# The Great SDMB Summer 2016 Postcard Exchange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001 "2016-05-17T15:11:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [May 25, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/41 "2016-05-25T17:26:09Z")
Dropped my cards in the mail this morning. Go, mail! ---
**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:** [May 26, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/42 "2016-05-26T14:20:35Z")
Postcards away! They hit the post office yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/43 "2016-05-26T14:42:33Z")
Just dropped mine in at the campus post office! Happy travels, little cards! (also, I’m happy to send more if needed) ---
**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:** [May 26, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/44 "2016-05-26T14:47:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Postcards away! They hit the post office yesterday. As did mine. ---
**Author:** ![Grrlbrarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrlbrarian/32/4048_2.png) [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/45 "2016-05-26T15:02:20Z")
Sent my posties this morning! 😃 Just let me know if you need me to send more. ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/46 "2016-05-27T17:20:02Z")
My postcards went off today! 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/47 "2016-05-27T18:48:02Z")
Got my first card! From **Karen Lingel** at the other end of the state. A card of the Cracker Art Museum in Sacramento. FIRST IN! ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/48 "2016-05-27T20:25:45Z")
But points off for spelling: It’s “Crocker” Museum. Enjoy! ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/49 "2016-05-27T20:37:32Z")
Well, what do you know? It is “Crocker.” I was wondering there for a bit. 😃 ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/50 "2016-05-27T21:07:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Well, what do you know? It is “Crocker.” I was wondering there for a bit. 😃 I was beginning to wonder exactly what kind of museums y’all have over there on the Left Coast ;). ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/51 "2016-05-27T21:21:19Z")
Crocker makes **a lot** more sense, seeing as he was one of the Big 5 in California history. My first thoughts in reading the back of the postcard went: ““Cracker Art Museum.” Hmmm…I thought **Karen** was in Sacramento. Maybe she got it in Georgia. And what kind of Art is in there? Elvis on black velvet? A portrait of Dale Ernhardt done in Coke bottle caps?” ---
**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:** [May 27, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/52 "2016-05-27T21:53:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > And what kind of Art is in there? An Elvis created completely out of Ritz, saltines, and Graham. Dale Ernhardt done entirely in Cheez-Its… ---
**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:** [May 28, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/53 "2016-05-28T03:38:31Z")
Earnhardt would have to be done in Cheerwine caps and Gold-N-Chees - accept no substitutes! 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 28, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/54 "2016-05-28T12:50:18Z")
All my cards are sent, though they won’t be fetched from the postbox til Monday cause the German mail doesn’t do weekends, and then give them some time to cross the pond. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/55 "2016-05-28T22:36:56Z")
I got _three_ postcards today, that all traversed the continent. **Karen Lingel** sent a card from the [Crocker Art museum](https://www.crockerartmuseum.org/). **Silenus** sent both a lovely [Route 66](http://www.historic66.com/) card and a Catwalk card, that did, indeed, baffle me. Thanks! ---
**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:** [May 28, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/56 "2016-05-28T22:38:28Z")
There’s still one missing then. It was a three-fer. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/57 "2016-05-28T23:04:22Z")
Then I’ll just get to post another time when it gets here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/58 "2016-05-29T01:52:53Z")
I got my first postcard today, from **Elendil’s Heir** , with a bald eagle in full flight. I also bought some postcards, so mine will go out on Tuesday. Will post again then! “Cracker” Art Museum makes me laugh. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2016, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/59 "2016-05-29T06:44:03Z")
I got three (count 'em, three) postcards from **silenus**. It was a little puzzle to put them in order so I could read the secret message: 1) Sand dollar 2) Route 66 3) Some kind of geek fangirl magazine cover. Thanks, silenus! ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001/60 "2016-05-29T14:20:47Z")
Got my first postcard today! Well, yesterday to be specific, but I didn’t actually gather my mail in until this morning because yesterday was yardwork day. Anyway - first postcard in - from Romansperson! A lovely golden eagle named King Arthur who lives at the raptor center. YAY! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-summer-2016-postcard-exchange/755001.md?page=4)