# 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:** 11
**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 26, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/201 "2014-08-26T12:48:27Z")
> [@Algher](#): > > The Outer Banks of North Carolina from **Elendil’s Heir** I got one of these today as well. Pretty fast if it was sent on 21st. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/202 "2014-08-28T00:24:16Z")
I got a pretty card with a carousel horse from Salem’s Riverfront from **jayrey** today. It’s lovely. Thank you. 🙂 ---
**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 28, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/203 "2014-08-28T03:49:18Z")
> [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](#): > > I got one of these today as well. Pretty fast if it was sent on 21st. Actually on the 18th, if memory serves. ---
**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 28, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/204 "2014-08-28T13:57:36Z")
Yikes! I sent my overseas postcard on August 2, and as far as I can tell, it hasn’t been received yet. I used a global Forever stamp and everything… darn USPS. ☹ If it still hasn’t been received by Saturday, I’ll send out another one. ---
**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 28, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/205 "2014-08-28T14:10:21Z")
Got two more cards today, a very purple card from **purplehorseshoe** and a card from the wild, wild West (Oregon) from our organizer **jayrey**. Thank you, both! ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/206 "2014-08-29T21:55:10Z")
Somehow the postcard from **Iggy** got buried in a stack of papers that were not incoming mail, so I don’t know how long it has been here. It is an amazing picture of a [Christmas Tree Worm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirobranchus_giganteus) and the stamp has boats on it! Very cool Thanks! ---
**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 1, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/207 "2014-09-01T02:46:40Z")
I returned home from vacation to find a postcard from Iggy with a picture of a cool orange sea horse, which presumably lives in the oceans around the Caymen Islands and not in their aquariums, like here. (Or maybe ALSO in their aquariums… I have no information about the presence or absence of aquariums in the Caymen Islands.) Thanks, Iggy! ---
**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:** [September 1, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/208 "2014-09-01T12:57:57Z")
Yeah! Next time maybe the postal service won’t count on [Diana Nyad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Nyad) to make the delivery. We do have some cool stuff in our waters. And the boats on the stamp are from our police department’s Marine Unit. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/209 "2014-09-01T15:51:12Z")
I haven’t had time lately to mention that I received a very coooool postcard from **Teuton** … meerkats in the Paignton Zoo somewhere in Great Britain … had to google the city and zoo to see where they hail from (the meerkats in the zoo, that is). Looks like a lovely zoo and it’s in a part of England that I’ve never been to … maybe someday I can pay a call. THANKS SO MUCH! 🆒🆒😃 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/210 "2014-09-01T15:56:42Z")
Got one more postcard (a picture of Stanford University) from **silenius** , bringing my total up to five. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/211 "2014-09-01T23:07:08Z")
A card from **Silenus** from the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts! ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/212 "2014-09-02T19:17:06Z")
> [@Atomic\_Mama](#): > > . Looks like a lovely zoo and it’s in a part of England that I’ve never been to Paignton Zoo is the zoo that we have passes for, and so we spend a lot of time there. And you’re welcome 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/213 "2014-09-02T22:36:02Z")
Holy postcards, Batman! I came home from work today to three postcards in the mailbox. Many thanks to **silenus** , **Elendil’s Heir** , and **purplehorseshoe**. I think I officially need another poster frame for all my treasures. ---
**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 3, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/214 "2014-09-03T04:00:26Z")
You’re more than welcome. That was fun! Thanks to **jayrey** for organizing this round. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/215 "2014-09-03T16:26:18Z")
It was great fun for me. Let’s do it again in a few months, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/216 "2014-09-03T22:52:43Z")
> [@jayrey](#): > > It was great fun for me. Let’s do it again in a few months, eh? …when it’s actually summer.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/217 "2014-09-04T03:33:21Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > …when it’s actually summer.🙂 Good one!😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/218 "2014-09-04T17:38:19Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > …when it’s actually summer.🙂 > [@Baker](#): > > Good one!😃 :o Yeah, **Cunctator** : 1; **jayrey** : 0. So next time, we’ll call it: “The SDMB Winter in the Nothern Hemisphere/Summer in the Southern Hemisphere Postcard Exchange” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/219 "2014-09-04T22:13:49Z")
Just use “quarterly”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312/220 "2014-09-05T01:37:48Z")
> [@Cheez\_Whia](#): > > Just use “quarterly”. 😉 But that’s so easy. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2014-postcard-exchange/693312.md?page=10)