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BORING POSTCARDS

This Group celebtrates Boring, ordinary, dull, commercial Postcards that feature aspects of our everyday life – such as streets, roads, houses -- and are, in a strange way, interesting because they are so uninteresting. Join in and share your Postcards of our Boring world.

Location: Sigean, France
Members: 39
Latest Activity: Sep 28

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INTERESTING POSTCARDS!! 41 Replies

From time to time we have outbreaks of whether a Postcard is Boring, or not.“Yes it is”. “No it isn''t.”“All Postcards are Boring.” “All Postcards are interesting”.And so on, and so forth.So, LET'S TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENTAnnouncingINTERESTING…Continue

Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Francis Lammé Aug 17, 2022.

DULL AND/OR BORING? 15 Replies

DULL OR BORING?I am a member of the British-based Dull Men's Club (DMC) – which also includes women, and, indeed, claims to…Continue

Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Gerald Jatzek Nov 27, 2021.

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Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on August 1, 2024 at 10:53am

POSTCARDS OF SALASPILS CONCENTRATION CAMP FROM ILYA SEMENK-BASIN -- MANY THANKS ILYA!  (Part 1 here, part 2 to follow later).

 

"The Salapils concentration camp was the largest place of imprisonment and mass-scale extermination of people in the hitlerite-occupied Baltic [Latvia]. During the camp's existence -- from October 1941 to October 1944 -- both there and at the Soviet war prisoners' camp which was situated nearbye, more than 100,000 people were killed including about 7,000 children."

0. Memorial statues

1. Monument to the Soviet Prisoners of War

2. Interior of the Salaspils Museum

3. "Beyond this gate the earth moves"

4. Solidarity,.Solemn Oath. Rot Front.

5. Salaspils

6. The Unbroken.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on July 25, 2024 at 10:15am

Siemiatycze, a city in northeastern Poland, near the border with Belarus. The postcard was mailed in 1971.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on July 9, 2024 at 3:03pm

A BORING POSTCARD FROM "DOWN UNDER" -- YORK, WESTERN AUTRALIA FROM HELEN AYMES -- THANKS HELEN

"This postcard is from our news agency. It's the only postcard in York where I live and I think it's pretty dull," writes Helen, about what sounds like a not very exciting place to live . But the York Roses are nice.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on July 9, 2024 at 6:29am

Koło, town in central part of Poland, postcard about 1980.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on July 1, 2024 at 9:45am

TWO BORING AMERICAN POSTCARDS FROM PETER WILSON....

who writes "As I always say, boring is in the eye of the behoder. Lately, I've found some of the boring postcards posted on IUOMA interesting". THANKS PETER!

1. Ohio at Night (what's it like during the day, Peter?)

2. Having Fun! (So this is what Ohio is like during daytime!)

Comment by Helen Amyes on July 1, 2024 at 9:13am

Another "Dull DownUnder" one. Can't get enough of hunting for these now.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on June 22, 2024 at 11:57am

CANOES: BORING POSTCARD OF L'ETANG DE LA FARGETTE, ST-GERMAIN-L'HERM, FRANCE.... PLUS PAINTING (OF WHITE CANOE) BY PETER DOIG FOR COMPARISON

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on June 12, 2024 at 3:41pm

Pyongyang - the capital and largest city of North Korea, three postcards, probably about 1980.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on June 12, 2024 at 3:10pm

THREE FROM MIKEL -- Thanks yet again!

1. Cathedral, Amiens, France

2. SIgnal Fire

"Signal Fire raises the cultural value of the natural world by connecting artists to our remaining wild places." Get connected folks!

3. Lotus & Waterbirds --  detail from C1300 Chinese Hanging Scroll, Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on June 12, 2024 at 3:05pm

THREE FRM KATERINA -- Thanks once again!

1. Algarve Portugal

2. Village Floating Resto & Cruises, Bohol Philippines (from Dean to Katerina; from Katerina to Val; from Val to IUOMA)

3. Meze Restaurant, Athens, Greece

 

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