# SDMB 2012 Postcard Exchange, Round Two! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364 "2012-08-04T00:36:21Z")\ **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:** [August 18, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/81 "2012-08-18T13:00:41Z")
sorry bout that - my on-line access keeps fluctuating, and I wanted to keep things moving. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/82 "2012-08-18T15:53:10Z")
I received my first one today (well, in yesterday’s mail), from \*\*Silenus \*\*! Now I want oranges. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 18, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/83 "2012-08-18T16:40:09Z")
Down Under is heard from. I just got an asymetrical card from **Cunctator** with my favorite subject on it. Pretty! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/84 "2012-08-18T17:59:43Z")
Thanks Silenus! My first postcard came! ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Lady\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Grey)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/85 "2012-08-19T19:43:42Z")
Oi, I missed the deadline shift too! But since my cards will travel intercontinentally anyway, I can blame the distance, right? Will get them out asap! ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/86 "2012-08-19T22:04:47Z")
Should we post pics? ---
**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:** [August 19, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/87 "2012-08-19T23:22:05Z")
Sure, why not? ---
**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:** [August 19, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/88 "2012-08-19T23:23:41Z")
> [@Lady\_Grey](#): > > Oi, I missed the deadline shift too! But since my cards will travel intercontinentally anyway, I can blame the distance, right? Will get them out asap! Deadline is tomorrow anyway, so you’ve still got time (says Piper who’s bought cards and stamps and still hasn’t managed to put them in the post yet. …) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/89 "2012-08-19T23:25:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Down Under is heard from. I just got an asymetrical card from **Cunctator** with my favorite subject on it. Pretty! I’m glad it arrived safely. I wondered whether the shape would be an issue. And it took only 4 days. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/90 "2012-08-20T01:54:31Z")
Haven’t gotten any here yet. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/91 "2012-08-20T02:11:42Z")
My cards went out Saturday. I got a card from Olive on Friday. I really need to go to the post office soon. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/92 "2012-08-20T03:37:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Haven’t gotten any here yet. This does not bode well. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/93 "2012-08-20T12:58:18Z")
I got my first one on Saturday, from **Elendil’s Heir** , with a picture, of all people, of JFK. Looking very somber and sad. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/94 "2012-08-20T14:46:03Z")
I took my cards to the mailbox today. Sorry for waiting so long, but I was away from home for a while! 🙂 Hope my cards make it soon to their destinations. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/95 "2012-08-20T18:19:45Z")
I bought mine on Saturday and got them in the mail this lunchtime! See? I am not the hopeless deadline-missing slacker you all secretly thought I was… ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/96 "2012-08-20T19:19:51Z")
I am on vacation in Denver, so no Canada cards for my people. They did go out today, so at least I hit the deadline. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 20, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/97 "2012-08-20T19:55:29Z")
Hey, Did I Win Did I Win??? The Red Lantern Award\* Still haven’t put my cards into the mail. They will go out tonite, into the mailbox by the post office, but 2 late for actually GOING anywhere. I sorry. ☹ \*[What is the Lantern Red Awarded? - Answers](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_red_lantern_award) ---
**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:** [August 20, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/98 "2012-08-20T23:10:32Z")
Mine went to the post off ice about an hour ago. The nice USPS employee assured me they’d go out today. Got a cool geodesic dome card from **jackdavinci** already. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/99 "2012-08-20T23:51:34Z")
Mine are sent! 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 20, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364/100 "2012-08-20T23:58:58Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I got my first one on Saturday, from **Elendil’s Heir** , with a picture, of all people, of JFK. Looking very somber and sad. I think he’s more… contemplative. > **[Arnold Newman | Senator John F. Kennedy, The Capitol, Washington D.C., 1953 |...](https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Senator-John-F--Kennedy--The-Capitol--Wa/713515BF8A7D212E)** > > View Senator John F. Kennedy, The Capitol, Washington D.C., 1953 By Newman Arnold; Gelatin silver print; 18 3/8 x 14 3/4 in. (46.7 x 37.5 cm).; Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-2012-postcard-exchange-round-two/630364.md?page=6)