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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.

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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 April 1, 2020 at 2:41pm

Bonjou again No Idea,

Here are some of my Fabiolas that I exhibited in 2018. Regards, val

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 1, 2020 at 2:24pm

AT THE SUGGESTION OF NO IDEA, HERE ARE SOME BORING RESTAURANT POSTCARDS......AAND A QUESTION......

Why are these restaurants usually empty?

1.Ristorante AGIP di Roncobilaccio ,Caselle, Bologna, Italy

This seems to be as much about the Parking Lot as the Restaurant. The people who arrived in the red station wagon may be eating the speciality of the Ristorante, 'Tosco-Emiliane'

2. Bistrot des Copains ('Friends' Bistrot'), Port-Leucate, France

Nice chairs. Speciality sea-food. Open all the year...but closed right now because of the French lockdown.

3. Café-Restaurant Hintereck, Oversalzeberg, Bavaria, Germany

Is this the lounge or the retaurant? If the latter, where are the plates, glasses, etc?

4. Hotel-Café-Restaurant-Tabac from Trehou, Normandy, France

Complete with cut-out figure of lady in regional costume, and 3 petrol pumps. (Plus lady in pink coat and a Solex)

5. Valencia Restaurant, Fulham, London

This is one of my favourites (with a 'u'). There are people in the restaurant, but no-one has anything to eat or drink.

(It does, however, serve 'Real Spanish Food' -- as opposed to 'False Spanish Food'? -- has a 'Cocktail Bar and Entertainment'. Perhaps the Entertainment is the serving of some 'Real Spanish Food'?!

6. Restaurant 'Los Jameos del Agua', La isla los volcanes, Lanzarote, Spain (sort of)

If you look at this through a high power magnifying glass (like I did), you'll see that no-one in this restaurant has anything to eat or drink. Eleven occupied tables and 19 people, all waiting....for a waiter or Godot.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on April 1, 2020 at 11:05am

Bonjour No Idea,

Alas, I can't enlarge the art photos in Ethel's Restaurant to see what they are.  The decor is terrible.

I have a few Boring Restaurant Postcards, and will show them here soon.

While almost all Fabiola's have the red head-scarf and Fabiola looking to the right, in his 'Fabiola' book, Alys also show some where she has has white, black and green head-scarves, and some where she is looking to the left. (Inspired by Alys, I started buying Fabiolas at local flea markets a couple of years ago, and have a dozen or so, but they are hard to find. And there are no more flea markets being organised in France these days.)

Comment by John Gayer on April 1, 2020 at 8:07am

The colour in the Ethel's Hideaway postcard must have shifted over time. Can't believe anyone would want to dine in such a gruesome atmosphere. Like to see more of the art on the walls. A collection of restaurant post cards might offer its own particularly unique set of visual rewards. The red in this postcard also reminded me of Francis Alÿs' collection of Fabiola images. It numbers in the hundreds.

Comment by Mim Golub Scalin on March 31, 2020 at 3:41pm

Thanks for this on-line exhibit. It's cheering me up to see such boring postcards. I sent an envelope with a few more which you might receive soon.  Our state Governor has now declared Lockdown for Virginia. So it goes. Be safe. "We're all in this

together" has never held such truth before. Okay, maybe except for the two WWs. 

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 31, 2020 at 11:42am

REAL MEN.......

1. Don't Send Postcards

But we Real Mail Artists do.

2. Real Men Don't Eat Quiche

A classic book published in 1982 that captures much of what was happening during the Reagan/Thatcher years.

Ronald famously called Margaret, '..the best man in England'.

Was she a 'Real Man'? Was Ronald?

Read Feirstein to find out...

But before you do,

3. Have you got an answer to this?

A Dutch Postcard from Vodafone (from 2002), who state that 'Because with Vodafone Call Home you can call 51 countries at the attrcative local Dutch rate'.

No thanks Vodafone. No thanks ET. (Or BT for that matter)

I'd rather have a Postcard.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 31, 2020 at 11:27am

Dear Mr Bradford,

I'm impressed with all your comments on the last but one set of Mim's Postcards.

You wrote, "Telecoms are not known for occupying architectural masterworks."

Which makese me wonder why -- especially as they advocate distance working, 'anyone-anywhere-anytime', etc, why today's Telecoms/IT companies like Google, yahho and Microsoft build enormous 'campuses' for their employees?

Regards, Val

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 31, 2020 at 11:23am

Dear Mr Duck,

In the Netherlands there are Coffee Shops and Coffee Bars.

The former sell cannabis. The latter sell coffee/tea etc.

The Coffee Shops remain open during the present lockdown. To close them, it is is argued, would mean that all sorts of bad stuff would be sold on the streets.

The Coffee Bars are closed. If you want to srink coffee, drink it at home. Alone.

The Government has told people to observe a 1-2 meter Social Distancing rule. They do.

The famous Dutch Red Light districts have been closed because -- even for the Dutch -- Sexual Distancing at 1-2 meters is not viable. ("Discuss in 250 words, with no more than 5 diagrams")

That's what's happening in Holland, if not where you are.

And as to 'who you are?', I don't know: look in a mirror, perhaps?

Regards, Val

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on March 30, 2020 at 11:44am

CHAPTER 5 OF MIM'S BORING POSTCARDS

24. Williamsburg Lodge, Williamsburg, VA'...offers vistors to Virginia's capital comfortable & spaciius accommodation, fine dining, and superb sports facilities...The Conference Centre is a unique facility designed for educational, cultural & executive meetings & seminars'.

But where do non-executives hold their meetings & seminars?

25. 'Moonlight Tints the Surf with Silver'

Posted in Atlanta City on July 7, 1941, by Lou & Ed to their parents in York, PA

26. 'Part of a Spectacular Drive...'

'...through the mountains, a view of Interstate no 40 between Newport, Tenn, and Asheville, NC'.

 Spectacular? Looks like a boring bit of road to me.

27. Grange Building, 1616 H St, NW, Washington DC

'One block from the White House, overlooking historic Lafayette Sq.'

28. Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA'Entrance to the main building of the Mariners Museum, open daily 9 to 5 pm, Sunday 2 to 5 pm. Statue of Leif Ericsson at right'.

Now this one could be really special it was sent to 'Mom & Dad' in Charlesburg, PA, on August 22, 1963, by.... the Kennedys! John F and Jacqueline K?

29. Ethel's Hideaway, Smoke Tree Village, Palm Springs, CA 92262

'For the very best in food, cocktails & entertainment. "Here the door is a heart always open" Entertainment & dancing in the lounge from 8.30pm nightly...For reservations call Ethel Harutin, Your Hostess, on 327-1295;'

I did. She didn't answer.

Weird chairs, Ethel. Weird colour scheme too.

THE END OF MIM'S POSTCARDS. (But I think, I hope, that more are on their way).

THANKS MIM FOR SHARING THEM WITH US!

Comment by Richard Canard on March 29, 2020 at 7:54pm

29.03.20 Dare Val & No Idea,  ... & back again to No. 12 The Amish Farm & House commentary:----"tobacco"---Thank you for the informed but quixotic observations. It's been like this for several years now but  only getting worse for me: I don't know what to think anymore---the world is upside down,sideways & backwards. Perhaps it  doesn't matter & perhaps it always was. ....Back in Nawf Karolinah, tobacco used to be a standard cash crop for the local farmer. My father's side of the family were traditionally involved &  I, myself spent a few days in the summer months visiting my country cousins with hoe in hand chopping weeds away from the tobacco plants  & pulling  the really bizarre looking lime-green (with  a sticker-horn)  catapiller like "tobacco worm" off the plant stalk & leaves. But, (as we all know) the official powers that be finally figured out that smoking was bad for your health & the demand for the foul stuff ended.  More recently, I have often wondered why my fellow Nawf Karolina farming friends could not have just made the simple switch-over from tobacco to marajuana?  They would probably be sitting pretty now. (Yes , I do realize that there have been many years, issues & laws involved between now & then but like I tried to say earlier: Where am I ? What's going on here?) SinCelery, Richard Canard       

 

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