Want to Join Our Postcard Club? Here's How!

[Borek]

That's what happens on chat - someone wants to get a postcard and you decide to start a club.

Rules are simple: if you want to take part, post here so that we all know you want to join. If you want to exchange postcard with someone, send her/him your snail-mail address by PM. You will get the return address through the same channel. Send a postcard. Wait. When you get the card - post here.

Please don't post your snail-mail addresses here.

Note to all interested: I am not treating this post as the final version, very likely these 'rules' will need some refining. However, in 30 minutes I won't be able to edit the post, thus we have to rely on good will of Mentors to do so.

 

[Borek]

Evo has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I'm excited. I already bought some postcards. But I might send some I painted myself if I can find them.

 

[binzing]

You feeling lonely over there in Poland Borek?

 

[Borek]

Pest control, do you read me?

So far I have been sent addresses by three people. Will have to go for postcard hunting this week. As I wrote on chat - the only place in Warsaw where they can be still bought without problems is the Old Town. So Old Town, here I come!

 

[Evo]

I know the hotel near here has a gift shop that sells post cards. I need to get by there. I wonder if the card store has any. MIH, where did you go to get cards?

 

[wolram]

I have to get Kia to turn some pics into posts cards.

 

[Andre]

.. where did you go to get cards?

Some ideas.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1306/is_n4_v62/ai_18180882
http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/mac/PostCard-Review-25384.shtml

 

[Andre]

Meanwhile I have started a little database containing six names for now for who are on my Xmas-card / birthday list and otherwise. You know who. Stamps aren't that expensive. Keep the address pm's coming

 

[Math Is Hard]

I know the hotel near here has a gift shop that sells post cards. I need to get by there. I wonder if the card store has any. MIH, where did you go to get cards?

I live in such a touristy place that every drugstore has them.

Why don't you paint/draw us some, Evo? I am cheaping out on yours and just writing everything on a stamped avocado (stolen from my neighbors, of course).

 

[Evo]

I live in such a touristy place that every drugstore has them.

KC is not exactly a place for tourists. Lost and stranded travelers, yes, but those usually don't stop to buy post cards, they just want out.

Why don't you paint/draw us some, Evo?

I used to do that.

I am cheaping out on yours and just writing everything on a stamped avocado (stolen from my neighbors, of course).

 

[Borek]

Out of curiosity I have entered all addresses that you have sent me into Google Earth. Wow. It works. You can even tell who has a black car

 

[Andre]

no no Borek! Spying is not allowed here Besides, my car is red, just like the car across your street, slightly to the left.

 

[Borek]

You can watch storks on my sky using your radars, and I can't make sociological observations with Google Earth? That's not fair.

If you have seen my street you have seen my old white car. It is barely visible, because the road is very bright, but it is there.

 

[Math Is Hard]

*closes drapes*

 

[lisab]

The black car's mine, but it's only black on the top sides...silverish on the sides.

The big field in back is being developed - lots of houses are going to be built there . But the good news - the area directly over the fence is going to be a park .

 

[lisab]

You can watch storks on my sky using your radars, and I can't make sociological observations with Google Earth? That's not fair.

Isn't it true, Andre, you can tell what flavor gum Borek is chewing ?

 

[wolram]

Well i am ex directory, so i am sorry you will not be able to see my place.

 

[Borek]

If you have seen my place - that's an old picture, there are lots of new houses around And they didn't stop to build them. Luckily area to the north (behind the drain) is untouched so far.

 

[Andre]

KC is not exactly a place for tourists...

There is one exception, in spring time, the storm chasers, http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=45 for instance.

But I could imagine a better reason for attention to the area.

Isn't it true, Andre, you can tell what flavor gum Borek is chewing

Tough call Lisa, there is this particular pink pixel. Probably strawberry.

 

[Cyrus]

Hey......where did all my post cards go!?

 

[Borek]

The black car's mine

Do you remember story about the Jewish boy saved by my grandparents? He lives 25 miles from you in Magnolia Bluff

 

[lisab]

Do you remember story about the Jewish boy saved by my grandparents? He lives 25 miles from you in Magnolia Bluff

Wow...isn't it a small world, really?

 

[binzing]

Hey......where did all my post cards go!?

I know...WTF, mate?

 

[Mk]

I'd like to be in the postcard club :) I travel frequently, and I've actually got some post cards saved up.

 

[edward]

Can I use my neighbors address his house is nicer than mine and he drives a Lincoln pick up truck.

 

[Math Is Hard]

FYI - was just on the USPS website and it said it's 94 cents to send a postcard from the States to Germany, Poland, or Wollyland.

also.. MK, send me your address and I'll send you a postcard.

 

[Evo]

FYI - was just on the USPS website and it said it's 94 cents to send a postcard from the States to Germany, Poland, or Wollyland.

also.. MK, send me your address and I'll send you a postcard.

Oh duh, thanks for reminding me MIH. I would have used normal postcard postage.

I still need to buy postcards. I think my office is actually on tourist postcards. It was supposed to look like the main Harvard campus, instead it looks like a prison, just add some guard towers and barbed wire. The architectural firm that won the contract builds prisons, go figure.

 

[Moonbear]

I think my office is actually on tourist postcards. It was supposed to look like the main Harvard campus, instead it looks like a prison, just add some guard towers and barbed wire. The architectural firm that won the contract builds prisons, go figure.

That would explain why they locked you in during the storms.

This sounds cool, but I'm not going to delude myself or anyone else into thinking I'd get to the post office for proper postage on a postcard any time this lifetime. I still have birthday presents on my coffee table that were supposed to be mailed out in May. (I take after my aunt, who would usually get around to delivering birthday presents by Christmas...not too bad for my October birthday, but a tad late for my sister's July birthday.)

 

[Evo]

This sounds cool, but I'm not going to delude myself or anyone else into thinking I'd get to the post office for proper postage on a postcard any time this lifetime. I still have birthday presents on my coffee table that were supposed to be mailed out in May. (I take after my aunt, who would usually get around to delivering birthday presents by Christmas...not too bad for my October birthday, but a tad late for my sister's July birthday.)

Yes, this will probably be added to my long list of feelings of guilt. I will probably actually buy postcards. They will probably end up with all the other things I've bought for people knowing how much they would enjoy them and then never actually sent. I bought MIH a really adorable birthday card a couple of years ago. It's sitting on the table in the hallway. I see it almost every day and it makes me think of her. She'd love it.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I sent off a batch of postcards today. :)

 

[Math Is Hard]

I bought MIH a really adorable birthday card a couple of years ago. It's sitting on the table in the hallway. I see it almost every day and it makes me think of her. She'd love it.

Maybe you could take a picture of it?

 

[wolram]

I am planning an ambulation across some of the darkest land of Warwickshire, the dangers are untold, but i expect to have to navigate through gorse and brier, quagmires and foreboding woods, and may be brave rabid wild life, all in the hope of getting a photograph that would be worthy of using as a post card to send to esteemed friends.

 

[Borek]

I will probably actually buy postcards. They will probably end up with all the other things I've bought for people knowing how much they would enjoy them and then never actually sent.

I am at a post office at least twice a week. Chemical software is sold just through downloads, so that's not a problem, by dyslexia therapy programs are on CD and I have to deliver them somehow. If not for that I will probably end at the same stage.

I have not bought postcards yet - I have been at the post office yesterday and they have just some bunnies and birthday wishes; I want something Warsaw related.

Finally, I wonder how long it will take for postcards to reach destination. Those sent by air mail are getting cross the Atlantic pretty fast, but those sent cheap must be delivered by row boats. I have seen them traveling for 6 weeks.

 

[Andre]

I am planning an ambulation across some of the darkest land of Warwickshire, the dangers are untold, but i expect to have to navigate through gorse and brier, quagmires and foreboding woods, and may be brave rabid wild life, all in the hope of getting a photograph that would be worthy of using as a post card to send to esteemed friends.

How admirable, Wolram,

Meanwhile five cards on their way.

 

[BobG]

I like postcards - especially from foreign countries (like California or Alaska, for example).

 

[Evo]

Maybe you could take a picture of it?

I'll do that tonight when I get home.

 

[OmCheeto]

Out of curiosity I have entered all addresses that you have sent me into Google Earth. Wow. It works. You can even tell who has a black car

I have a quantum car according to Google Earth

It is both at work, and at the boat launch. But not at home. hmmm... can particles go through 3 slits at once? Ooops! Off topic.

Being a philatelist, I would greatly appreciate exchanging post cards with the international PF community.

Borek, you are first on my list.

And what a great way to properly stalk my local PF'ers(instead of endlessly driving around their neighborhoods): lisab, Ivan & Tsu, Integral, et al.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I like postcards - especially from foreign countries (like California or Alaska, for example).

I can see Russia from my house!
If I use Google Earth.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I have a quantum car according to Google Earth

It is both at work, and at the boat launch. But not at home. hmmm... can particles go through 3 slits at once? Ooops! Off topic.

Cool - I need a quantum car!

I guess they only update images a few times a year. I've been looking at Galveston and it seems to be all pre-hurricane images.

 

[Borek]

I guess they only update images a few times a year.

Depends on place, but in general few times a year is a very high frequency.

 

[Evo]

Depends on place, but in general few times a year is a very high frequency.

Some places get updated more frequently than others. The view of where I live is about 2 years old, but a friend in DC was under a year.

 

[Evo]

MIH, here is your card, it's the best shot I could get of it. Now the surprise is gone.

The message inside says "May cosmic bliss come down and scratch you on the belly" Happy Birthday

 

[Math Is Hard]

oh, Evo! That is so sweet! Is that a Beagle? I love Beagles!
Thank you. This makes my crummy day into a good one :)

 

[Evo]

oh, Evo! That is so sweet! Is that a Beagle? I love Beagles!
Thank you. This makes my crummy day into a good one :)

Yes, it's a beagle. I'm glad you like it. I guess it will still be a surprise if you get it. Oh, and Dr Foofer just signed it. Your card now has claw marks on it. I should put it back before he hacks up a furball on it.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Speaking of postcards... I came across this website/blog and I am fascinated with it:
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people
mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard.

for instance:

and

and

 

[Moonbear]

I bought MIH a really adorable birthday card a couple of years ago. It's sitting on the table in the hallway. I see it almost every day and it makes me think of her. She'd love it.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who does things like this. Yet another PF support group forms. I have CDs with the photos from my nephew's 3rd birthday party that were supposed to be sent to my sister and mom. They're still on my desk and my nephew is now 5. I just found Christmas cards from last year that I meant to send to a couple of friends. They weren't just regular Christmas cards either, they were fancy ones that happened to remind me of them, so they're special, but needed extra postage and I didn't know how much. I guess I can still send them this year. Oh, and there's the present stored with my Christmas stuff that was supposed to be sent to my mom, oh, probably 3 years ago or so. It's clothing and she's not the same size anymore, so no point sending it now. I guess I should just give it to Good Will or something, but again, that would require making a trip to their thrift store and remembering to bring the clothes when I do it. I desperately need a personal assistant to run errands to the post office for me.

 

[Moonbear]

for instance:

One of my students is still a bit ticked off that I busted him on his flirting in class. Actually, I thought it was WAY too obvious to be real flirting and thought he was just goofing around, but by the shades of red he turned when I told him he would get more work done if he wasn't spending the lab period flirting, I think it really was flirting.

OUCH!

 

[Evo]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who does things like this. Yet another PF support group forms.

Thank goodness I'm not the only one!

Oh, I just remembered we had a US Post Office at work. I hope it's a real staffed one and not self service. I will have to try to find it tomorrow. Oh and we have an employee store somewhere, maybe they sell postcards and there is a custom graphics store. I need to get my little map out and look for these places.

 

[Borek]

OK, bought postcards today