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

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A postcard exchange club has been initiated, inviting participants to express their interest and share mailing addresses privately. The rules emphasize not posting personal addresses publicly and indicate that the guidelines may be refined over time. Participants are excited about sending and receiving postcards, discussing where to find them, and sharing their experiences. Some members express challenges in obtaining postcards or mailing them due to local postal issues, while others share humorous anecdotes about their mailing habits and the difficulties of sending cards on time. The conversation also touches on the enjoyment of receiving postcards from different locations and the personal touches that can be added, such as drawings or messages. Overall, the thread reflects a sense of community and enthusiasm for the postcard exchange, despite logistical hurdles.
  • #101
I sent four this morning - more going out soon!
 
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  • #102
I have to remember to make a trip to the mail box. The last time I went I broke my arm. The Evo Child has been making by-monthly mail runs for me.
 
  • #103
Evo said:
I have to remember to make a trip to the mail box. The last time I went I broke my arm. The Evo Child has been making by-monthly mail runs for me.

Monthly? I thought you lived in Kansas. When did you move to Poland?
 
  • #104
lisab said:
I sent four this morning - more going out soon!

Did you get mine yet?
 
  • #105
wolram said:
It is just up the road from me, and where i found my fossils, also where some bad guys want build a hotel and houses:mad:

But how did the one with the wrong stamp get to you :confused: the mail people must have been feeling extra nice.
May be every one will get two cards.

Cool. Out here they pull fossils out of a big stinky tar pit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Brea_Tar_Pits
 
  • #106
Math Is Hard said:
Did you get mine yet?

Yep, I got yours - and one from OmCheeto, and one from Andre!
 
  • #107
Borek said:
So far, cards sent by:

MIH, Andre, Wolram2, Borek, OmCheeto, BobG

Cards received by:

MIH, Andre, Wolram

But that's probably not whole story.


This is incredible, Borek do you mean you all ready have the air mail posted one?
If so it was sent Wednesday afternoon.
And some with the wrong postage are getting through, i am starting to believe in miracles.
 
  • #108
No, I just collected information from the thread.
 
  • #109
~christina~ said:
Ooo I've decided that I want to exchange snail mail addesses.
I think I'll see if I can put a picture that I've taken on the front. (now I have to just find time to go to the print shop to see if this is possible)

I'm just confused as what we're supposed to write on these cards...I don't usually send cards to people out of randomness..


Hey christina, it is the joy of getting a card not what is on it, though some thing written on it would be better than nothing, even if it is inane mumbo jumbo.
 
  • #110
wolram said:
Hey christina, it is the joy of getting a card not what is on it, though some thing written on it would be better than nothing, even if it is inane mumbo jumbo.

Ooops... All I wrote on my cards was inane mumbo jumbo..

My joy is of course seeing a black penny on the card.
 
  • #111
Two more cards going today, I'll be home later today to see if somebody has thought of me.
 
  • #112
Wow, got my mail today! No magazines (too heavy to carry), but at least bills and several orders, and...

POSTCARD FROM MIH :smile: :approve: :!) :biggrin:

Incongruous stamp... If I recall correctly there will be something similar on my postcards - they are from Warsaw, but stamps are with Serock view (Serock is a small city not far from here).
 
  • #113
I have to go kick some bottoms at my nearest post office to get more stamps for

Hypatia and christina.

Boy will they be sorry if they are still out.
 
  • #114
Wolram, Found your card today when returning home; thank you very much; a nice little scenery.
 
  • #115
remember before the internet when you sent postcards to people just to keep in touch? then the internet was such a great thing because you no longer had to send postcards to keep in touch?
You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round round round.
 
  • #116
tribdog said:
remember before the internet when you sent postcards to people just to keep in touch? then the internet was such a great thing because you no longer had to send postcards to keep in touch?
You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round round round.

Yeah, but after the end times, we'll be the only PFers still keeping in touch. It'll be just like that Kevin Costner movie, The Postman, or whatever the title was. (Admittedly, it was a little unrealistic - I seriously doubt a rock musician or other entertainer could ever be elected mayor of a city, even after the end times.:rolleyes:)
 
  • #117
Borek said:
Wow, got my mail today! No magazines (too heavy to carry), but at least bills and several orders, and...

POSTCARD FROM MIH :smile: :approve: :!) :biggrin:

Incongruous stamp... If I recall correctly there will be something similar on my postcards - they are from Warsaw, but stamps are with Serock view (Serock is a small city not far from here).

w00t! Hooray! :smile: :smile: :smile:
 
  • #118
My first postcard! :cool:

The Santa Monica pier at sunset with palm trees and Catalina Island in the ocean.

And from a rule breaker, too. She wrote in the space reserved for US Postal Service.
 
  • #119
BobG said:
My first postcard! :cool:

The Santa Monica pier at sunset with palm trees and Catalina Island in the ocean.

And from a rule breaker, too. She wrote in the space reserved for US Postal Service.

OMG, will she be prosctitued?
 
  • #120
wolram said:
OMG, will she be prosctitued?

No, it's a pier with an amusement park; not one where sailors hang out.

I think. What did you ask?
 
  • #121
Hey Bob! I got your postcard! Nice handwriting!
 
  • #122
lisab said:
Yep, I got yours - and one from OmCheeto, and one from Andre!

I got your's and Kurdt's 10 minutes after the forum went down yesterday. Perfect timing.

Your card reminded me of when I used to live in Bremerton.
I used to ride those car ferrys to Seattle all the time, just for fun. I haven't been on one in 25 years.

I spent at least an hour studying the theme of Kurdt's card. What an outrageously cool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q54VKT_mZfI&feature=related".

Thank you both!
 
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  • #123
And I got the second card from Wolram. Thanks
 
  • #124
Still only two cards one from MIH and one from Andre.
 
  • #125
Andre said:
And I got the second card from Wolram. Thanks

Amazing the under stamped one got there :smile:
 
  • #126
Wolly card here - 50p version.

Wow, tried to google - looks like every second pub in UK is called The Butchers Arms :smile:
 
  • #127
Thats certainly not the most popular name of pub in the UK. No prizes, but can anyone guess what the most popular name is? :wink:
 
  • #128
Kurdt said:
Thats certainly not the most popular name of pub in the UK. No prizes, but can anyone guess what the most popular name is? :wink:

Woolies arms?
 
  • #130
I was actually thinking of the British Beer and Pub associations stats which are slightly different.

http://www.beerandpub.com/pub_facts.aspx
 
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  • #131
wolram said:
Still only two cards one from MIH and one from Andre.

Wouldn't you think that Borek's cards are missing in action?
 
  • #132
I have two cards from England now! I owe you another one, Wolly!

I also got a beautiful postcard from BobG. Thanks, Bob. I thought those were squirrels rather than camels when I first saw them. :)
 
  • #133
Andre said:
Wouldn't you think that Borek's cards are missing in action?

Just after 5 days? I bet they are still at my post office.
 
  • #134
3 cards being sent out today!
 
  • #135
Horaaaay,

I just received a post card from Om cheeto, thanks Om, great view, though you would never get me up in one of those cable cars.
 
  • #136
One of the cards I have sent landed in Finland (non-PF addressee), so at least I know they are on the move.
 
  • #137
Lisab

Got your local volcano. Thanks.
 
  • #138
Thanks, Lisa! I got your card!
 
  • #139
wolram said:
Horaaaay,

I just received a post card from Om cheeto, thanks Om, great view, though you would never get me up in one of those cable cars.

I was quite pleased when I didn't wet myself on my first ride. I stop by the upper tower at least once a month to get my view fix. It's quite incredible on a clear day. I can see all the way to Lisab's house. It's 130 miles away! About 60 extra miles than you and Kurdt.

I got your postcard yesterday. 3 sheep, a tree, and an old stump in a field.
Is that near your house? I google earthed your residence and saw some white lumps in the field across the street. I assumed they were sheep.

I was of course most interested in your choice of stamps, being a philatelist.

pfwolliestamp.jpg


Or was what Kurdt said true? Do the postal workers put the stamps on for you?
 
  • #140
I'd do this but I'm afraid I wouldn't ever get any of the cards out...And being a one way participant isn't fair...

Om, I'm assuming the card you sent is a pic of the tram system in P-town?
 
  • #141
binzing said:
I'd do this but I'm afraid I wouldn't ever get any of the cards out...And being a one way participant isn't fair...

Om, I'm assuming the card you sent is a pic of the tram system in P-town?

No binz, it's a postcard of the tram system in P-town...

Pictures would have been posted on another thread.

Btw. I got a picture from Andre of some vino today. With a very cool 92 something or other postage stamp that says.. um, wait a minute... microfont. let me put on a few more pairs of glasses... Eurocent Nederland 2008.

ah ha! my first euro-stamp.

but wait! what the hell does the post mark say?: "schrijven zegt meer"

last time I heard something that sounded like that was: "Moi ez meer"

but that was at least 390 years ago...

wait! here's something even weirder. Andre's last name is Big Jerk!

OMG!

um... wait a minute. No it isn't. I'm dyslexic.

hic!

Thanks for the post card Andre! A pic of the tram is on it's way :smile:
 
  • #142
OmCheeto said:
Thanks for the post card Andre! A pic of the tram is on it's way :smile:

That has to go into another thread
 
  • #143
We do not get to choose stamps Om, we just get what we are given over the counter.
I agree it is a real crapy design.
That tree stump is where strange things occurred long long ago.
 
  • #144
I wondered why you sent me those Family Planning stamps, Wolly.
 
  • #145
Math Is Hard said:
I wondered why you sent me those Family Planning stamps, Wolly.


:blushing: Wishful thinking, but i did hope for a big family so that i could spend half an hour saying good night to them all.
 
  • #146
wolram said:
We do not get to choose stamps Om, we just get what we are given over the counter.
I agree it is a real crapy design.
That tree stump is where strange things occurred long long ago.

Well... I pray to god that the sheep are not a result of those "strange things" that once occurred.

And what's that at the end of the stick on top of the stump? A hornets nest?

Is this one of those IQ test postcards? Now I see 8 sheep, 3 trees, a fence, and of course, the aforementioned hornets nest. Wait! Now I can see 13 sheep!

Ah ha! and the hornets nest isn't a nest at all. It's another sheep! 14!

Thanks again for the card Wollie. I think I like this club. :smile:
 
  • #147
It seems my post office didn't have the new set of stamps that woolie seems to have had. I did manage to squeeze and old picture stamp out for you.
 
  • #148
Andre card here :smile: Looks like my post office started to distribute mail.
 
  • #149
Andre, the card arrived today! Thats a pretty vicious animal lol. Thank you so much.
 
  • #150
I am sending you a birthday card, Hypatia.
 

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