# The Great 2012 SDMB Summer Postcard Exchange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522 "2012-07-07T15:29:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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 1, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/181 "2012-08-01T01:41:19Z")
In the U.S., many drugstores carry postcards. Or try gift shops at museums or historic sites. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > So what are buckeyes, anyway? Some kind of nut? And why are they synonymous with Ohio? What do deep-fried buckeyes look like? Are they battered? Buckeyes are either the nuts of the buckeye tree, or the chocolate-and-peanut-butter candies that look like them. Never had a deep-fried buckeye, or even heard of them. > **[Aesculus glabra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculus_glabra)** > > Aesculus glabra, commonly known as Ohio buckeye, Texas buckeye, fetid buckeye, and horse chestnut > is a species of tree in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae) native to North America. > Its natural range is primarily in the Midwestern and lower Great Plains regions of the United States, extending southeast into the geological Black Belt of Alabama and Mississippi. It is also found locally in the extreme southwest of Ontario, on Walpole Island in Lake St. Clair. > It is found in a variety of natural... > **[Buckeye (candy)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckeye_candy)** > > Buckeyes are a confection made from a peanut butter fudge partially dipped in chocolate to leave a circle of peanut butter visible. Buckeyes are similar to peanut butter balls (or peanut-butter-filled chocolate balls), which are completely covered in chocolate. > Named for their resemblance to the poisonous nut of the Ohio buckeye tree, the state tree of Ohio, this candy is particularly popular in Ohio and neighboring states. > It is common for Ohioans to make buckeyes at home, but they are also a... ---
**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 1, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/182 "2012-08-01T02:06:51Z")
**gardentraveller** ’s card to me had a picture of the candy, with recipe. Looks like a possible Christmas baking opportunity. ---
**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 1, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/183 "2012-08-01T02:39:59Z")
Buckeyes are popular around here at Christmas, **NP**. I don’t think they’re terribly hard to make as long as you figure out how to dip them reliably. Postcards are certainly not as easy to find as they used to be. I looked in several places that used to carry them last time and found that the little shop in the building where I work carries them. I’ve got a couple of ideas for finding more for the next round (bookstore, art museum, the Ohio Statehouse…). ---
**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 1, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/184 "2012-08-01T03:54:57Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > In the U.S., many drugstores carry postcards. Or try gift shops at museums or historic sites. I was having trouble finding any (even our local drugstore didn’t have any), and was running out of time - didn’t want to be late and run afoul of the hard-nosed Postcard Exchange Administrator! :eek: So I sent out some that I happened to have from Ottawa, which is why my recipients got cards from Canada’s capital instead of Saskatchewan themed ones. But today I found some Saskatchewan - themed ones at our provincial Legislature building, which I’ll use for the next round. ---
**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 1, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/185 "2012-08-01T12:54:09Z")
Last one going out today. Happily I now live in a quasi-tourist area, so we do have postcards for sale. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/186 "2012-08-01T13:03:43Z")
I am a little dismayed that only one of mine seems to have received. Should I be worried it won’t get there at all? Should I send another? And yes, I had a terrible time finding postcards. I usually stock up on Alabama themed ones when I find them in gas stations. ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/187 "2012-08-01T14:07:15Z")
Hey all… I just want to apologize for being slow on sending my cards out. I’ve been a little spacey this summer…too much on my plate I guess. Anyway, the cards went out in the mail yesterday and I have received cards from **IvoryTowerDenizen** , **Northern Piper** and **minionkat**. Sorry again for the delay!! ---
**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 1, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/188 "2012-08-01T14:27:41Z")
Two of yours were going out of the US, so it may take a bit longer, **ShelliBean**. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/189 "2012-08-01T15:16:18Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > By the way, have others been having trouble buying postcards? > > I had to hunt around to find some - I think with the rise in e-communications, postcards may be dying out… I live in a tourist Mecca so it’s pretty easy to find them, but good ones are hard to find. Next round I’m sending “old timey” cards from local antique shops. They cost maybe 2-3 bucks, and sometimes it’s hard to find “local” stuff, but for you guys it’s worth it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/190 "2012-08-01T20:49:21Z")
I came home today to a super cute island turtle courtesy of Iggy. Thank you! Glad to see my third one delivered to Francis Castle, I was growing a bit concerned. Postcards are ridiculously hard to find. Well, ones I like. there are lots of generic Canada ones, and that’s okay, but I had my heart set on sending ones specific to the city, or even the region. I went to a great museum in town, and they had just had some printed featuring some of their exhibits. Lucky me. ---
**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 1, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/191 "2012-08-01T21:01:22Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Updated tally, the following have had all three of their postcards received: > > **Elendil’s Heir > silenus > Anaamika > labtrash > FloatyGimpy > JoseB > ScareyFaerie > Cunctator > Gardentraveler > raventhief** Atomic Mama sez, "I gots all mines ! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/192 "2012-08-01T22:09:53Z")
Cool! Two I’ve sent out have arrived. One more to go. And evry’ting still on island time here. When the postman drop the arriving postcards at the front porch of the kindly old postmistress’ house I’l get the other ones. General Delivery in the Caribbean has a whole different meaning! ---
**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 1, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/193 "2012-08-01T23:13:49Z")
And a card arrived from **Anya Marie** today - a kangaroo, developing the exotic animal theme begun by **ScarieFaerie** ’s giraffe card. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/194 "2012-08-02T00:20:44Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Two of yours were going out of the US, so it may take a bit longer, **ShelliBean**. Ok. It’s just (1) I’m kinda an impatient bitch, and (2) once upon a time years ago I flaked in sending a gift for an exchange here and put myself in self-imposed exile for a while on these things and I’m scared to death to do it inadvertently! 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 2, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/195 "2012-08-02T01:13:27Z")
I was on the list as having received all three, but I hadn’t, but now i should be, because I just got my third from Lsura! Love the library, btw- in fact, I want to be a librarian when I grow up! And, yes, I’m 37. Took me a while to figure out what i want to be when i grow up 😉 ---
**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:** [August 2, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/196 "2012-08-02T04:06:48Z")
I received one postcard but I don’t know who it’s from! I had to leave for two weeks to take care of my sick parents and have someone picking up the mail, she sent an email saying a postcard arrived but didn’t say who it’s from. So thank you someone! I’m back on the 9th so I’ll know who sent what and I’m guessing that the other two will have arrived as well. ---
**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 2, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/197 "2012-08-02T16:16:05Z")
Does anyone have any idea when Round 2 will take place? I’ll be on holiday for most of September and I don’t want to miss out! ---
**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 2, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/198 "2012-08-02T19:45:02Z")
I was thinking about that. I’m going on holidays for two weeks with no computer access (cottage at a Saskatchewan lake with no tv or landline). Will be back on-line around August 20. How about I start a round 2 thread now for sign-ups, and when I get back I’ll send out the addresses for the next round? Deadline for posting will be the end of August. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/199 "2012-08-02T19:47:31Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I was on the list as having received all three, but I hadn’t, but now i should be, because I just got my third from Lsura! Love the library, btw- in fact, I want to be a librarian when I grow up! > > And, yes, I’m 37. Took me a while to figure out what i want to be when i grow up 😉 Yay! Glad it got there 🙂 And it took me a while too - I’m a second career librarian. ---
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/200 "2012-08-02T20:38:22Z")
I am still waiting for one to show up. I don’t get much personal mail so it is exciting to go to the PO every day looking for that last card. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522.md?page=11)