# The Great Summer 2014 Postcard Exchange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312 "2014-07-16T22:28:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/181 "2014-08-18T04:57:08Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Aye yi yi I hope I don’t get any snake postcards… Here’s the website for the Sternberg Museum of Natural History, where the postcard came from. [http://sternberg.fhsu.edu/](http://sternberg.fhsu.edu/) Currently there is an exhibit about all 22 rattlesnake species in Kansas, with live examples of each. It’s called Rattlerssss: From Fear to Fascination. I remember on snake had a cage buddy, a white mouse, that didn’t know what was in store for it later. **brainstall** , that’s one adorable puppy! ---
**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:** [August 18, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/182 "2014-08-18T05:28:15Z")
Got a card from **faithfool**! Thanks; beautiful old photo of an antique hotel 🙂 The postmark says “Aug. 4”, so it has taken quite some time to hop over the ocean. Just a datapoint to give an idea of the delays to be expected with international postcards 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/183 "2014-08-18T11:34:39Z")
**Algher** sent me an actual tree! Or at least the proof of there being one planted, in postcard form. I like it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/184 "2014-08-18T12:41:31Z")
> [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](#): > > **Algher** sent me an actual tree! Or at least the proof of there being one planted, in postcard form. I like it. 🙂 Great! I was guessing on postage I will admit. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/185 "2014-08-18T12:50:10Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > Great! I was guessing on postage I will admit. Looks like the going rate is two birds … or less. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/186 "2014-08-18T15:18:28Z")
My three cards went out on deadline date, and I’m feeling a bit guilty about that since I now have received all of the cards coming to me! I got another from **jayrey** showing some lovely view of Oregon, one from **Atomic Mama** showing a ‘Maine Shore Dinner’, which seems to involve mostly lobster. And one from **Labtrash** from a hotel in Memphis, which has ducks! ---
**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:** [August 18, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/187 "2014-08-18T22:06:31Z")
I"m here to report that I’ve just received two lovely cards from JoseB - and they are well worth the wait! One is a beautiful brightly colored card filled with parrots! The other is from Holland and is filled with a profusion of pink tulips - very pretty indeed! Nice and cheery cards to fill in the grey days we’ve had for the past week. …and I have to say Jose you are quite the poet with that lovely description of a sunset! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/188 "2014-08-18T22:30:52Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > Got a card from **faithfool**! Thanks; beautiful old photo of an antique hotel 🙂 > > The postmark says “Aug. 4”, so it has taken quite some time to hop over the ocean. Just a datapoint to give an idea of the delays to be expected with international postcards 🙂 I’m so glad you like it. Vintage stuff is the bomb. And by the same token, your cards arrived today too. I agree that they were definitely worth the wait, I’m just not sure which I like better. Holland is gorgeous, but the one with the Tango dancers makes me want to get up and dance. They look so passionate. Rowwr! Thanks so much. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/189 "2014-08-18T22:59:16Z")
> [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](#): > > **Algher** sent me an actual tree! Or at least the proof of there being one planted, in postcard form. I like it. 🙂 I came home to a tree today, too! It completely made my day. I even said to my cat, “ **Algher** wins the postcard exchange”. There was no reply. In other postcard news, I also received two cards last week. A super cute, vintagey postcard from **Arrogance Ex Machina**. I love that it is from Finland, but _en français_. I also got my bonus card from **williambaskerville** in Ireland, a place I have long wanted to visit. My Mom and I have talked about going. Perhaps next year. 🙂 Three excellent additions to my postcard collage. Thank you all! ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/190 "2014-08-19T03:15:24Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > In other postcard news, I also received two cards last week. A super cute, vintagey postcard from **Arrogance Ex Machina**. I love that it is from Finland, but _en français_. I bought the cards first before I got my list of addresses, then when I saw that one of the recipients was in Canada I thought maybe you can actually understand what it says - I actually had to use Google translate to check which language it is in. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/191 "2014-08-19T04:34:07Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > I came home to a tree today, too! It completely made my day. I even said to my cat, “ **Algher** wins the postcard exchange”. There was no reply. > > In other postcard news, I also received two cards last week. A super cute, vintagey postcard from **Arrogance Ex Machina**. I love that it is from Finland, but _en français_. > > I also got my bonus card from **williambaskerville** in Ireland, a place I have long wanted to visit. My Mom and I have talked about going. Perhaps next year. 🙂 > > Three excellent additions to my postcard collage. Thank you all! Harumph. What is the cat’s name? I shall fund another tree for them. I will not tolerate this feline attitude. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/192 "2014-08-19T12:31:08Z")
I got home this evening to find two cards in the post. The first is from **Karen Lingel** and shows various Californian scenes, all of which I have visited. She notes that California is drought-stricken at the moment. We’ve been having drought conditions too, although the situation here in Sydney has been relieved somewhat by a bout of cold, wet weather bringing some 150mm of rain over the past week. The second card is from **Iggy** , with an image of a rather haughty French Angel fish which makes its abode in the wreck of the Balboa in the harbour at George Town. Thank you both. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/193 "2014-08-19T18:48:11Z")
LOL, I’ve lived in CA for 4 + 17 years and _I’ve_ never been to Yosemite! I think it is still on fire… possibly on fire again. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2014, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/194 "2014-08-20T09:25:57Z")
Got a card from **minionkat** - pretty ponies! ---
**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:** [August 22, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/195 "2014-08-22T18:32:36Z")
Yay! I got two postcards from **JoseB**! One was a lovely picture of a boat in tropical water - sign me up and yes, **JoseB** is quite the poet. The other was a gorgeous photo of tulips in Holland. Much appreciated! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/196 "2014-08-23T15:10:47Z")
My last card arrived yesterday – a fierce cheetah with gorgeous golden eyes who lives at the Paignton Zoo – from **Teuton**. Thanks, **Teuton** , I love me some kittehs. Cool oak tree stamp, too. In looking over The Spreadsheet, I see that almost everyone has received all their cards. The exceptions are \*\*Labtrash \*\*and **Atomic Mama** , who, based on my experience, will get their cards from \*\*Teuton \*\*very shortly. It looks like \*\*Karen Lingel \*\*, **JoseB** , and **Algher** are still expecting one more each. Those careds are traveling overseas so may be taking the scenic route. **Arrogance Ex Machina** , **minionkat** , and **Algher** all played by the rules but one of their cohort did not. They should be watching their mailboxes for consolation cards. No, I’m not going to tell you from who! 🆒 My co-conspirator . . . I mean, my co-coordinator, **Elendil’s Heir** , and I have asked \*\*Skald \*\*to send a swarm of flaming bees to **purplehorseshoes** ’ house. No word from him yet; I guess even CEOs of Evil Organizations go on vacation once in a while. Keep sending those updates (and corrections)! ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/197 "2014-08-23T15:14:30Z")
My last card also arrived yesterday from **Teuton** A lovely zebra, also from the Paignton Zoo All three of mine have been received, and I’ve gotten all three (four - bonus card from **jayrey** ) sent to me. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/198 "2014-08-25T21:18:37Z")
Home from travels. My total cards: The Finland Line from **Arrogance Ex Machina** The Year of the Horse from **MinionKat** And Stardust from Salem’s Riverfront Carousel from **jayrey**! Cheers, -Algher ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/199 "2014-08-26T00:35:42Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > Home from travels. My total cards: > > The Finland Line from **Arrogance Ex Machina** > The Year of the Horse from **MinionKat** > And Stardust from Salem’s Riverfront Carousel from **jayrey**! OK - so someone is having some fun out there. Please add two cards to my list: The Outer Banks of North Carolina from **Elendil’s Heir** An artistic card from [http://www.flametreepublishing.com](http://www.flametreepublishing.com) thanks to **purple horseshoe**. ---
**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 26, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/200 "2014-08-26T01:25:32Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > …The Outer Banks of North Carolina from **Elendil’s Heir** > … I’m glad! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312.md?page=11)