# 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:** 7
**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:** [July 26, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/121 "2012-07-26T01:33:40Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > And I think post 95 establishes that **Elendil’s Heir** was the first to get all three of his set (for which we can all be thankful, given the whining we had to endure last year… 😉 )… I don’t whine. I bitch and moan. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/122 "2012-07-26T03:21:22Z")
I had to pop home at lunchtime for a delivery, and I checked my post box too while I was there. I discovered that my first postcard had arrived. Hooray! It’s from \*\*Elendil’s Heir \*\*and shows a view of the Cleveland skyline. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2012, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/123 "2012-07-26T07:12:09Z")
Hi all! I was away in Ireland for some time, and when I came back, I found a postcard from our lovely **Anaamika**. Thanks a lot! It is very nice; a very cute friendship card. I am waiting for the other two with baited breath!! Oh, and **Anaamika** – Indeed, where I live was planned 🙂 It is a very “new” area of The Hague, recently developed (around 2005). ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/124 "2012-07-26T20:19:08Z")
Came home from work today and there was a lovely postcard from **IvoryTowerDenizen**. Very nice pictures of a lighthouse and the waterfront. Looks like a wonderful place. Thank you. I love your username too. To answer your question, yes, many trips to Stratford were made. Basically every year in high school as a part of the English curriculum. It is only about a 90 minute drive from where I grew up. I have tickets to see Christopher Plummer in [_A Word or Two_](http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/OnStage/productions.aspx?id=16138&prodid=41235) next month. I can’t wait. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/125 "2012-07-26T21:47:06Z")
That’s great! We went every year in HS too, but it was optional. Saw many wonderful shows. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/126 "2012-07-27T01:21:40Z")
**ScareyFaerie** , so do you post at the Giraffe Boards? Thanks! Who knew my first card would come all the way from the UK? ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/127 "2012-07-27T01:38:39Z")
Weird that only 2 of the cards I sent have arrived. I’m getting impatient at both the USPS and Canada Post. ::taps foot:: ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/128 "2012-07-27T03:18:45Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Thanks! Who knew my first card would come all the way from the UK? I thought the same thing! gt - none of mine seem to have landed yet either. I’m sort of glad someone else is in my (kinda) boat! ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/129 "2012-07-27T10:42:38Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > **ScareyFaerie** , so do you post at the Giraffe Boards? I used to, a long time ago, but not any more because I just can’t keep up with it all! I don’t have much time to spend on boards so unfortunately something had to go. I also felt a lot of the time that there were so many cliques and in-jokes on the Giraffe boards, I couldn’t follow much of it. That also comes down to other people posting far more often than I had time for. Maybe I’ll go back when I have time on my hands. Next week then, when I’m unemployed! ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/130 "2012-07-27T14:15:47Z")
Thanks - it was very cute! A paen to giraffes! ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/131 "2012-07-27T18:50:05Z")
I got home tonight to find my final card in the mail. It’s from **minionkat** and it’s a fantastic picture of a skull from the Stones 'n Bones Museum in Ontario. I’ve never been to Canada before, now I have a reason to go, thanks! ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/132 "2012-07-27T20:45:03Z")
Hey, I just got my third postcard from ShelliBean. Way to go! She matched what she sent to my Doper moniker and sent me a “Space and Rocket Center” card from Huntsville, Alabam, and even drew a nuclear cloud in the address panel ! :eek:🆒 ShelliBean, I spent lots of time in Mobile, AL in the early 1970’s when I was married to an ex-local from that city. (We would visit his family there.) I remember going on the divine Azalea Trail, and we ate at the original Wintzell’s Oyster House, & ate West Indies Salad A LOT. Nice memories! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/133 "2012-07-27T21:00:38Z")
Ooooh, **ScaryFaerie** , you must come to Canada. We have much to offer. I am kind of impressed that the card that travelled farthest arrived first. That museum is just wonderful. I can’t recommend it highly enough. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/134 "2012-07-27T21:17:55Z")
And this thread should be revived for 2013 … I suggest sending FIVE cards … it’s affordable and just lots 'o fun … ---
**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:** [July 27, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/135 "2012-07-27T21:30:24Z")
> [@Atomic\_Mama](#): > > And this thread should be revived for 2013 … I suggest sending FIVE cards … it’s affordable and just lots 'o fun … This is just Round One. It looks like we have a pretty good follow-through rate, so Round Two can kick off in August. For that matter, 5 cards might not be a bad idea for Round Two. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/136 "2012-07-27T22:12:45Z")
I got home after another 3-day trip last night and checked the mail. Nothing. ☹ After slumping my way through the day, the postman came again (didn’t ring, just drove up the box in a modern style). A new card from **Labtrash** arrived in the mail today! Now I have now received from **Cunctator** and **Labtrash**! Only one more to go (and two of mine have made it out as well). ---
**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:** [July 28, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/137 "2012-07-28T00:45:31Z")
I just got one! From the fine state of Virginia, from **raventhief**! 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 28, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/138 "2012-07-28T03:34:55Z")
I really sent mine out. Must be on the slow boat. Likewise none a have arrived yet. Ev’ry ting on [island time](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=island%20time), mon. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/139 "2012-07-28T05:34:44Z")
I meant to post to say that i have gotten 2…the second from JoseB. I love the happy postcard happiness that arrives 🙂 And i’m thrilled that at least one of mine has arrived at its destination (sorry about the terrible handwriting) ---
**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:** [July 28, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522/140 "2012-07-28T12:00:48Z")
I got a bonus postcard from **Labtrash** this morning - great picture of the park and a very interesting building. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-2012-sdmb-summer-postcard-exchange/627522.md?page=8)