tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907316646135470468.post7765459881547873363..comments2022-11-22T03:12:32.594-08:00Comments on Grizzled Old Traveler: Two Million Postcards From StrangersSean McLachlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09778503397743759469noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907316646135470468.post-44356605616464345082009-03-09T02:15:00.000-07:002009-03-09T02:15:00.000-07:00Lara,It's a very fun group, and with the amount of...Lara,<BR/><BR/>It's a very fun group, and with the amount of travel you do, I'm sure you'll be very popular!Sean McLachlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09778503397743759469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907316646135470468.post-39028245017777316992009-03-08T17:56:00.000-07:002009-03-08T17:56:00.000-07:00Oh, I'll have to check this out. I started researc...Oh, I'll have to check this out. I started researching a story on postcards last year and the response was extraordinary - I discovered postcards well and truly had not died out - and then I noticed quite recently that one of the most popular posts on the Budget Travel blog was on postcards, with a couple of hundred comments, far more than they normally get. There's really something special about them that emails, twitters, and blogs will never replace.Lara Dunstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05568159382939703162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907316646135470468.post-55895830406471857932009-03-08T04:06:00.000-07:002009-03-08T04:06:00.000-07:00to be honest, you really made my heart stop for a ...to be honest, you really made my heart stop for a while...i really thought i had misread and that you had actually said he was from Norway and i had just made a fool of myself :)<BR/>yeah, thats a nice virtue of yours...it has happened to me...i had labeled a card as from a totally different town and a blogger pointed it out and i thanked him and corrected it...though i could have just deleted his comment and corrected it myself...or as in some other posts i miss something important and all...i think it aint fun to be perfect and pretend in front of the world that you are :)<BR/><BR/>as for the multiple accounts...from what ive read, people just cant wait for their current travelling cards to get registered so that they are able to send new ones, so they make another profile..or they are just way too addicted and can afford it as well..coz its not the cheapest hobby in the world after all<BR/><BR/>i wouldnt open a second account, mainly coz i feel that if i do so, my accounts would lack identity...by having one, it portrays you and who you are and all..if you start having more, then something just gets lost in its meaning...i hope im making sense<BR/>in general i think people have two accounts...Joey (the Norwegian guy) is the only one who has over 10...<BR/><BR/>ok, i talk too much :)Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12087615345111466319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907316646135470468.post-79211847422614521682009-03-07T15:41:00.000-08:002009-03-07T15:41:00.000-08:00Ana,But I said he was from Norway! Hee hee, actual...Ana,<BR/><BR/>But I said he was from Norway! Hee hee, actually I corrected it. Thanks for pointing it out. I wonder how often people correct mistakes in their blog and make it look like the person who left the comment was wrong?<BR/><BR/>My private swaps will go up when I'm in Oxford, because I'll be away from my "official" address.<BR/><BR/>I've heard of people having more than one profile. Is that so they can go beyond the normal sending limit?Sean McLachlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09778503397743759469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907316646135470468.post-7523526533195944522009-03-07T14:54:00.000-08:002009-03-07T14:54:00.000-08:00ive done 50 times more swaps than official cards.....ive done 50 times more swaps than official cards...i think that if we count the unofficial postcards, sent and received, the number will be waaay beyong 3 million :)<BR/><BR/>btw, at the time of writing this, the number of received official postcards is 2,042,994...thats 42,000 postcards in like 10 days...i can see the 3 millionth official registered card coming more than soon..<BR/><BR/>this project is just sooo amazing! If only i was richer... :)<BR/><BR/>ps. just one correction if im allowed..the user who registered the 2 millionth card is from Norway, not Finland...i think he is the user with most profiles on the site...ive never managed to track them all down but i know its over 10 :)Anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12087615345111466319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907316646135470468.post-606089525342509732009-03-07T14:35:00.000-08:002009-03-07T14:35:00.000-08:00Good point. I've done about as many private swaps ...Good point. I've done about as many private swaps as I have officials, and judging from the forum that's pretty common.Sean McLachlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09778503397743759469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907316646135470468.post-62178453129695756782009-03-07T07:56:00.000-08:002009-03-07T07:56:00.000-08:00The two million mark is amazing, and that's just t...The two million mark is amazing, and that's just the "official" count -- I've sent and received more cards through "unofficial" swaps with people I've met on Postcrossing than I have with the "official" cards (yourself included). I wouldn't be surprised if the total, untracked count was three million or more.<BR/><BR/>My 5-year-old grandson is catching postcard fever as well -- though he wants to choose the "stickers" for the cards based on their aesthetic value rather than by their monetary value.Chris Overstreethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03943683672229387002noreply@blogger.com