# The Great Summer 2022 Doper Postcard Exchange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174 "2022-06-14T18:43:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/41 "2022-06-30T01:09:15Z")
I dropped my postcards in the mailbox today. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/42 "2022-06-30T17:54:49Z")
My cards on on their way to the lucky(?) recipients. ---
**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 30, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/43 "2022-06-30T22:22:43Z")
My international postcards are now in the mail. I am surprised that USPS is still using international stamps that look like a big ol’ coronavirus! Save travels, little postcards! ---
**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 1, 2022, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/44 "2022-07-01T11:59:49Z")
My postcards are in the mail. ---
**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 1, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/45 "2022-07-01T13:11:40Z")
As are mine! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/46 "2022-07-01T17:20:45Z")
I’m going to send out my three postcards on Sunday, but I got my first one, from @dbygawdcapn, today! So what do I do? Do I read it off in here? ---
**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 1, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/47 "2022-07-01T17:37:20Z")
No need for the messaging, but a description of the card is always nice. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/48 "2022-07-01T17:51:05Z")
It has a picture of a woman, and a dog-like beast is talking to her. “You say ‘potato,’ I say ‘grrr, rr, uff!’ You say ‘tomato’, I say ‘roooff!’” The card came from Southern Maryland, and the message talks about crab fishing. Shel Silverstein stamp. Thank you, @dbygawdcapn ! I’ll cherish this. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/49 "2022-07-01T18:14:36Z")
After much drama at our very rural post office, the international stamps were found locked in a drawer in the back office and I was able to purchase one. The post card stamps were simple, they still had last year’s partial sheet up front. I suspect I’m the only person they ever see who actually mails postcards. It’s OK, though. They need the practice in case they ever transfer to the big city! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/50 "2022-07-01T18:53:02Z")
Mine are going out Tuesday ---
**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 1, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/51 "2022-07-01T18:55:44Z")
Thanks. Remember Rule 7! ---
**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 2, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/52 "2022-07-02T01:34:09Z")
Postcardy goodness has arrived in my mailbox: on the front: a concept sketch of a Star Wars character, and on the back: a Star Wars joke! Thanks, @silenus! ---
**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:** [July 2, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/53 "2022-07-02T02:42:21Z")
Ah you bloody Americans and the need for instant gratification! 🙃 Alas in this philatelic arms race in conceding both a hemisphere head start and coinciding with fiscal year, for those on my list I can only counsel patience. Probably will be in the post on Monday. ---
**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 3, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/54 "2022-07-03T00:56:11Z")
I too got a concept sketch of a Star Wars character postcard from Silenus. It’s very cool! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/55 "2022-07-03T01:17:36Z")
My postcards went out today. They may well be the first cards mailed for the 2034 SDMB Postcard Exchange! ---
**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:** [July 3, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/56 "2022-07-03T23:31:55Z")
Consigned! ---
**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 4, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/57 "2022-07-04T11:47:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I also put our two Swiss Dopers in the same group, to save them both a little postage. 😉 At the beginning of 2022, Switzerland raised the prices for postage, which means I always have the wrong postage. 🙂 I have received my first postcard, from the center of the Swiss universe, where @Anaglyph lives. It’s a panoramic 3D view from the north, which is a fascinating viewpoint, as I’m always looking at maps from the opposite direction. My own postcards have been placed in the yellow box, and I’ve ordered more stamps. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/58 "2022-07-04T17:44:04Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > I also put our two Swiss Dopers in the same group, to save them both a little postage. 😉 > > At the beginning of 2022, Switzerland raised the prices for postage, which means I always have the wrong postage. 🙂 I’m part of that group as one of the two Americans in it. ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/59 "2022-07-05T08:12:20Z")
I’m the second member of the Swiss group - I actually put too much postage on to use up the old stamps I have rather than buying new ones. ---
**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, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/60 "2022-07-05T14:19:18Z")
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