# Time for the "Middle of 2015" Postcard Exhange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507 "2015-07-07T21:08:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/121 "2015-08-08T20:29:44Z")
I got three today! That’s all of them. Well done! ---
**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:** [August 8, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/122 "2015-08-08T20:59:26Z")
Second card from **Why Child** arrived this morning! ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/123 "2015-08-09T00:35:35Z")
From JoseB, THREE postcards! They were from Pompeii, a place that fascinates me, that I know I will never see. I can’t imagine the what it would be like for those who had a minute or so of warning. I really appreciate seeing them. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/124 "2015-08-11T03:02:19Z")
Sorry to be late in posting! Sometimes my real life gets in the way of my internet life. My cards are in the mail! And I got one late last week from **needscoffee** of a Starbucks in Seattle! With a cool Aquaman stamp! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Grrlbrarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrlbrarian/32/4048_2.png) [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/125 "2015-08-11T13:20:09Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > I received two postcards today!! > > One from Grrlbrarian, who I must meet one day, and it’s a beautiful, antique card with a floral anchor on it. Yay! I received not two but FOUR postcards today! Many thanks to **Pai325** for the lovely picture of Rockford in snow. I agree: we must meet. 🙂 Next time I’m headed due north, I’ll give you a heads-up. And **JoseB** , I LOVED the three postcards from Pompeii & Herculaneum. I have always longed to visit, and through the medium of your postcards, I got to see (and now get to keep!) a little bit of those places. You must have had a brilliant trip; links to your Flickr stream cheerfully welcomed. Much gratitude to both of you for my wonderful posties! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/126 "2015-08-11T14:02:54Z")
Finally got mine in the mail…this is what happens when you’re a last-minute kind of a guy! Better late than never… ---
**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:** [August 11, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/127 "2015-08-11T15:48:00Z")
Still haven’t gotten my third postcard. A reminder: all should be mailed by Friday. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/128 "2015-08-11T16:57:52Z")
I have received two lovely postcards from **Helena330** , a gorgeous view of Tacoma, Washington and a closeup of an alpaca. So cute! I will definitely take you up on that offer of coffee next time I’m up your way. I’ve received all of mine, plus a coupla extras. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Grrlbrarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrlbrarian/32/4048_2.png) [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/129 "2015-08-11T18:47:14Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I got one of my cards! It’s a really cool vintage, “time saver card” - just check the boxes next to the sentiments you want to wing to your recipient! I am a “Dear Old Thing,” and grrlbrarian is “Broke” and “needs sleep!” Truth! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/130 "2015-08-11T19:48:01Z")
According to his card,\*\* Kayaker \*\*is “just hanging around to say hello”. Hello to you, too, **Kayaker**. Your card is the first to make it all the way to Switzerland. ---
**Author:** ![mortal\_wombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@mortal\_wombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mortal_wombat)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/131 "2015-08-11T19:58:49Z")
I’ll get in now. Payday next week. Gonna send Baker, Cunctator and minionkat something new and would love another handful to get acqauinted with 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/132 "2015-08-11T19:59:01Z")
> [@Anaglyph](#): > > According to his card,\*\* Kayaker \*\*is “just hanging around to say hello”. Hello to you, too, **Kayaker**. Your card is the first to make it all the way to Switzerland. Cool!!! BTW, coincidentally my brother is in Zurich for work for a few weeks (BASF)! ---
**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:** [August 11, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/133 "2015-08-11T22:54:30Z")
Got my 3rd card from \*\*davida03801 \*\*yesterday. Sweep! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/134 "2015-08-11T23:25:01Z")
How long does a postcard generally take, when mailed in the US, to a US address? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/135 "2015-08-12T00:37:24Z")
Got a nautical card from **davida03801** today–three tugs in Portsmouth Harbor NH (a quick google reveals they’re part of the Moran fleet). Thanks! ---
**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:** [August 12, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/136 "2015-08-12T04:27:24Z")
I got a surprise postcard from **Anaglyph** , who wasn’t on my list, so I’m confused, but very much appreciative of the postcard, which depicts a celebration of Swiss National Day, Aug 1, which I remember very well because I had a Swiss friend who used to have a barbecue on Aug 1 which is also the first day of Allergy Season (for me anyway.) Thanks, **Anaglyph** , it’s the first postcard I’ve received this round. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/137 "2015-08-12T14:17:37Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > How long does a postcard generally take, when mailed in the US, to a US address? They’re supposed to be treated the same as first class mail, so it _should_ take around a week. But my experience is that it can take a lot longer–sometimes 3 weeks or more. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/138 "2015-08-12T17:48:49Z")
Got two postcards yesterday from **Baker** - a picture of resting cattle and birds, and another of a bison and calf, all from Kansas. Thanks! That should be all my cards. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/139 "2015-08-12T18:19:48Z")
Baker has been busy…got two (!) from her in the mail today (so this may help answer her question about the length of time it takes postcards to travel, or at least how long it takes postcards to travel 1300 miles). –A great shot of the KS state capitol (which is especially wonderful as I have a “life list” of state capitols visited, and Kansas’s is not on it); and –a card with the Kansas state symbols, including the archetypal “amber waves of grain,” equally great. Thanks so much! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507/140 "2015-08-12T21:40:01Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Baker has been busy…got two (!) from her in the mail today (so this may help answer her question about the length of time it takes postcards to travel, or at least how long it takes postcards to travel 1300 miles). > > –**A great shot of the KS state capitol (which is especially wonderful as I have a “life list” of state capitols visited, and Kansas’s is not on it);** and > –a card with the Kansas state symbols, including the archetypal “amber waves of grain,” equally great. > > Thanks so much! Bolding mine. Glad to hear you got the cards! As I said, I live within sight of that building here in Topeka, and on the card it looks as I always remember it, with the green, oxidized weathered dome. But the photo is dated, there have been major renovations and the dome is now it’s original copper brown color. Still gives me a double take from time to time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-middle-of-2015-postcard-exhange/724507.md?page=8)