I took some flak last year for calling it the 2014 Summer Postcard Exchange. After all, for the southern half of the planet, it’s the middle of winter. So, a new year and a new, more politically correct name. Cunctator, I hope you’re paying attention.
Here’s how it works: By signing up, you agree to mail out three supercool postcards, one each to three Dopers whom I will select for you. In return, you will receive an awesome postcard from each of them. Cool, huh?
The caveats:
Please don’t sign up if you can’t follow through. I understand that Life can “happen” after you’ve signed up, and if it does, please let me know and I’ll make other arrangments for your recipients. But if you already know that you’re going to be very busy for the next six weeks with a wedding/reunion/world cruise/recovery from surgery/whatever, please sit this round out. There will be other opportunities.
In the past, players who have ignored Caveat No. 1 have come to the attention of Skald the Rhymer. This is not a good thing. You do not want this to happen to you. Just trust me on this.
Please keep your postcards PG-rated. Many Dopers have small children about the home; keep it clean and appropriate, please.
Ready to play? Send me a PM with your Doper name, real name (if you wish), mailing address, and whether you are willing to send a postcard internationally. The US postcard rate is $0.34; the international postcard rate is $1.15.
Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, July 22. I’ll get your recipients to you by July 25; you will have until August 14 to get them in the mail.
Lots of folks in the Northern Hemisphere are taking vacations to very cool places right now. That significantly increases your chances of getting a postcard from a very cool place!
There are always people who have a hard time finding postcards. Don’t wait! Tourist sites, visitors bureaus, historic and art museum gift shops are all good sources.
Thanks, Elendil’s Heir, for the reminder about where to find good postcards. There are also a couple of good websites that sell cool cards; www.zazzle.com is one. Or, you could do what blondebear is doing and go to a vintage paper faire. I’ve heard that the postcards blondebear sends are quite beautiful. (Hmm, I may just accidentally-on-purpose put blondebear on my recipient list. No, that wouldn’t be fair.)
Thanks, raventhief, for clarifying about sending international. I have made a note of it.
BeeGee, I have not received a PM from you. There is another Doper with a username similar to mine (I think it is “jayjay”; perhaps you sent to them in error? I will PM you myself so you don’t have to hunt and can just respond directly to me.
One of the things I enjoy about running these is learning where other Dopers live and discovering town names I didn’t know existed. Who knew there was a Crystal, Minnesota, or an Apollo, Pennsylvania? Yeah, I’m easily amused.
Keep those PMs coming! As of yet, no one will have to send internationally. I’m hoping that will change. JoseB, where are you?
Hmm, I think one of those old fashioned postcards of a Reubenesque woman with Gibson Girl hair in her bloomers and chemise would count as PG-13 now (seriously R- or X- in the old days).
jayrey, honey, I don’t have time to be punishing people this month, so I have directed the Operations Department to make 12 Anne Hathaway model model slapbots available for your purposes.
At least I think I said slapbots. I might have told them to send stab-bots. Ah well.
