made my morning, it did. 🙂 Silenus, upon further inspection, I believe you have sent me one of your hairs! Under the neat “1D TSORT” stamp is a short, dark hair. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/99 "2012-10-03T21:34:44Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > Silenus, upon further inspection, I believe you have sent me one of your hairs! Under the neat “1D TSORT” stamp is a short, dark hair. Wait, according to his gallery portrait, he’s bald…uh oh. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400/100 "2012-10-03T22:16:25Z")
When I got home yesterday I found my first card for this round. It’s from **FloatyGimpy** : a very formal looking RCMP officer, on a horse, naturally. Merci. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-final-round/634400.md?page=6)