BORING POSTCARDS

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Comment by Raphael Nadolny on March 4, 2022 at 9:57am

Leszno, school and gliding centre. Postcards from around 1975. City in western part of Poland, between Poznań (Posen) and Wrocław (Breslau). Leszno is the only city to have hosted the Gliding World Championships three times (1958, 1968, 2003). The open space on three sides of the 101-hectare grass airfield and the nearby extensive fields make gliding safe and comfortable.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on February 28, 2022 at 10:49pm

Włocławek - cocktail bar in a hotel "KUJAWY". Postcard from 1977.

Comment by Gerald Jatzek on February 24, 2022 at 4:01am

"Your relatives will envy you for such a pretty sight."

"That's why I chose this postcard."

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 23, 2022 at 5:43pm

THREE MORE FROM MIKEL UNTZILLA

1. Fuertenventura, Canary Islands, Spain -- a bored camel

2.Hong Kong Live Guard Club

(Should that be 'Life' Guard? And are there any Dead Guards?)

3. Manuscripts from Mont St-Michel, France

'Figures de géométries' from the 12th century 'Traite d'Astronomie'

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 23, 2022 at 5:37pm

VEGETARIANS LOOK AWAY! BUT WHO SENT ME THIS? (Not Mrs Adams)

This is from Der Adamshurst Haus: "On US Route 14 near Ellisob Bay, Wisc. Catering to Tourists, business travellers and discriminating diners who want quality without lavish displays. Cozy cocktail loung featuring Danny 'on the ivories'. Open daily noon to midnight."

Those 'disciminating diners' obviously like enormous steaks (without (lavish displays' (of what?) of course

Comment by Gwendolynium on February 22, 2022 at 4:08am

I especially like the boring road intersection.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 21, 2022 at 5:33pm

ONE FROM BELGIUM...WITH A  LITTLE STORY.

Here is a Boring Postcard of the Kliniek St-Blasius in Dendermonde.

It is also a Boring Postcard of the Clinique St-Blaise in Termonde.

It is the same clinic in the same town, in the same country -- Belgium.

Belgium has 2-and-a-bit official languages. The two are Flemish (spoken in Flanders), which is very close to Dutch; and French (spoken in Walloon) , which is very close to French, although the French look down on Walloon French as they look down on Swiss French, Canadian French, etc.

(The 'and-a-bit language' is German which is spoken in a tiny bit of Belgium that borders, er, Germany).

Many of the towns have 2 names that are very different, which can cause problems when you are driving around, and you have a map that doesn't have both (or all) sets of names.

These are the same towns:

Mons and Bergen

Mechelen and Malines

Antwerpen and Anvers

Elsene and Ixelles.

And, of course Brussels and Bruxelles.

So, at last, here is the postcard...

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on February 21, 2022 at 9:06am

Sosonowiec - town in south part odf Poland, road crossing. Postcard from 1980.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 17, 2022 at 11:04am

From Ray, ...."Other letters I found include tales of policeman's balls, the rationing of sliced bread, and also rationing of gasoline."

Bad joke from Val, "Why do policemen have bigger balls than firefighters?"

"They sell more tickets."

Ha ha, Sorry about that. Now back to the Boring Postcards:

The 'Posterholungsheim' in Haartstorf, Germany'

Comment by Ray Haley on February 17, 2022 at 6:38am

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