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.
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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
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FROM THE GARLIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, GILROY CALIFORNIA, BUT NOT TO MY STOMACH BECAUSE I'M ALLERGIC TO THE STUFF
"Gilroy...undisputed Garlic Capital of teh World, grows, processes and ships millions of pounds of garlic and garlic products each year. To celebrate bountiful harvests of the King of Flavors, known fondly as 'The Stinking Rose", Gilroyans each year hold their annual Gilroy Festival where, among a myriad of other activities, gourmet cooks, demonstrate the preparation of delightful recipes enhanced with garlic".
Not for me, Rose.
"(Isn't it hard to live in France and avoid garlic, Val?" "Yes, very hard. My stomach and I have no plans to visit Gilroy in the near or distant future".)
SOMETIMES YOU COME ACROSS A BORING POSTCARD THAT MAKES THIS WHOLE PROJECT GREAT FUN.
AND HERE IS ONE FROM KATERINA.
Loading Iron Ore, Minnesota
The back of the card is wonderful. The description reads " On Minnesota's 'Iron Range' iron ore is scooped up by large shovels and transported by truck and rail for conversion into steel."
It gets better in the message that Jean-Marie sent to Grandma and Grandpa in Cicero, ILL. "We're having a lot of fun -- we toured the Iron range yesterday and saw about 10 mines and as many iron ore mountains of stockpiled ore. These mines are about a mile across and two miles long. Paddy still hasn't caught any fish."
(Poor Paddy, he might be better off fishing in lakes or rivers than in iron ore mountains.)
Thanks Katerina!
FOUR FROM KATERINA THAT ARRIVED SAFELY 6 DAYS AFTER BEING POSTED. Thanks MomKat
1. The Terrace Hilton, Cincinatti, Ohio
350 guest rooms, located near the Skywalk, walking distance of all sorts of exciting things, etc. And, "The Gourmet Room is rated four stars by the Mobil Travel Guide who says 'Outstanding --worth a special trip'"
(Shouldn't it read ...which says 'Outstanding...?)
2. New Orleans Rivergate Convention Facility and International Trade Mart
The back of the card says "New Orleans -- City of Enchantment", and to prove it here is the truly enchanting Convention Facility. Its enchantment (honest, I'm not making this up) comes from "..it's 130,000 square feet of unobstructed space, capable of seating 14,000 people. This $13,500,000 structure is one of the nation's finest facilties."
The Boyds who sent this card were enchanted. they wrote "This is where (we?!) will have our dance. Looks great. Met a lot of friends so far."
3. Gateway Arch, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
The Arch "...looks down on the Old Courthouse, the Old Cathedral, Civic Centre, Busch memorial Stadium [not Katerina tells me named after the Bush Presidents] and the Spanish Pavilion.
You have to look very hard at the picture to see anything of the Arch, but do not despair, for here it is...
4. Gateway Arch...again
Here it is "soaring 630ft into the sky above St Louis symbolising St Louis' historic role as Gateway to the West."
(No, Richard C, it's not a giant boomerang)
THREE MORE FRO MIKEL -- THANKS ONCE AGAIN!
1. Musée de Cluny, Paris, France
One of my favourite Paris Musées -- strongly recommended by moi
2. Monument Valley, AZ
Never been there. looks a bit scarey. 'Lightning strikes again, and again, and again'
3.Carter Fountain, Wellington, New Zealand
"This spectacular fountain was donated to the people of Wellington by Mr H.A. Carter in memory of his parents. It is illuminated by high-powered flood-lights and plays in a 15 minute cycle with the main column rising to 46m (150ft)".
It also has a twin in Geneva. Do two fountains each with one cycle make a bicycle?
Bonjour Gang, I think I've got a title (and subtitle) for my book:
WISH YOU WERE HERE --NOT! A Collection of Boring Postcards
It's very similiar to Nancy Nosegay's suggestion (see my comment on it from yesterday, but i) I've add a 'NOT!', and 'Collection' is better than 'Compendium', the latter referring to a complete listing.
More about the book later.
Val
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK FROM HEIDE MONSTER
Thanks Heide for this Lost and Found Boring and Interesting Postcard
It got lost amongst the 600 Postcards I'm sorting out and writing about. But I found it!
Do you often loose things, Val?
Yes, all the time. I once lost my 6-year old sister on a beach in Italy. the police found her, she was safe, and returned to the hotel
Why is this an Interesting Postcard, Val?
Because it has a Real Rock'n'Roll US Post Office "Return to Sender" label on the back.
Dear Heide, My postcode is 11130, not 1130 -- just in case you send me something again. Regards, Val
Thanks everyone!
Nancy: I have a chapter called "Wish yiu were here -- Not." It includes Boring Postcards including a young offender's prison, someone being treated in a hospital, a hospital ward, an island on fire, etc. I was considering using "Wish..." as the title, but with the word "Not". I like your subtitle too.
No decision yet.
" BOR-riinnngggg Postcards"
"Dear Postcard"
another title suggestion:
"Wish You Were Here? : A Compendium of Boring Postcards"
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