# 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:** 4
**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 25, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/61 "2006-01-25T00:59:17Z")
**Johnny LA** scenic post card of Mt. Baker came in today. My, what legible hand writing you have! I don’t know why I am impressed with that. “Hello my Poppets!” that was really cute! Going out to the mailbox is suddenly not a fearful chore. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/62 "2006-01-25T09:10:17Z")
E-mail sent from Helsinki, Finland. I might not be able to limit it to just a postcard… I have so many ideas on what to send! ---
**Author:** ![Dryfreeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Dryfreeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryfreeze)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/63 "2006-01-25T10:39:28Z")
Hey there, I’ll be glad to send them a postcard from Iraq as I am on my second tour here. ---
**Author:** ![Dryfreeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Dryfreeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryfreeze)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/64 "2006-01-25T10:52:36Z")
Well I just posted the fact that I will send an Iraqi postcard, but I wanted to add that I resubscribed to the board just to get your email address so I could send a postcard =) Much doping ahead ---
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/65 "2006-01-25T16:32:13Z")
postcard from now cold, snowy north sent. ---
**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 25, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/66 "2006-01-25T17:05:20Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > that was really cute! I’m a cute guy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/67 "2006-01-25T17:13:03Z")
Alas, I totally lack cuteness – I sent a bunch, so put them in an envelope – unwritten on. Oh well. Plus my handwriting, though legible, isn’t strikingly so. Sigh. ---
**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 25, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/68 "2006-01-25T17:23:58Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Plus my handwriting, though legible, isn’t strikingly so. Normally I print in caps, a habit I picked up from dad who spent 20 years in the Navy and 22 years in the FAA. But I thought it would be a poor example to second-graders, so I used longhand. ---
**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 25, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/69 "2006-01-25T17:26:04Z")
> [@Dryfreeze](#): > > Well I just posted the fact that I will send an Iraqi postcard, but I wanted to add that I resubscribed to the board just to get your email address so I could send a postcard =) Much doping ahead WOOOOOOOOO! Welcome back, welcome back…welcome back! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/70 "2006-01-28T03:06:49Z")
Well, the idiots at the post office sent my card back to us. ---
**Author:** ![AThingWithFeathers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@AThingWithFeathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AThingWithFeathers)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/71 "2006-01-28T03:36:22Z")
I can’t guarantee my postcard will represent my location, but I’ll send some ashes from an active volcano in Italy if you’d like. ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/72 "2006-01-28T04:26:21Z")
Email sent from NZ. I’ll pick up some postcards from work tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smashed_Ice_Cream)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/73 "2006-01-28T06:35:46Z")
Email sent! I’m going into a hellish travelling path over the next few weeks; sending postcards to kids will make it all extremely fun. Oh wait. No, it won’t. I still have to work. But I’ll send them anyhow… ---
**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 28, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/74 "2006-01-28T12:24:51Z")
A flurry of postcards came in on Friday, the biggest surprise was the one from \*\*Sydney \*\* by Cunctator! (You, sir, are fast. or your postal system is. 🙂 A fastastic little package of Kansas stuff and another package from Santa Rosa! Postcards from Memphis, Mississippi, Kansas and OKLAHOMAAAAAAA! ( which, I did not know was where the National Weather center/beaureau/whatever is located, right in Norman, OK.) YAY and double YAY! ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/75 "2006-01-28T14:02:37Z")
When does their project finish? I can send one from South Australia, if you’ve got no representation from here yet (it seems New South Wales is very adequately covered!), but it’d take about 2 weeks to get down your way. ---
**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 28, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/76 "2006-01-28T16:00:19Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Cunctator! (You, sir, are fast… ) Ironic he should be fast, considering his username. 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/77 "2006-01-29T22:21:37Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > > [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > > > Cunctator! (You, sir, are fast… ) > > Ironic he should be fast, considering his username. 😉😃 Not at all. The great Roman general used delaying tactics as a means of confounding his enemies. Once he had committed to an action though he was swift to strike. \*\*Shirley \*\* - Australia Post has excelled itself. I posted the card on Monday afternoon and you got it on Friday. Did the other package of stuff arrive too, or just the postcard? ---
**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 30, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/78 "2006-01-30T01:33:53Z")
Just the post card so far. You mean there is more! Woooo! Also, I never knew your screen name was something profound. I, uh, when I have pronounced it in my head…it sounds a little dirty…I’m so embarrassed now. Anyone who would like to get in on this Geographical Educational Post Card Extravaganza Palooza, email me . everyone’s doin’ it! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/79 "2006-01-30T03:24:17Z")
shirley, send me an address and I’ll pop something Saskatchewanian in the mail - maybe a postcard of the Queen’s statue, maybe wheat, mybe Mounties - the possibilities are endless! (Like our view…) ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837/80 "2006-01-30T14:03:30Z")
Okay, I’m putting mine in the mail today. We’ll see how quickly it gets there… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-to-send-2nd-graders-post-cards-you-do-you-do/340837.md?page=5)