# The Great Summer 2018 Doper Postcard Exchange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 31, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194 "2018-05-31T14:05:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/121 "2018-07-01T13:42:06Z")
Received two cards yesterday- the start if something interesting from our fearless leader and very glad to see that BeeGee [Del]managed to escape[/Del] is enjoying time away from the [Del]institution[/Del] old homestead. ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/122 "2018-07-01T17:51:14Z")
Well, look at me, signing up for the Exchange, then leaving the country and forgetting all about it. Luckily, when I got home yesterday I was reminded when I saw that there were two postcards from **Lsura** in my box! The first is a really cool lenticular one of the CNN headquarters in Atlanta. And I got a bonus postcard! This one features a photo of Patience, guard lion extraordinaire, in front of the NYC Public Library, one of my favorite buildings in the world. On the bright side, I have a stockpile of postcards and stamps here, and all three of mine are in my mailbox for pickup tomorrow morning. Sincere apologies for the delay! ---
**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:** [July 1, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/123 "2018-07-01T18:21:09Z")
I’ve gotten three yesterday from **Teuton**. One with the lyrics to the song Widecombe Fair. One with a photo of The Kelpies giant horse head statues in Scotland. And one of El Teilde volcano in the Canary islands. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/124 "2018-07-02T15:24:30Z")
I have a postcard from Allecher, a picture of the Witch Head Nebula. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/125 "2018-07-02T18:08:02Z")
I’m trying to come up with a good story for the picture of a log Helena 330 sent. Got two from here. Ivory Tower Denizen sent one from Martha’s Vineyard. And Enstein’s Hund sent me a piece of mouse. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/126 "2018-07-03T02:37:02Z")
Just got a postcard from **RealityChuck** , showing the marquee of Proctor’s Theatre in Schenectady, N.Y. Thanks! Looks like a fun place. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/127 "2018-07-03T03:54:03Z")
I was getting concerned, but I got a postcard from **romansperson** today of the Watani Grasslands Reserve at the NC Zoo, where the animals roam free. Sounds lovely. Thanks, **romansperson**. (I don’t want to blame the Amazing Mailman Eddie for the delay, but we sometimes have a backup mail carrier that I am willing to blame.) ---
**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:** [July 3, 2018, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/128 "2018-07-03T05:21:26Z")
> [@BeeGee](#): > > I’m trying to come up with a good story for the picture of a log Helena 330 sent. Got two from here. > > Ivory Tower Denizen sent one from Martha’s Vineyard. > > And Enstein’s Hund sent me a piece of mouse. From what I remember, it’s some guys who are proud of their gigantic log. 😃 I received yours today! Thank you. I also got a retro postcard of the Empire State building in NYC from ITD. Thanks! ---
**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:** [July 3, 2018, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/129 "2018-07-03T13:31:33Z")
You’ve got to remember, post cards are hard to automate, so a lot of their processing will be done by hand. Next year, I think I’ll print off labels. That way the Post Office won’t have to try to decypher my chicken scratch. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/130 "2018-07-03T17:49:33Z")
I was pleasantly surprised by a mailbox full of cards today! **Teuton** has me researching vacations to Tenerife based on the beautiful view on his card. **Maus Magill** has taught me the real meaning behind the “[Batman Building](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Building_(Nashville))” and it is not what you think. And **cornflakes** sent a packet of cards that confirms what I’ve always heard about Texas A&M. 😃 (Woo Pig Sooie!) Thanks everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/131 "2018-07-03T18:40:57Z")
two of my sendees have posted they got their cards from me. I hope something didn’t happen to the cards sent to my third sendee. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/132 "2018-07-04T01:04:49Z")
See Rules 5 and 8, and if you haven’t already done so, please post here for _every_ card sent _and_ received. 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:** [July 4, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/133 "2018-07-04T01:38:36Z")
I, too, received a cool card from Reality Chuck of the Proctor’s Theater in Schenectady, an old vaudeville house now hosting Broadway road shows. Thanks! I wonder if Reality Chuck has received the card I sent to him? ---
**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:** [July 4, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/134 "2018-07-04T19:06:12Z")
I got a card with the Empire State Building today from **IvoryTowerDenizen**. Thank you very much - I hope you enjoyed Hamilton. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/135 "2018-07-04T20:00:30Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I wonder if Reality Chuck has received the card I sent to him? I’m wondering the same thing. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/136 "2018-07-04T21:02:33Z")
I received **cornflakes** ’ packet of cards yesterday. Lots of fun. Thank you all. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/137 "2018-07-05T04:42:36Z")
I made it to the mail today, and there were Teuton’s cards from Lynmouth, Tenerife and the Dartmouth Tors. All three look like interesting places to visit. Thanks to all, and here’s to a good rest of the summer. ---
**Author:** ![txobbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@txobbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txobbin)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/138 "2018-07-05T19:59:04Z")
I received my third postcard from **EinsteinsHund** today, the head of “Maus”. Waiting on the fourth one so I can have the whole portrait of Germany’s favorite children’s TV star! Thanks! **EinsteinsHund** , you mentioned Wim Wenders and the movie “Paris Texas.” Yes, I rented the movie, twice (for some reason :D), is it bad to say I fell asleep both times? Have you heard of the passing of Robby Muller? [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robby-muller-dead-paris-texas-breaking-waves-cinematographer-was-78-1124987](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robby-muller-dead-paris-texas-breaking-waves-cinematographer-was-78-1124987) ---
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/139 "2018-07-05T20:04:01Z")
Received a surprise animal part postcard from **Einsteins Hund** today. Fun! ---
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194/140 "2018-07-05T20:11:46Z")
Unless I overlooked something: **RealityChuck** has not yet posted here about sending or receiving any cards, although two of his three designated recipients have posted that they’ve received cards from him. **MovieMogul** has also not yet posted here about sending or receiving any cards. None of his three designated recipients have said they’ve gotten anything from him. It appears that several people have still not gotten at least the three cards they should have. If that includes you, please let me know via PM, and let that Doper know directly via PM, as well. Thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2018-doper-postcard-exchange/815194.md?page=8)