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New comment by Uncle_Brumpus in "A new Postcrossing stamp from the USA"

Uncle_Brumpus — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:08:56 +0000

Thank you for posting this. I've somehow never heard of Postcrossing, but I've now signed up and will have a couple cards put in a mailbox this afternoon. I am so so excited to actually receive mail. I've sent close to 150 postcards over the last 12 months to various people I know IRL, and not a single person has responded in kind. The only mail I get is from a penpal in Finland I met on Lemmy (which is always a treat to receive!)

I'll just so happen to be at the world stamp expo, so I'll be sure to try and check out the postcrossing meetups, and pick up some of these stamps hot off the press!

New comment by Uncle_Brumpus in "Reverse Engineering Crazy Taxi, Part 2"

Uncle_Brumpus — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:31:29 +0000

My brother and I still quote passenger dialog to each other to this day.

Take me to the Fila store!

We had it on the Dreamcast, and it was one of our most-played games. I remember for YEARS trying to 100% the Crazy Box... but because we didn't know how to do the boost thing, it was just impossible. Specifically the Crazy Jump, there's just no way to even come close without doing the boost. Literal definition of insanity, us swapping the controller back and forth for hours trying to wiggle the car into the corner of the launch platform to get a little extra run-up and still failing.

New comment by Uncle_Brumpus in "US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February"

Uncle_Brumpus — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:25:12 +0000

I had never vacationed abroad in my whole life, then last year I traveled separately to Amsterdam (with 2 nights in Groningen) and Paris. Both trips ended up being cheaper than similar domestic trips. Both times I was extremely sad to return home.

I would love to emigrate to Europe. One of the nights in Amsterdam, I couldn't sleep and spent the night frantically researching how to legally emigrate.