# 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:** 8
**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:** [June 16, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/141 "2020-06-16T21:20:15Z")
I received a funny postcard today from **EinsteinsHund** , an Urgent Greeting drawn by a comedian, Loriot, I now have to investigate. I especially appreciate the postage stamps of spring flowers, both of which I have in my yard. The image is the 1950’s equivalent of a person today texting and scootering at the same time. Thank you! I’ve received all 3 postcards now. Many thanks to **Elendil’s Heir** for setting this up! ---
**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 17, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/142 "2020-06-17T22:09:40Z")
I received my card today from **EinsteinsHund**. Same details as **needscoffee** above. I have now received all three of mine as well. ---
**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 17, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/143 "2020-06-17T22:18:21Z")
I received my card today from **EinsteinsHund**. Same details as **needscoffee** above. I have now received all three of mine as well. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/144 "2020-06-18T03:25:59Z")
Tada! We have the physical confirmation trans-Pacific mail does work both ways with a card featuring a resplendent 1940’s Art Deco air terminal museum, which isn’t quite what you’d expect to see from the leafy suburbs of Houston, TX. Thank you **El\_Kabong**! That improves my score to 2-6/1-6 outbound/inbound. ---
**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 18, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/145 "2020-06-18T13:08:30Z")
I received my third card as well, from **penultima thule** down in Australia. It’s of the Rod Laver Arena tennis courts, with an awesome sunset above. And the stamp matches! Mailed on Jun 3rd, arrived Jun 17. Wow. Thank you, **pt**! ---
**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 18, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/146 "2020-06-18T14:21:08Z")
I’m getting a little concerned that _none_ of my cards have arrived. I know they went out. I watched the carrier take them. ---
**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 18, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/147 "2020-06-18T19:13:49Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I’m getting a little concerned that _none_ of my cards have arrived. I know they went out. I watched the carrier take them. Check post #74. ---
**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 18, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/148 "2020-06-18T20:33:02Z")
Totally missed that. Thanks. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/149 "2020-06-22T04:28:14Z")
I received two postcards: one from **Old\_Wench** with a skyline of Pittsburgh, and the other from **Peedin** , with some modern art 🙂 Thanks a lot!! I hope my cards will make it there soon 😃 ---
**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 22, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/150 "2020-06-22T06:08:06Z")
Probably should read the instructions before posting, and then I could actually quote. Funnily enough it was postmarked June 5th (maybe a weekend in between) and arrived exactly one week after the second postcard. But I had to share this, as it’s a perfect response, and is how Netflix is advertising Buffy: > Giles: “It’s the end of the world” > Xander and Willow: “Again?” - Doomed ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/151 "2020-06-22T07:52:17Z")
Received two cards from **Elendil’s Heir** last week. Card #1 features a piece of abstract art by artist Abaham Cruzvillegas that has the longest title I have ever seen for a work of art. The image on the card also appears [on this website](http://sfaq.us/2016/01/savage-detectives-in-the-tenderloin/). Second card has a photo of the dining room in the Swan house located in Atlanta, Georgia. This house was used in the film “The Hunger Games” as the president’s house. Many thanks for the cards Elendil! ---
**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:** [June 22, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/152 "2020-06-22T11:05:00Z")
Received during the splinter of our missed content was a postcard from Texas and **Dolores Reborn**. A tranquil alpine scene with snow capped mountains which my antipodean mindset wouldn’t have thought from the Lone Star State. Thank you! That makes my “score” 2-6/2-6 out/in ---
**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 22, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/153 "2020-06-22T13:51:21Z")
A “second wave” arrived sometime last week. (The mail fetchers need to not put these with the bills.) @purplehorseshoe This wave is much more welcome than the Coronavirus’ second wave. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/154 "2020-06-22T14:19:50Z")
I was in Brigadoon when penultima\_thule’s card with a Helmeted Honeyeater completed my trifecta. Thanks everyone - good fun! ---
**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 23, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/155 "2020-06-23T01:05:02Z")
I got a card from purplehorseshoe the same day the Dope started to be transferred. It’s a lovely pic of [The Backless Dress](https://paintingandframe.com/prints/georges_barbier_the_backless_dress-2559.html). Thank you! ---
**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 23, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/156 "2020-06-23T03:20:08Z")
Um, hello? This is my first post to this whatever-it’s-called. I received a postcard today from @JoseB (is that how I do that? I mean **JoseB** (is that how I do THAT?)) Oooh, instant preview. Nice. The postcard has 9 pictures of a wide variety of buildings in Den Haag (“The Hague”), old buildings, church-y buildings, palace-y buildings, super-modern buildings. Very lovely. The Binnenhof looks very similar to Notre Dame des Victroires in Quebec City. Thanks @JoseB! ---
**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 23, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/157 "2020-06-23T14:39:31Z")
> [@X.L.Lent](#): > > Received two cards from **Elendil’s Heir** last week. Card #1 features a piece of abstract art > by artist Abaham Cruzvillegas that has the longest title I have ever seen for a work of art. > The image on the card also appears [on this website](http://sfaq.us/2016/01/savage-detectives-in-the-tenderloin/). > > Second card has a photo of the dining room in the Swan house located in Atlanta, Georgia. > This house was used in the film “The Hunger Games” as the president’s house. > > Many thanks for the cards Elendil! Glad to! I got both of yours a few days ago, as well - with your very well-drawn B&W images of a man pedaling a self-propelled helicopter, and the other with several steam locomotives on parallel tracks. My thanks. **Die Capacitrix** , I still haven’t received a postcard from you, unfortunately. Anyone else still waiting for a postcard? ---
**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 23, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/158 "2020-06-23T18:00:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Anyone else still waiting for a postcard? I’ve got all my cards, but I haven’t heard back from @RealityChuck if he already got my card. It went across the pond and may take a little longer, but both my other cards to the US already arrived last week. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2020, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/159 "2020-06-24T08:36:55Z")
The reciprocation continues … From **Karen\_Lingel** no less with what seems to be a particularly ornate mantlepiece paperweight, if you had an early Qing Dynasty gilded bronze figurine just about the house for that purpose.🤓 The piece is from the Avery Brundage Collection, I recall Avery as the IOC President at the Munich Games. The card also features an absolutely pristine”USA Forever” stamp which I can only assume US Post didn’t want to deface. Post marked 3rd June. Thank you very much! Makes my updated score 4-6/3-6 out/in. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863/160 "2020-06-24T12:49:16Z")
I have been remiss in reporting on the postcards I received. The first one was from Karen Lingel, which shows “Abstract Picture” by Gerhard Richter at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Her note says “Remember the beforetimes when people could go to museums and see beautiful art?” I like the word “beforetimes” and will have to start using it. At first I thought the image on the card was smeared but that’s really what it looks like. He did a whole series of similar paintings. Thanks, Karen! The second one was from Peedin and shows Bath Abbey in Avon and is from her first trip to England in 1983. I went to England in July of 2015 and went to an evensong service at Westminster Abbey and this card reminded me of that experience. (I also went to 14 amusement parks and Stonehenge – all in 11 days!). Thanks, Peedin! The third card finally arrived yesterday from JoseB. It came all the way from the Netherlands and shows a picture of the Binnenhof in The Hague. Specifically, it shows the arrival of the king for the ceremony opening the Houses of Parliament, per JoseB’s detailed note. The king’s carriage is gold, very ornate, and is being pulled by 8 horses. A friend of mine has horses but she doesn’t have a carriage like that! Thanks, JoseB! This was great fun and I look forward to next year’s postcard exchange. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2020-doper-postcard-exchange/853863.md?page=9)