# The Great Late-Summer 2019 Doper Postcard Exchange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054 "2019-08-22T14:20:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [September 7, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/41 "2019-09-07T20:53:19Z")
Mine are in the box waiting for pickup. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/42 "2019-09-07T21:19:23Z")
I have returned from my vacation (to a location that will remain undisclosed until my recipients get their cards) and I have put my postcards in the mailbox just ahead of Mailman Eddie. Oops, he is grabbing them now! Bon voyage, my little postcards! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/43 "2019-09-07T23:34:42Z")
Dropped mine off at the post office this morning. NOTE: I’m heading out for a 6-week road trip in a couple of days, so I won’t be able to offer timely acknowledgements of cards sent to me. It will be nice, however, to have something cool waiting in the mail stack when I get home! I’m expecting to bump this thread towards the end of October. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/44 "2019-09-08T14:29:32Z")
I promise to post again per Rule 5. But I just wanted to say in the meantime that I got the cards and will mail them out tomorrow!! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/45 "2019-09-08T21:06:27Z")
Please forgive my horrible hand writing. I don’t think I’ve actually hand-written something in cursive for years! If you can’t read your card, I will not be insulted if you PM me and ask what it says. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/46 "2019-09-09T09:22:17Z")
Just mailed the cards!! Hope they arrive soon. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/47 "2019-09-09T17:48:37Z")
Dropped mine in the mail this morning. Postcards _awaaaaaaaaay!_ > [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Please forgive my horrible hand writing. I don’t think I’ve actually hand-written something in cursive for years!.. Cursive is not required by the GLS2019DPE rules. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/48 "2019-09-09T21:28:31Z")
Rule 5 check-in, complete! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/49 "2019-09-10T04:38:47Z")
I got postcards! I got a pack from **blondebear** , who just lives down the road a piece. There is a postcard from 1976 depicting what San Francisco traffic would look like if there were zoo animals all over the roads. I also got an accordion-style pack of postcards depicting scenes from the “well known” Tri-Cities of Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island, Illinois, and Moline, Illinois. The scenes are – I’m guessing – from the 1940s. The postage area is marked “1 1/2 cents” – so that long ago. There is an amusing place on the inside that says “Greetings From \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_”, so you can write… what exactly? It seems clear the postcards are from the listed Tri-Cities – every one of the 18 postcards is labeled with one of those cities! Thank you **blondebear** ; I can only hope that the postcard I sent you also arrived before you leave on your trip. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/50 "2019-09-10T15:56:36Z")
My cards are on the way. From my experience of former postcard exchanges, they will take about one week to cross the pond. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/51 "2019-09-10T19:53:27Z")
Got a card from **romansperson** today! 3 days for coast to coast ain’t bad. And it has a cryptic message too! But I bet I know what it means. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/52 "2019-09-10T20:32:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Got a card from **romansperson** today! 3 days for coast to coast ain’t bad. > > And it has a cryptic message too! But I bet I know what it means. And same here - **silenus** sent me a card [with this](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098382/mediaviewer/rm4005432064)on it, which came today. I loved that movie! Also in today’s mail is a card with a funny message from **Karen Lingel** - [it’s from this place](https://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/), and it sounds pretty cool. If I ever find myself in Santa Cruz, I am definitely going to go there. Thanks to you both! ---
**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:** [September 11, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/53 "2019-09-11T12:01:05Z")
I got my first card, from **dbygawdcapn**. That was fast! It shows a 16th century astrolabe from a shipwreck. \*\*dbygawdcapn \*\*writes that it may always show me the way, but I have to confess that I first need to learn to navigate after the stars, because I’m spoiled by GPS :). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_butterfly_s_ghost/32/3462_2.png) [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Butterfly_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/54 "2019-09-11T12:17:40Z")
My cards went in the mail today. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/55 "2019-09-11T13:48:24Z")
Just got a shiny Luray Caverns postcard from **blondebear** , who very generously also sent a packet of 1956 Las Vegas Strip postcards. Many thanks! ---
**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:** [September 11, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/56 "2019-09-11T18:07:12Z")
Mine are in the mail. I received a hilarious postcard from Romansperson. I don’t want to give anything away in case she has also sent the same one out to others, but I LOL-ed. She didn’t even know my first nickname was Curly! I also received a wonderful card from Silenus featuring an old [beloved movie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047034/?ref_=kw_li_tt). It’s now on my wall. Thank you!!! ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/57 "2019-09-12T01:29:57Z")
I sent my cards today. I also received a Seymour Marine Discovery Museum card from **Karen Lingel** (who assures me it’s not just a “fish museum”. 😃 **BlondeBear** ’s envelope also arrived! It contained a San Diego Zoo postcard with most of a giraffe on it with the Del Cornado hotel in the background. He also sent a vintage folder of “Views From Lookout Mountain” in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It’s really cool! A friend of mine lives in Chattanooga so I’m going to send pics of it to her. She can’t have it, though. Both your cards were postmarked “Oakland, CA, 07 Sept 19 PM”. Pretty small world. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/58 "2019-09-12T02:02:41Z")
Wow! 4 postcards from **Maus Magill** in one day. 1. Nashville, Tennessee: Music City 2. Memphis, Tennessee: Bars of Beale Street at night 3. Linville Caverns: A sleeping baby bat 4: Blue Ridge Parkway: Late summer Maus, I love the mountains of WNC myself. One day we will retire there.My wife and I will be taking our annual vacation near Asheville in about 3 weeks. Had the Postcard Exchange been then I would have reciprocated with beautiful postcards of the Craggy Mountains. As it is, my cards alas went in the mail today. ---
**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 12, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/59 "2019-09-12T13:31:48Z")
We were in Boone late last summer when I picked up the Blue Ridge Parkway and Linville Caverns cards. I wanted one of the Linville Gorge (The Single Most Beautiful Place on Earth), but no dice. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054/60 "2019-09-12T17:54:45Z")
I received my first card today, from **dbygawdcapn**. It is from a cool museum that I’m going to add to my list for my upcoming vacation to the area. The card smells nice, too. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-late-summer-2019-doper-postcard-exchange/839054.md?page=4)