# The Great Summer 2021 Doper Postcard Exchange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355 "2021-06-30T19:31:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/61 "2021-07-22T14:24:06Z")
Mine are doing the same thing. I spaced them 48 hours apart but they are arriving together. ---
**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 23, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/62 "2021-07-23T05:24:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > and a 1981 photo of Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan taken at the White House. 1981 was the vintage-est postcard I had… ---
**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 23, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/63 "2021-07-23T05:27:54Z")
Today I received a postcard from @JaneDoe42 of five handsome animals at the Heritage Park Zoo in Prescott, AZ. Thanks, Jane! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/64 "2021-07-23T08:56:06Z")
I just got a couple from @blondebear ! One is from the Skunk Ape Headquarters in East Ochopee, Florida…which so far is the best reason so far to visit Florida, in my opinion. The other is a beautiful multipage foldout book of a postcard from Rocky Mountain National Park, which I am hiding from My Beloved because if she sees it she will insist on packing for a trip there immediately, and we just got back from our last vacation a few days ago. 😄 ---
**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 23, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/65 "2021-07-23T13:15:19Z")
Yesterday I got a Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary card from Prescott, Ariz., with pictures of five rescue animals (including a very handsome mountain lion), courtesy of **JaneDoe42**. Thank you! ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/66 "2021-07-23T13:20:37Z")
My cards just went in the mailbox. Sorry to be a bit late, but I was very busy this week. Judging from former postcard exchanges, they’ll take about a week 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:** [July 23, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/67 "2021-07-23T15:42:12Z")
No worries. The deadline for mailing your cards isn’t for another five days. ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/68 "2021-07-23T15:44:14Z")
I’ve gotten a postcard from @dbygawdcapn showing Solomons Island, MD. Not to be confused with the country near Papua New Guinea. 🙂 It looks like a charming, serene fisherman’s village. Thank you! ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/69 "2021-07-23T22:40:33Z")
Received cards today from @blondebear and @needscoffee. It is so fun to get something in the mail besides bills and advertising fliers! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/70 "2021-07-24T06:51:33Z")
Thanks folks but I don’t get here very often. I will pass on this. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2021, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/71 "2021-07-24T07:15:27Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Judging from former postcard exchanges, they’ll take about a week to cross the pond. I’m a bit curious if it takes longer for a postcard from Germany or a postcard from Switzerland. I sent a second batch on Friday morning, so we’ll see. Does Germany also have „A“ and „B“ Post? ---
**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:** [July 24, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/72 "2021-07-24T13:26:17Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Does Germany also have „A“ and „B“ Post? I’m not quite sure, but I’ve never heard about it. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/73 "2021-07-24T21:28:22Z")
And two more postcards from @silenus! One arrived yesterday with the fine visage of Commander William Riker emblazoned upon it, and today’s is a print of a [WWII motivational poster](https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc272/). (And to answer your question, **silenus** , we swing more towards vinegar-based sauce here, but tomato-based is not unknown. Sadly Allen & Son is now closed but we’ve got a couple newer places that are taking up the slack quite nicely). ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/74 "2021-07-24T22:28:14Z")
Today’s mail brought a postcard from @needscoffee with a beautiful picture and weather report for Mount Rainier. This is definitely on my short-list of places to visit. Thanks!! ---
**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:** [July 25, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/75 "2021-07-25T17:07:17Z")
Hey, I got a postcard of the World Kite Museum & Hall Of Fame from **Czarcasm**. Yay! I’ve been to Long Beach a couple of times but I’ve gravitated to Marsh’s Free Museum to see Jake The Alligator Man instead of the Kite Museum. Maybe next time. Thanks! ---
**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 25, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/76 "2021-07-25T17:23:12Z")
A reminder: all postcards should be in the mail by Wednesday. Thanks! ---
**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:** [July 26, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/77 "2021-07-26T12:15:20Z")
All postcards that I planned to send have been sent. However, I was quite confused when I got home. When I left home this morning, I had postcards in my bag, for putting in the post. I remember doing so, but somehow my bad had a postcard in it, when I got home. That’s because husband took my bag home and got the post. From @Allecher I have also received a Legend of Toad Suck postcard. Thank you! Just looked at the Toad Suck Daze website, and wish my Dad needed a t-shirt (he really doesn’t), because those are great! ---
**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:** [July 26, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/78 "2021-07-26T15:18:18Z")
Toby Keith’s “I Love This Bar & Grill” has a Toad Suck cocktail: vodka, Midori, Malibu rum and pineapple juice. It’s really quite tasty. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/79 "2021-07-26T19:50:34Z")
I got great cards yesterday! Lifted me for the whole day and beyond. Very nice notes with both also. **thank you** 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎉🎊👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎉🎊 @Czarcasm and @blondebear!!✌🏼✌🏼I’m enjoying your missives greatly. Strategically I’m spinning my wheels but I haven’t given up~you can’t keep a good fairy godmother down! I haven’t found postcards, 5 stores, no joy. Did get ‘plain joe’ official postcards and postcard stamps from the post office, so I’ll be able to send placeholder ones til I can chase down _real_ postcards as I remember them. Some clerks look at me when I ask as if they don’t understand the concept of what a postcard is. Then again they may not get the concept of written, in hand messages. At least the post office clerk was helpful. I’m in a high risk age group in an woefully unvaccinated/masked state and so I’m trying to limit the number of stores/shops I go to, which is slowing me down. In a flyover state so tourist shop places just don’t exist. I’m glad we’re doing this, it is fun in spite of my Nebraska glitches. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355/80 "2021-07-26T22:35:53Z")
Postcards in the mail today! Shockingly, I was the only customer in the joint. That has never happened before! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2021-doper-postcard-exchange/945355.md?page=5)