# 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:** 4
**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:** [July 5, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/61 "2022-07-05T16:08:42Z")
Put my outgoing cards in the mailbox this morning. ---
**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 5, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/62 "2022-07-05T20:58:42Z")
Mailman Eddie brought me a bounty today (and I don’t just mean my paycheck!) From @silenus: a bonus card! A production painting of Sy Snootles and the Max Rebo band. The backside was treated roughly by the P.O.; it was postmarked on 3 of the 4 corners, and the joke silenus wrote was partially peeled off (but I was able to read it and it is funny.) Thanks, @silenus! From @needscoffee, a holographic action photo of a running black cat, just like the one needscoffee has! Oooh, it has a psychedelic background too! Thanks, @needscoffee! And from @Chad_Sudan, a panoramic photo of Yosemite National Park, a place I have never been despite residing in California. The back has interesting Yosemite facts. Thanks, @Chad_Sudan! ---
**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 5, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/63 "2022-07-05T21:19:48Z")
Reading the above post reminded me to check the mail. Score! @Karen_Lingel sent me a great card of the USS Hornet museum in Alameda. I’ve driven past it but never been on it. 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 5, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/64 "2022-07-05T23:21:36Z")
A couple of cards showed up today…yay! From **@Elendil_s_Heir** , a card of Charles Willson Peale’s _Washington at Princeton_ (the British prisoners “symbolically marching into his pocket” are a lot easier to make out on an uncropped image of the painting!). And from **@JaneDoe42** , a collage of Route 66 imagery–very appropriate since I’m a big fan of the Mother Road. (I just spent 5 days on the stretch from ABQ to Arcadia OK back in May). Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/65 "2022-07-05T23:25:19Z")
I spent all day in the hospital with my husband, who was having fun with A-Fib (rapid heart rate, upwards of 120 while sitting down.) When I got home, a cheery note from RollOuttheBarrel was there to greet me on the back of a shot of the capitol building in Sacramento. It was perfect timing and just what I needed! thank you, Angela! ---
**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:** [July 6, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/66 "2022-07-06T01:33:43Z")
Glad you liked it! I hope your husband is doing OK. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/67 "2022-07-06T02:41:34Z")
Thank you. Hrs doing well and will be doing a treadmill stress test in the morning. We will know more then. ---
**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 6, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/68 "2022-07-06T03:21:21Z")
All the best to you both! ---
**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 6, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/69 "2022-07-06T03:39:33Z")
Today I received a bonus Star Wars postcard from @silenus, with a bonus Star Wars joke. I also received a cool postcard of the USS Hornet Museum from @Karen_Lingel. That looks like a fascinating place to visit! Thanks to both of you! ---
**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 6, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/70 "2022-07-06T06:35:36Z")
I sent my three out today. I fear they may need the help of a decoder bracelet to read my handwriting though. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/71 "2022-07-06T13:39:44Z")
Received my first postcard from @RollOutTheBarrel . A nice picture of the Sacramento Capitol building. ---
**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 6, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/72 "2022-07-06T22:26:34Z")
Just got mine from KarenLingel! A pic of the USS Hornet. Cool ---
**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 7, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/73 "2022-07-07T02:10:27Z")
Battles my way back online (comp failures) to thank both Elendil’s Heir and Blondbear for the post cards. I also received the George Washington card (he was a bit of a hotty) and Blondbear not only sent me a big fish from Wisconsin (not dead, though, LOL) I also reaceived a wonderful postcard book from the Madonna Inn In San Luis Obispo. Oh gosh, the understated opulence is amazing. Thank you both so much! ---
**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 7, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/74 "2022-07-07T11:14:40Z")
Hey @JaneDoe42, your card arrived today as the first one this year. It shows a car squashed by a giant saguaro cactus. Thanks so much. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/75 "2022-07-07T14:08:57Z")
Card from @Reeses_Monkey arrived with words from the 1980s that are in the OED. Totally tubular! ---
**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 7, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/76 "2022-07-07T15:57:55Z")
Just got postcards from two in my group: a cheery card showing Arizona’s state symbols and stats from **JaneDoe42** , and a pulp novel cover for _Rock ‘n Roll Gal_ and a collection of cards about Howard Hughes’s giant Spruce Goose aircraft from **blondebear.** Also, bless her heart, **Karen\_Lingel** very kindly sent me a bonus card, a nice (if, I gather, outdated) aerial view of the UC Berkeley campus. Good stuff. My thanks to all! ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/77 "2022-07-07T18:28:14Z")
Glad you liked it. I found it totally bitchin’! ---
**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 7, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/78 "2022-07-07T18:58:12Z")
I am very impressed, I expected it would take longer to get to your side of the world. I’m happy to know I was wrong. ---
**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 7, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/79 "2022-07-07T19:23:43Z")
I don’t know about the direction USA-\>Germany, but in my experience from many former Postcard Exchanges, cards from Germany to the US take about a week on average. ETA: but sure, Arizona of course would take longer than from the East coast, so it really was a fast delivery. ---
**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 7, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174/80 "2022-07-07T19:47:40Z")
We are out in the sticks, so our mail spends a day waiting to be delivered to a central hub in the big city before being sorted and sent on its way. Here’s hoping that everyone’s cards will fly as swiftly! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-summer-2022-doper-postcard-exchange/966174.md?page=5)