# Who wants to send 2nd graders post cards ? You do! You do! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837 "2006-01-20T16:36:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/21 "2006-01-20T22:40:48Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > The USPS web site still shows postcard stamps for 23 cents, but I believe they went up at the same time first class did. What is actually the current rate for mailing a postcard? I went looking on the site for that very thing today, andfound that the postcard rate went up to 24 cents. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/22 "2006-01-20T23:27:34Z")
Email sent from the Netherlands! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/23 "2006-01-21T00:44:49Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > You know I’m in (email to follow). Can I send more than one? > > While y’all are out looking for postcards, remember that laina\_f collects postcards that say “\ bird” and show a picture of a mosquito. If you come across one, I’d be very grateful if you’d send it to me. I have Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri. I’ll be glad to send you or your children postcards, valentines, birthday cards, or whatever in return. You can send as many as your little heart desires. Know that kids will be so happy to look at something from somewhere else and possibly delay some spelling test or dreaded math exam. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/24 "2006-01-21T02:03:57Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Are you maybe thinking of some of Afghanistan’s largest cash crop? You know, it’s a common misconception that the ‘afghan’ blanket originated in Afghanistan. It actually originated in Uzbekistan, but think about it: who’s really going to say, “Honey, can you come and bring me an oozebeck?” It’s all about the sales. **Shirley** , I think I can include some local cash. Not to worry. Tripler It was all a marketing ploy by Alexander the Great’s little brother, Mike the Somewhat Nifty. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/25 "2006-01-21T03:40:13Z")
Airman and his sister are making a side trip from Indiana (PA) to Punxsutawney, so you’ll have one from Gobbler’s Knob, too. This is in addition to one from cow-and-Amish-intensive Central Pennsylvania. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/26 "2006-01-21T04:02:23Z")
I’ve sent the email. Will the standard shot of the Opera House suffice? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/27 "2006-01-21T04:13:21Z")
I’ve sent the email. Will the standard shot of the Opera House suffice? ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/28 "2006-01-21T04:46:44Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > I’ve sent the email. Will the standard shot of the Opera House suffice? 🙂 > [@don't ask](#): > > I’ve sent the email. Will the standard shot of the Opera House suffice? I guess you won’t be wanting any more Opera House postcards, then? ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/29 "2006-01-21T04:52:47Z")
How long will this be open? I’m thinking of sending a picture of me waving in a busy area of downtown Toronto. Is that okay? And a postcard of course. ---
**Author:** ![jastu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jastu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jastu)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/30 "2006-01-21T05:07:49Z")
Email sent from New Zealand. ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/31 "2006-01-21T10:59:44Z")
Email sent from Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Mame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mame)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/32 "2006-01-21T13:15:10Z")
Will the Standard shot of the Opera…? OUCH What is the deadline? My daughter is 8. If I can talk her into writing a few lines on what a kid her age is doing at the moment would that help, or is it just geography/tourist stuff you need? There is nothing like the tactile for interesting kids in new things. We could send a small package - a few gumleaves, some lollies you don’t have in the States (eg musk lifesavers, Binka’s jelly snakes), some Vegemite, recipe for Anzac biscuits? Maybe even if I can find it, an essential oil from a flower that didn’t make it as a perfume ingredient cos although the smell is glorious, about 10% of people can’t smell it at all! (boronia is the flower) Will email you. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/33 "2006-01-21T13:19:49Z")
check email. I can send some money featuring 6 different languages and your favorite commie ala “Who’s Mao?” ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/34 "2006-01-21T13:37:58Z")
I’m only one state away, but my town has this really big, really stupid statue of a sunfish. Kids like big stupid fish statues, so count me in. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/35 "2006-01-21T16:51:34Z")
The card is on it’s way (along with a note)! ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/36 "2006-01-21T18:13:09Z")
Another question of how soon you need these? I’ve got a couple of ideas for good things to send, but won’t have a chance to sort them out until the end of the month. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/37 "2006-01-21T19:37:00Z")
I can send stuff, too. How late is too late? Mail takes a couple of weeks from Beirut to the US sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Corrvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@Corrvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corrvin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/38 "2006-01-22T00:39:44Z")
Hey, I wanted to thank you for a fun morning-- I bought a couple of postcards and then my co-workers and I had a brainstorming discussion of “fun things about Oklahoma that maybe some kids would like to know.” I was really surprised that some of the stuff from Oklahoma History (which, at least for me, was over a decade ago) stuck with us-- and random facts from other sources, too. We even got a few of our clients to help us out, with mixed results (quite a few folks here aren’t from Oklahoma-- who’d a thunk it?). Most fun I’ve had at work in a long time. Thanks for the inspiration! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/39 "2006-01-22T01:17:58Z")
um…a postcard from dearborn heights? ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/40 "2006-01-22T09:23:43Z")
How should I adress the envelope? When I was eight year old, my aunt made my day by adressing me on a postcard as: _Mml_Maastricht. (_Mll_. is French for _Mademoiselle_, young lady) So should I adress my card as: “to the kids in \'s class” or to Master/Miss …? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837.md?page=3)