# The 2026 edition of the SDMB Postcard exchange - new management, old rules **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2026, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779 "2026-05-04T10:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/421 "2026-08-19T17:09:54Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > antipodean curmudgeon I think you have identified the name of your next album. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/422 "2026-08-19T17:21:20Z")
Or gather some friends, make it plural and form a band, The Antipodean Curmudgeons. Theyā€™ll be bigger than AC/DC! ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/423 "2026-08-20T00:36:12Z")
Alas, likely would be true only if measured around the waistband. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/424 "2026-08-21T21:23:09Z")
What? We havenā€™t buried you in postcards yet? šŸ˜ ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/425 "2026-08-22T10:15:53Z")
Not for lack of trying ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/426 "2026-08-27T00:30:02Z")
So I had shoulder surgery 9 weeks ago and am just now able to write semi-legibly. More cards will be going to my patient recipients with thanks for understanding. (Yes, I know everyone already got some, but Iā€™ve been visiting important museums - like the Flatwoods Monster museum - and have been buying more that need mailed. Soā€¦donā€™t blame the post office for the late arrivals. Itā€™s all on me. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/427 "2026-08-27T00:54:03Z")
_Adds @JaneDoe42 to my Little Book of Grudges_\* šŸ™ƒ ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/428 "2026-08-27T00:56:51Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > šŸ™ƒ LOL!!! The good news is that there is a new to us post office for me to terrorize. Small WV post offices all have international stamps locked up somewhere, but since nobody actually uses them (except me), nobody remembers where they are. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/429 "2026-08-27T01:18:55Z")
Somebody left a packet of off-the-wall postcards in my Little Free Library yesterday. I told myself that if it was still there today, Iā€™d consider it a sign. So thereā€™s a 50/50 chance some people may receive a very random postcardā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/430 "2026-08-27T22:23:08Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > So I had shoulder surgery 9 weeks ago and am just now able to write semi-legibly. More cards will be going to my patient recipients with thanks for understanding. (Yes, I know everyone already got some, but Iā€™ve been visiting important museums - like the Flatwoods Monster museum - and have been buying more that need mailed. > > Soā€¦donā€™t blame the post office for the late arrivals. Itā€™s all on me. Yay! I havenā€™t participated, but every so often i browse this thread, and i was worried about you. Glad to hear you are on the mend. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/431 "2026-08-27T22:45:52Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > and i was worried about you. Thatā€™s very kind of you, thank you for caring. Currently Iā€™ve got the worldā€™s meanest Physical Therapist working me over three times a week and Iā€™m really working to recover so I can stop paying him to hurt me. ---
**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 28, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/432 "2026-08-28T04:17:55Z")
Feel better, and be better, soon! ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/433 "2026-08-28T16:08:46Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Currently Iā€™ve got the worldā€™s meanest Physical Therapist working me over three times a week and Iā€™m really working to recover so I can stop paying him to hurt me. My PT working my hip and leg over must have gone to the same school. Marquis de Sade University. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/434 "2026-08-28T16:15:47Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > My PT working my hip and leg over must have gone to the same school. Marquis de Sade University. A college friend of mine was a physical therapy major. He said that there were two kinds of PTs: - ā€œOhhh, you poor baby, youā€™re hurting, letā€™s get you fixed up.ā€ - ā€œYou wonā€™t get better without PAIN!! STOP CRYING!!!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/435 "2026-08-28T20:26:36Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > A college friend of mine was a physical therapy major. He said that there were two kinds of PTs: > > - ā€œOhhh, you poor baby, youā€™re hurting, letā€™s get you fixed up.ā€ > - ā€œYou wonā€™t get better without PAIN!! STOP CRYING!!!ā€ And then thereā€™s like the one Iā€™m seeing. He pretends to care and seems so kind and gentleā€¦and then he asks me if I couldnā€™t do just five more reps because he has so much faith in me. And I fall for it every single time! ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/436 "2026-08-28T20:56:07Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > He said that there were two kinds of PTs: Ahem. šŸ¤Ø Kind regards PT ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/437 "2026-09-02T14:28:15Z")
I got a card from The Flatwoods Monster Museum with some encouraging words. Thank you, @JaneDoe42! ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/438 "2026-09-02T16:46:16Z")
So happy you could read it, lets hop the post office folks can read the others too1 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/439 "2026-09-05T07:18:51Z")
Just received your postcard from the Flatwoods Monster Museum! ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779/440 "2026-09-05T10:30:20Z")
Sort of parallel with the main exchange I sent a postcard to @BMalion in Cleveland. I knew he was not well at all but hoped it would get there in time. Unfortunately on Friday the consigned envelope was returned here to Sydney. So it will have covered most of 20,000 miles and not reached its target by not very much. Vale Sir. Sorry I missed you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2026-edition-of-the-sdmb-postcard-exchange-new-management-old-rules/1029779.md?page=23)