# 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:** 5
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/81 "2020-06-07T00:47:42Z")
I got a postcard from **Dolores Reborn** with a sweet note. I was so moved that it took me a few minutes to realize I hadn’t yet looked at the picture on the front: It’s a close up of a face of some kind of animal. It looks like a deer to me, but could be a goat or a baby cow? Dolores’s message says “bovine” which doesn’t necessarily narrow it down. The card itself has no caption. Thanks, **Dolores**. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/82 "2020-06-07T01:48:57Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I got a funny card from **Reality Chuck** today. I’ll hold off on describing it in case he sent the same card to others. I needed a laugh today. Thanks! I sent different cards. Glad you liked it. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/83 "2020-06-07T01:50:12Z")
> [@dbygawdcapn](#): > > I received my first card today from **RealityChuck**. My card gave me a chuckle as well! Glad you liked it. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/84 "2020-06-07T19:07:16Z")
What a bevy of fun in my mailbox! I got TWO from **maus magill** and \*THREE \* from **romansperson** and as they arrived just before my birthday, they count double duty as birthday cards. 🙂 Maus used pretty marine fishies on his stamps, and romans had these handsome Art Deco looking dogs. One of romans cards especially cracked me up … a cat catching a mouse by the tail so it looks like a spaghetti strand. “Mmm! Al dente!” says the cat. Hee!! I have my cards written and will mail them off tonight or tomorrow. I’m awaiting Covid test results and am supposed to self quarantine, but I have some forever stamps stashed somewhere. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/85 "2020-06-07T19:44:09Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > What a bevy of fun in my mailbox! I got TWO from **maus magill** and \*THREE \* from **romansperson** and as they arrived just before my birthday, they count double duty as birthday cards. 🙂 > > Maus used pretty marine fishies on his stamps, and romans had these handsome Art Deco looking dogs. One of romans cards especially cracked me up … a cat catching a mouse by the tail so it looks like a spaghetti strand. > > “Mmm! Al dente!” says the cat. Hee!! > > I have my cards written and will mail them off tonight or tomorrow. I’m awaiting Covid test results and am supposed to self quarantine, but I have some forever stamps stashed somewhere. Glad you liked 'em - and hope you get better very soon. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/86 "2020-06-07T20:09:27Z")
Got a card from **Elendil’s Heir** yesterday of the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art. Very artistic Early Modern Men’s Room, I think. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/87 "2020-06-07T20:54:44Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > I got a postcard from **Dolores Reborn** with a sweet note. I was so moved that it took me a few minutes to realize I hadn’t yet looked at the picture on the front: It’s a close up of a face of some kind of animal. It looks like a deer to me, but could be a goat or a baby cow? Dolores’s message says “bovine” which doesn’t necessarily narrow it down. The card itself has no caption. Thanks, **Dolores**. And I got my cool Tractored Out card from you yesterday! Thanks, it’s gorgeous. 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/88 "2020-06-07T21:25:06Z")
I received a card today from **needscoffee**. A pop out pig to hang from a string. It will definitely fit in with the decor. Thanks so much! ---
**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:** [June 7, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/89 "2020-06-07T23:45:03Z")
Got my first card, from Allecher, showing their summer residence in the Orion Nebula. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/90 "2020-06-08T00:30:23Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > I received my first card today. It turns out that **El Kabong** and I don’t live too far apart. I also learned that he works at a cool place! Hey, I discovered that too! I also mailed my three postcards out today. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/91 "2020-06-08T12:56:47Z")
All my cards just went in the mail. Give them about a week’s time to cross the pond. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/92 "2020-06-08T14:28:31Z")
Righto! Remember all cards should be in the mail by this Friday. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/93 "2020-06-08T15:14:20Z")
Mailed. Found one with pictures of my town, that is so old, my complex is not even in the picture. My complex was built at the end of 1980s / beginning of the 1990s. The cars looks like something from the 1970s. Rather interesting to see how the place has changed, but not so picturesque. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/94 "2020-06-08T15:19:58Z")
Supplemental (hardware guide) postcards sent today. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/95 "2020-06-08T18:08:17Z")
Mine all went out today. > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > International postage is $1.20, so two postcard stamps and one forever stamp would cover it for 40¢ less than three forever stamps. Thanks for the algebra homework. Not knowing exactly how much a postcard stamp actually costs, this made one helluvan equation. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/96 "2020-06-08T18:55:44Z")
2020 Post card rate is 35¢. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/97 "2020-06-08T22:23:15Z")
TIL that the Caspian Sea is the largest inland body of water in the world, and is also less salt than other seas! Plus it has pretty water. Thanks, **Allecher**! ---
**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:** [June 9, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/98 "2020-06-09T21:04:39Z")
And today I got three cards from **Teuton** - lovely views of Tenerife, the seafront area of Plymouth (the one in the UK) and a portrait of a fierce Komodo dragon from the local zoo. These are great, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/99 "2020-06-10T09:08:11Z")
I received a card from Paree of the Eiffel Tower! It’s a beautiful card, **Peedin**. 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:** [June 10, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/100 "2020-06-10T14:45:50Z")
Earlier this week I got two postcards from **silenus** , showing very colorful posters for the Japanese creature features \*Mothra \*and _Godzilla_. I also got one from **Karen Lingel** , showing Gerhard Richter’s 1994 photorealistic painting \*Lesende \*(“Reader”), depicting a young woman in profile as she reads. Thanks to you both! Remember, everyone’s postcards should be in the mail by Friday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863.md?page=6)