# The Great Dope Post Card Exchange **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181 "2004-03-24T20:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/321 "2004-04-25T22:30:54Z")
Ok, I’ve got lots of cards now. Very exciting to get some mail! 🙂 My first one: from **Libwen** in Michigan. I don’t know about tasting good, circumspice just reminds me of a certain procedure affecting males. Maybe the removed part is spicy? Ewww. :eek: 😉 Second one was from **Rodd Hill**. Of a typical Canadian family no doubt? 😛 I’m interested in the stamp, it has two sections but only one has the price on? Do you guys just add an extra bit to make them look prettier? Then one arrived from **Cowgirl Jules**. I can’t say I had any preconceived views of central California! 🙂 The San Joaquin valley doesn’t look a whole lot different from our crop farming country, except near where I am there are mountains in the distance. It’s very flat where you are isn’t it? Next was another one from California, from **jkusters**. The card did brighten my day very much, thankyou! 🙂 I like the pretty colours too! Hee! I’ve actually been to San Diego, but only for a day, and only to Sea World. Sad, huh? I was only six, though, and six year olds are all about theme parks. Last (so far!) was from **Lok**. If you come to Brisbane on your next trip, you have yourself a tour guide. It is certainly worth at least a day’s sightseeing. 🙂 By the way, pretty cool library. It looks like a church! Anyway… Thanks everyone for the cards! It’s been really fun. 🙂 I’m not usually a smiley fiend, but I’m having fun ok? ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/322 "2004-04-26T04:45:40Z")
I am planning on hitting Brisbane and points north on my next trip, but unfortunately it will be a few years before I can do that. ☹ Lok ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/323 "2004-04-26T13:23:23Z")
Glad to hear that my card finally arrived, **Burnt Sugar**! I’d say that the family was due to the cold winter nights, but they (and I) live in Canada’s banana belt, where it doesn’t even snow very often! The stamp was a commemorative special issue for Danish explorer Otto Sverdrup, whose ship _Fram_ appears on the stamp. The extra portrait was just for looks, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/324 "2004-04-26T22:05:59Z")
> [@nocturnal\_tick](#): > > Hey, **Tastes of Chocolate**. I still want to know what picture I sent to you. Pleeeease? I can’t believe I can’t remember what I sent out. Actually I can, I can be a dingus when it comes to memory. It’d be funny if it wasn’t so sad…☹ Hey **nocturnal\_tick** The picture looks like a bad day bungee jumping for stickman. If I’m looking at it right, stickman is about to discover what happens when your bungee cord breaks after you have jumped off the bridge. (Sorry it took so long to answer you. Every time I started to write a response, someone expected me to do some work.) ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/325 "2004-04-27T01:29:35Z")
I am a bit behind. In the last week or so I have received cards from: **aankh** : Yep! I am a geology geek and Las Vegas Nevada is in a “triple point” of three deserts Great Basin, Mojave (mo-hav-vee), and the Sonoran. **libwen** : I like the lighthouses we dont have stuff like that here, just flashy casinos 🙂 **Max Carnage** :Nashville and the Batman building, that made me laugh! **Handmelder** : Lovely view of the New Mexico desert. **Spurious George** : Very creative postcard!! Homemade 🙂 I think Ill put it on the 'fridge… **bittersweet** :Another Fla Doper and a great pic of downtown(?) Tampa **avarie537** : I dont think Nevada was a state at the time Indianapolis became the capital of Indiana 😃 I love old buildings **amarinth** :Yay! Seattle at sunset. **Irreverent Tone** : Risky business for those birds living in those cacti… 😃 another pretty sunset… I love sunsets in the West… **laina-f** : I was excited to see a geologic map as a postcard. Was this a coincidence or deliberate (I am a geologist by trade) The newspaper story was funny 😃 Thats al for now but I am scanning the postcards I get and putting them in a online photo album. I will post a link later B 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/326 "2004-04-27T01:48:09Z")
Received today: **liirogue** : the OKC memorial **lainaf** : a classic Ron Searle’s Cats card **Irreverent Tone** : Superstition Mountain, the home of the Lost Dutchman’s Mine **avarie537** : the Borg-Warner trophy at Indy. (I’m a Hoosier by birth. Nice to have something from IN) ---
**Author:** ![Sinshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/327 "2004-04-27T02:08:26Z")
My latest additions to the wall’o’cards: **Tanookie** sent a shot of Winnekenni Castle, Haverhill, Mass. **Low Key** sent a postcard with a variety of scenes from Goteborg. **Screech Owl** advises me not to ride _The Cat in the Hat_ after happy hour. **Ashkicker** sent a gorgeous view of the Great Smoky Mountains. **Quiltguy154** sent a great quilt with no curves in it. **vunderbob** sent the bestest one: Crab Soup!!! **lainaf** sent another variety card, this one informing me that Alabama’s state bird is a _mosquito??_\* Happy mail! ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/328 "2004-04-27T02:48:00Z")
Got some more this week! (I just got my name changed from **roxx222** to **Antigen** - sorry if that’s a bit confusing!) **Ravenous Lady** - I want a manatee! They’re so adorable! **libwen** - Beautiful view of the Grand Canyon in black and white. And yup, I’m originally from Montreal. Been here all my life. But with all these amazing postcards, I think I’m going to have to start travelling! ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/329 "2004-04-27T05:51:09Z")
2 more today! **Irreverent Tone** , Cool pictures of Arizona. I want to see some saguros live some time. **avarie537** , An inside shot of the Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. Looks like a fun place to wander around. Lok ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/330 "2004-04-27T12:36:17Z")
> [@LVgeogeek](#): > > **laina-f** : I was excited to see a geologic map as a postcard. Was this a coincidence or deliberate? (I am a geologist by trade) I’ve had that postcard since I lived in Texas, which was 15 years ago. I was thrilled when I saw LV **geo** geek on the postcard exchange list. Of course, you could’ve turned out to be a geography geek or a geometry geek, or even an aficianado of the geoduck, which is large edible clam of the Pacific coast that sometimes weighs over five pounds. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/331 "2004-04-27T13:17:34Z")
> [@Tastes of Chocolate](#): > > Hey **nocturnal\_tick** > The picture looks like a bad day bungee jumping for stickman. Oohhhhhhhhhh, that one. hehehehehe. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/332 "2004-04-27T14:19:17Z")
Oops, almost forgot. Some more from **Avarie537** , **Handmelder** and **Spurious George**. Thankyou so much, it still hasn’t become dull getting these postcards through. You can definitely count me in for next time round. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/333 "2004-04-27T14:43:39Z")
I don’t have all of mine with me, but I have to say I’m amazed that I’ve received close to 20 cards despite the fact that each of them (except one) has the wrong zip code. It should be 37— not 87—. I just wanted to give a big shout out to the good people at the USPS for not relying on their new fangled computers to sort the mail! Sal-looooot! ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/334 "2004-04-27T21:22:46Z")
A couple of new ones today! **Rez** - Alabama at night, ha ha! **Avarie537** - Museum of American Indians and Western Art. But it’s the stamps I _really_ love! They’re awesome! ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/335 "2004-04-28T12:57:28Z")
Thankyou **amarinth** for the Seattle skyline. I love your handwriting but I’ll be darned if I could read it the first time I saw it. 😛 p.s. Yay for smilies :mad: 🆒 ;j 😉 :wally :smack: :o 😕 :dubious: 🙂 :rolleyes: 😛😃 :eek: ☹ All the colours of the rainbow! ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/336 "2004-04-28T15:13:24Z")
A couple of new ones today from **Avarie537** and **liirogue**. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/337 "2004-04-29T03:16:11Z")
I’ve been out of town for a few days, so haven’t been here. I’m so glad mine are finally arriving. 🙂 Today when I got home I had 5 more **Stevrnvogel**** laina f (you’ll be getting one back. I was there then too.) ****Irreverent Tome** \*\* Avarie537\*\* & **pasunejen** (the last one might be spelled wrong since the PO saw fit to put a big smudge there.) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/338 "2004-04-29T03:18:15Z")
:smack: Sorry **laina f** I’m not sure what I did, but I know the paranthetical phrase isn’t part of your name. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Ashkicker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Ashkicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashkicker)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/339 "2004-04-29T03:43:50Z")
I went to the mail today and got 3 more cards. **Avarie537** : Beautiful nightime picture of Indianapolis **Rodd Hill** : Sergeant Buxton and one very large family **Irreverent Tone** : Superstition Mountain Thanks once again. The postcards really brightened my day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181/340 "2004-04-29T07:38:49Z")
Huge haul of cards from around the world!! Thank you one and all! I’m sorry I couldn’t acknowledge receipt earlier…was a tad busy with exams and suchlike. Anyway, responses follow in no particular order… **j\_sum1** - Thank you for those beautiful playing cards! And your postcard makes me want to move to NZ for good! **amarinth** - The compliment is much appreciated. Nice handwriting, by the way. **Max Carnage** - Your “Batman” building seems rather aptly named! **Screech\_owl** - I am now officially jealous of you for your workplace, you lucky bugger. **Handmelder** - Howdy to you from the exotic Orient! Ni hao ma? **libwen** - Hope you have a relaxing term break! **Averie537** - Loved that totem pole (is that what they’re called?) outside the museum. **Tastes of Chocolate** - Dr.Seuss stamps!! Whee! **Rooves** - Sorry about the long address. Not my fault!! Blame Singapore. **Archergal** - If Gwinnett County has so many bean-eaters, isn’t the atmosphere rather noxious? 😉 **Bambi Hassenpfeffer** - If your preferences didn’t lean otherwise, I would propose marriage to you simply on strength of that name! **Casey1505** - Greetings to you too! Gorgeous fall foliage on the card. **Elenia25** - I had no idea you were Indian! **nocturnal\_tick** - Neat artwork! I got #4, where Stickman discovers New World. **LVGeogeek** - Ooo…Vegas. Your postcard was so…full of lights! **dbygawdcapn** - That dust storm looks _extremely_ scary. Eek! **fishcheer15** - The buildings in your postcard have such a nice old look to them. Very European, very pretty! **lok** - That building is a library?! It looks like a small castle! **Hugh Jass** - No worries…I won’t be messing with Texas! I have relatives in Houston anyway… Is that it? ::checks:: Yup…whew! Again, thank you all! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-dope-post-card-exchange/236181.md?page=18)