This is where we can make our guesses as to when we think the 76 millionth postcard will be registered on Postcrossing. Please make your prediction in UTC format. Anyone is welcome to change their prediction as often as they want to.
Okay, itās easy to avoid seeing other guesses, being so fresh in this new countdown.
I asked the oracle of the Hidden Society of Postal Workers, and they told me: donāt cheat and do your own math. Well, some factors are known, others arenāt, so any first guess can be a good one
989,495 to go
24.03.2024
15:24 UTC
a card from CA to RE (because maybe we learn to care more, this year)
Iām going to go a little earlier. 21st March, 15.21 UTC.
Some interesting events are here again which may affect for our destination of 76 million cards. February is known for lettermo so some users may send more cards than usual to send a card per day. Also we are having leap day this year so I want to go with it just for fun even though Iām sure itās too late. Early I mean!
29 February at 4.07am UTC.
Iād forgotten about the leap year. I shouldnāt have, because one of my children was born that day. Iāll stick with my original guess though.
Iāll say March 17th, 13:01 UTC!
March 26th 2024, 7:55 UTC
Thatās relatively late for the fact that statistics say these month are the ones with the most sent cards, but I think traveling time of postcards will increase and therefor Iād like to be a bit pessimistic.
I accidentally put a emoji-sticker in my calendar app on 1. March, so I take this as a sign and will go for 1. March 20:24 UTC
And now I have to find out how I put stickers and how to remove them again (I just have this new phone since Christmas.)
22.03.24 Fri 03:17 (UTC)
As an idea.
@Florallle = 21/03/24 15:21
@Stevyy = 24/03/24 15:24
@greenskull = 22/03/24 03:17
LSG indicator (Louise, Stefan, GreenSkull) = 22/03/24 19:20 (as the average of these three predictions). Most likely, the Moment of Truth will be no further than 1 day from this indicator (in any direction).
If one of us changes the prediction, the LSG will also change.
9th of March at 3:20pm!
Well, my spontanous thought was about the 13th March - but given the professional opinion Iām gonna have another look at my crystal ball ā¦ but it says, āpht, stick with your own fortuneā (though it might be a bit early) ā¦ so hereās my prediction:
March 14th, about 2.14 pm! Good luck to all and us!
April 1st
At least then weād have reason to eat some double piece of on that special day (ignoring the āwrongā way of date-writing )
Each country has its own standards.
For reasons of political correctness, I use one standard or another.
I think you misunderstood
Itās 3.14159ā¦ day
Iām estimating 21/03/2024 02:44 UTC
Well, I didnāt do such a great job last time, but going to try again.
March 19th Tuesday 3:19 (UTC)
March 26 is my brotherās birthday, so I suppose this time I will guess 26 March, 17:30 UTC. I love these threads!
Well Iāve updated my jiggery pokery and come up with 22.03.2024 17:00 hrs
As that seems to be in the correct ballpark Iām going with it. Good luck everyone (Iām sure its luckā¦)