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Postcard

I'm back! Hopefully, posts will become a lot more frequent from now on...

This is one of the postcards I picked up during my overseas jaunt. We visited a little a little store named 'Almirante 23', full of amazing knick-knacks: film lobby cards, bottle openers, coins, and boxes and boxes of postcards. On one of the higher shelves were a number of boxes marked 'EROTISMO'. I requested to view them, and one of the cranky old men running the shop reluctantly scaled a wobbly ladder, scrutinised the boxes and selected a small sample of postcards for me to look through. Under his suspicious eye, I chose 5 that took my fancy. When I took them to the counter, and flashed my cash, the cranky old man was suddenly all smiles, giving me his business card, and wishing me well. Adios, Señor, until we meet again!

Involuntary Hiatus Pt. 2

A few weeks ago, I posted about having to have an involuntary hiatus.

Unfortunately, the hiatus will have to continue for a little bit longer.

Here's the deal: my motherboard is dying. I can barely do anything on my old desktop PC without it freezing up. Editing images is next to impossible.

So I bit the bullet, and yesterday I bought myself a new laptop. I was really looking forward to getting everything up and running, and playing with the new imaging software and fancy gadgets and whatnot, and I returned home from work this afternoon to find my house had been broken into, and the laptop stolen. Less than 24 hours after I'd installed all the necessary software and updates.

They also took a few PS3 games, and one of my girlfriend's necklaces. But the laptop was the biggest blow. I'm not insured, and the police couldn't get any clear prints off of anything the jerk touched, so I've got very little chance of ever getting it back.

It's going to take me some time to get my funds into a position to get another new laptop, but rest assured, it's my Number One Priority. I honestly cannot wait to get back onto this blog and scanning a bunch of really cool stuff for you.

So bear with me, guys, we'll get there in the end. Trust me, it's REALLY COOL STUFF.

Be seeing you,

- Ringo Stalin

Involuntary Hiatus

Sorry about the lack of updates lately, regular readers. I've been having some really frustrating problems with my PC and it looks like I may have to format the drive. I hope that I will be back in action sooner rather than later.

- Ringo

What A Way To Go

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Ringo's Erotic Adventures In Paris (Beware: Epic NSFW image post!)

Regular readers of the Curios will know I've recently returned from a European holiday. From the outset, I knew there would be a few destinations from my travels that I would want to share with the Curios readers. I'll post the rest in due time, but for now, please enjoy...

Ringo's Erotic Adventures in Paris!!!

(disclaimer: I should point out that any overtly erotic behaviour that I may or may not have explicitly participated in during my stay in Paris is not documented below. Sorry if you had your hopes up.)

When it came to finding erotica for the Curios, I knew Paris wouldn't let me down. Luckily, I was made aware of the Musée de l'érotisme, in the Pigalle area of Paris.

At only 8 Euro admission, that's 1 Euro for every floor jam-packed full of erotica throughout the ages, and it's definitely well worth the visit.



Yep, just down the street from the Moulin Rouge. In retrospect, I wish we'd taken a closer look at the Moulin Rouge, but this is as close as we got. I think I was just too excited about finding the Musée...



The Pigalle is also the main red light district of Paris. Every second store is a sex shop. This photo alone puts the 'red light district' of Adelaide, South Australia, to shame.









This grumpy naked chap welcomes you to the Musée.

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'Greek' Adult Party Drinks Coasters

My first Curio purchase during my European jaunt was one of the best kind: totally unexpected, affordable, and fun.

Bought from a stall in the Spitalfields Antique Markets, held every Thursday. The woman who sold them to me was hilarious and friendly, and she remarked on the sauciness of the coasters, and the appropriateness of having them on the dinner table while Nana visits for Sunday Roast.

Unfortunately, I don't have much in the way of details of the coasters, apart from the fact that they're just over 3" across, ceramic with a paper base, and they came in a hard brown plastic caddy. I found a similar set on Ebay, very similar in appearance, but with Grecian non-sexual fresco-type motifs, with the exact same caddy. The seller doesn't appear to have had any more luck finding any info on their production, and simply states: "Set of 6 with original holder....looks to be 1960's vintage." (see below for comparison shot)

(above: similar set of coasters for sale on Ebay for comparison)

Home Again...

(above: Euro swag! Not pictured: 4.5kg of books I had to send home via post, due to luggage restrictions)

Hello, ladies & gents!


Well, I'm home from my European curio-collecting expedition and I found great deal of swag to share with you. Along with the stuff that I already have in my vault, it's going to take me an age to put everything up here, so this blog isn't going anywhere any time soon!

Cheers,

Ringo Stalin

PS: please bear with me while I battle against the bugs in Blogger's new Post Editor. This could mean numerous re-publishings of the same post, with minor changes. I apologise in advance.