# The Great Summer 2020 Doper Postcard Exchange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863 "2020-05-15T16:05:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 15, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/1 "2020-05-15T16:05:06Z")
**Northern Piper, melodyharmonius** and **jayrey** have run them in the past, and they’re always fun, but it’s been awhile. Here’s how it works (as adapted from **NP** ’s previous thread). Our rules, by the numbers, and written with past PE problems in mind: 1. If you want to get three (3), count 'em, THREE! postcards from witty and intelligent Dopers from around the world, just sign up here, and send me a PM with your real-life name and postal address. (You know, post - you put a stamp on it, put it in a mailbox, and a postal carrier will pick it up and deliver it - I’m sure if you’ve forgotten how to do it, it’ll come back to you before you know it). Cut-off for signing up is noon EST on **Fri. May 29**. I’ll take all the names and addresses received by PM by that date, and will then send out PMs to each of you with the names and addresses of the three Dopers to whom you’ll send postcards. 2. Please, _don’t sign up unless you intend to do your very best to participate._ I’ll try to ensure that everyone gets at least one postcard from someone in another country. (Offer depends on availability of world-wide Dopers signing up. No warranty of world-wide Dopers is offered, express or implied. Terms may vary depending on local laws. Offer void where prohibited. You need not be sane to win. Do not adjust your dial, write if you get work, hang by your thumbs, &c &c &c). 3. You then purchase three (3!) postcards which you want to share with other Dopers. It’s up to you what themes to select. Local color is always good, especially if you’re sending it to an overseas Doper. Don’t wait until the last minute to get your postcards (museums, historic site gift shops and local visitors bureaus are good sources) or to buy appropriate postage (remembering that domestic and international postage will likely differ). Bear in mind that some Dopers have small children, so nothing X-rated on your postcards, please. 4. Address your postcards. Write a short, clearly-written message to the Doper, who is going to be just thrilled to hear from you. _Be sure to use your SDMB username_, so they know who sent it to them. Get the right kind of stamps and put them on the postcards. Put the postcards in your local mail slot, and off they go! 5. Deadline for posting your postcards is two weeks later, by **Fri. June 12**. Report here as soon as you’ve posted them (not when you intend to, but after you’ve actually dropped them in the mail, please). 6. There is no Rule 6. 7. Gird your loins and wait with saintly patience (this is particularly hard for some Dopers, I remember well from previous threads). Soon enough, postcardy goodness will arrive in your mailbox. 8. Report back here every time you get a Doper postcard. Huzzah! And we’re off… ---
**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:** [May 15, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/2 "2020-05-15T16:27:21Z")
I’m in! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/3 "2020-05-15T16:51:18Z")
I’ll do it. Even have some postcards to send. ---
**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 15, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/4 "2020-05-15T16:58:40Z")
In as per usual. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/5 "2020-05-15T18:16:34Z")
I’m in. ---
**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 15, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/6 "2020-05-15T19:08:49Z")
I’m in too! ---
**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:** [May 15, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/7 "2020-05-15T19:36:57Z")
I’m in! ---
**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 15, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/8 "2020-05-15T21:09:52Z")
I’m in, like usually! I’m looking forward to it! ---
**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 16, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/9 "2020-05-16T01:28:40Z")
Thanks for the PM, and I am excited to participate! I may have to send hand-made postcards (thus violating Rule 3), but I’ll see what I can dig up in the back of my drawers (the desk kind! Get your minds out of the gutter!) Thank you, Elendil’s Heir, for organizing! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/10 "2020-05-16T07:40:20Z")
I still have the big book o’postcards I bought whenever I last participated! (It’s been a couple years.) I even know where it is! (I just moved. Shaddup.) I’m in! How fun. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/11 "2020-05-16T08:45:41Z")
PM sent. I even have stamps! I also have historical postcards, but I’ll see if I can get something a bit more current. Used to have postcards of our little town, but I don’t they sell them anymore. ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/12 "2020-05-17T00:18:03Z")
I’m in! PM sent. ---
**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 17, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/13 "2020-05-17T00:29:57Z")
Oops, forgot to send the PM. I forgot that my address isn’t stored in some postcard exchange database and I have to send it again. Will do it in a minute. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/14 "2020-05-17T01:54:00Z")
I’m in again! PM sent. Hopefully I can come up with some better postcards than what I have on hand, (the last remaining out of a local postcard book from several exchanges ago). ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/15 "2020-05-17T16:28:36Z")
Count me in. PM sent. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/16 "2020-05-18T17:10:40Z")
Oh, I love the postcard exchanges! PM sent. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/17 "2020-05-18T22:02:22Z")
PM sent! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/18 "2020-05-19T02:25:38Z")
Cool, I’ll try it! I’ve got a bunch of international stamps that haven’t seen much service lately. PM sent. ---
**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 19, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/19 "2020-05-19T03:02:07Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Oops, forgot to send the PM. I forgot that my address isn’t stored in some postcard exchange database and I have to send it again. Will do it in a minute. LOL, me too. (Although I DO maintain a personal postcard exchange database…) ---
**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 19, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/20 "2020-05-19T03:07:07Z")
Just a note: We have [another exchange](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=896433) going on as well. Join that one - the more the merrier and we always send/get all sorts of goofy stuff in addition to the shot glasses. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863.md?page=2)