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Re: A first!
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Reply to: #842577 by Sudoku Crazy
Apr 22, 2014 5:55pm
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27 days to get to you? Wow!

Slow boat?? :)

TG
Vacation Postcards with a Twist!
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May 13, 2014 10:33am
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It's that time again! Time to exchange vacation postcards!

Whether your vacation is at home or away, get some postcards to exchange. Put your signature stamp on it, decorate it if you would like, and as a new twist, boil your adventure down to 3 words, such as:

bears
s'mores
sunsets

whatever you enjoyed most!

Anybody game?

I'll administer the exchange. Let me know if you are interested and once I get a list and addresses, I will send it out to everyone so you know how many and who. Please send your postcards out by September 13th. Let's limit it to 15 people.

Happy Trails!
Yosemite MJD
Re: Vacation Postcards with a Twist!
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Reply to: #846397 by Yosemite MJD
May 13, 2014 10:39am
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Hi, I'm game. Flying out of Florida in 3 weeks and heading for the Yellowstone area for a week. I'll pick up 15 postcards then, if I get to be one of your 15. Thanks

Al Rott
PO Box 602
Kathleen, FL 33849
Re: Vacation Postcards with a Twist!
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Reply to: #846397 by Yosemite MJD
May 13, 2014 4:00pm
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Yes yes yes!!!! I love stamping postcards and I love getting them, dern it!!!
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Reply to: #846553 by crosscresent
May 13, 2014 4:56pm
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Dern. Now I have to go on vacation!!!!
:D
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Reply to: #846397 by Yosemite MJD
May 13, 2014 7:31pm
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I would like to do this! Postcards are great. We send postcards out every time we go off on a trip and one to ourselves with a note about our trip. Our future trips will now also have a local stamp on it. Off to Texas in 3 weeks.

Count me in.

Mrs. No Borders
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Reply to: #846397 by Yosemite MJD
May 13, 2014 7:58pm
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I will participate. I travel a lot on business and live in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Never know where I might collect my set.
Re: Vacation Postcards with a Twist!
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Reply to: #846397 by Yosemite MJD
May 13, 2014 8:13pm
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Question. Is it one postcard per person or one from a couple different places per person and do all of the cards to the 15 need to be the same or can they be different?
Re: Vacation Postcards with a Twist!
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Reply to: #846397 by Yosemite MJD
May 14, 2014 2:15am
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Sounds like fun, count me in.
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Reply to: #846654 by Alaska hsm
May 14, 2014 4:37am
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You will send one postcard to each participant. And they can all be different, or all the same. Your call! We will enjoy them no matter what!
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Reply to: #846648 by RadiologyNurse
May 14, 2014 4:39am
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If everyone who wants to participate would AQ mail me their address, I can start compiling the list. Plenty of openings still! Join the fun!
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Reply to: #846397 by Yosemite MJD
May 14, 2014 5:33am
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Pick me, please!
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Reply to: #846719 by FloridaFour
May 14, 2014 7:03am
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Oh, alright! I'll pick you, too!

LOL

Still spaces available!
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Reply to: #846744 by Yosemite MJD
May 17, 2014 8:43am
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Oo oo, I want to play too!
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Reply to: #847663 by jad_juniper
May 17, 2014 5:05pm
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Come aboard! I'm still collecting vacation buddies! Just contact me with you address. Plenty of room still!
Still Looking for Vacation Postcard Exchanges!
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May 17, 2014 5:12pm
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Just AQmail me with your address if you are interested in exchanging vacation postcards with 10-15 people! The game is to get a postcard for each member of the group, stamp it with your sig stamp, and write three words that most describe your trip! Mail them out by Sept. 15.

Thanks!
Yosemite MJD
Re: Still Looking for Vacation Postcard Exchanges!
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Reply to: #847735 by Yosemite MJD
May 17, 2014 6:38pm
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I can do one! Going to Nashville for a week and I think IN to drop a kid off for camp. Those work?
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Reply to: #847746 by Raven
May 18, 2014 4:51am
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Yes!!!
I'm carving a special stamp for mine, too. :D
yay!!!!
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Reply to: #847788 by crosscresent
May 18, 2014 6:53am
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You guys are in! Looking forward to it!
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Reply to: #847735 by Yosemite MJD
May 18, 2014 6:17pm
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FYI, the most postcards you will need to get are the group minus one. You don't have to buy yourself a postcard if you don't want, LOL.
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Reply to: #847735 by Yosemite MJD
May 19, 2014 8:34am
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We have 15 now. Thanks everybody!
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Reply to: #848053 by Yosemite MJD
May 20, 2014 5:55am
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of course...a day late... I still have my dollar. :)
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Reply to: #847735 by Yosemite MJD
May 20, 2014 6:44am
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Are you going to make a tracker for these?

I will include an AQ# on mine, and list as "Other".
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Reply to: #848345 by FloridaFour
May 20, 2014 7:34am
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I will if I can figure it out! I'll check into in a week or so.

Yosemite
Site issues
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May 22, 2014 6:55am
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Has anyone else been having issues with the postcrossing site in the past 24 hours? I can sometimes get on for a minute, but if I click to do something, I can't connect. I did manage to register a card today, and get an address to send one, but when I tried to upload an image the connection failed. I tried to register a card yesterday and had the same thing happen as soon as I tried to get past my home page. And also when I tried to check on my traveling cards. Even tried a different browser which seemed to work a bit better, but then the same stuff started happening.
Re: Site issues
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Reply to: #848814 by karmakat
May 23, 2014 8:09pm
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I just checked it, I'm not having any problems. I'll let you know if that changes.
Postcard from Floridafour
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Jun 5, 2014 12:24pm
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http://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.html?gTrackerId=7747

This will be a different postcard than whatever I send for the vacation postcards. I will also put a hand carved on site, stamp on it. I'm doing it as a gift, no exchange needed, so I don't have the added pressure of hosting a swap. Hehe. And also just for fun, as a challenge to try to send postcards from Asia. I've never done that before, I always just bring them home. Then I don't mail them! I have never bought postage in Asia, so I'm a bit nervous about finding a post office or a place to by stamps, but I am up for a challenge.

First 15 spots only, please!
Re: Postcard from Floridafour
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Reply to: #851354 by FloridaFour
Jun 5, 2014 12:52pm
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Fingers crossed that you have better luck with mailing in Phillipines/Singapore than I did in India.

Bought the postcards and international postage from the gift shop at the nice hotel we stayed at. Addressed about a dozen of them. Added the postage. Gave them to the front desk and asked that they be put in the international outgoing mail -- in perfect English, he replied "no problem" and appeared to place them in some sort of mail bin.

2+ years later and not a single one made it. :( Guess I'll have to try again.

- Kham
Re: Postcard from Floridafour
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Reply to: #851354 by FloridaFour
Jun 5, 2014 12:57pm
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I AM SOOO EXCITED!!! I have the beginnings of a nice post card collection from letterboxers. Thankyou thankyou thankyou
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Reply to: #851360 by Khameleon
Jun 5, 2014 1:17pm
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I am nervous about that. BUT I do have relatives I may ask to mail them....