#postboxes

[postboxesihaveseen]

Aberech, Wales

[lucian-v-ghost]

Another build inspiration video, this time concerning postboxes from various corners of the globe, recreated in Minecraft! Thanks to Grian for giving me the inspiration to put this together after he popped up in PearlescentMoon's video for less than thirty seconds.

[postboxes-yura15cbx]

Birkenhead postboxes

-36.8102940, 174.7325360

5PQM+V2M Auckland

178-186 Route 27, Auckland 0626

178-186 Route 27, Auckland 0626

5PQM+X22 Auckland

-36.8101140, 174.7325170

5A Park Avenue, Birkenhead, Auckland 0626

5PRJ+9WJ Auckland

-36.8090440, 174.7322720

178-186 Route 27, Auckland 0626

5PQM+X3H Auckland

-36.8100750, 174.7327310

189B Onewa Road, Birkenhead, Auckland 0626

5PQJ+X5R Auckland

-36.8100170, 174.7304030

189B Onewa Road, Birkenhead, Auckland 0626

5PRJ+232 Auckland

-36.8099780, 174.7301500

224-236 Route 27, Birkenhead, Auckland 0626

5PRH+2QJ Auckland

-36.8099220, 174.7293750

211-203 Route 27, Birkenhead, Auckland 0626

5PRH+29F Auckland

-36.8099390, 174.7284170

Birkenhead, Auckland 0626

5PRH+358 Auckland

-36.8098310, 174.7279420

Chelsea Bay Apartments, 201/19 Rawene Road, Birkenhead, Auckland 0626

5PPG+PCH Auckland

-36.8131830, 174.7261110

[lutik327]

[syoddeye]

thinking about soap finding employment as a postie after being medically discharged. it's solid work. respectable. keeps him focused and active. he really takes to it. it doesn't hurt that his route feels like window-shopping.

[arthur-bn]

Post Boxer, from the mod Fallout: London from Team FOLON

Tho a bit redesigned since I wanted to make the wheels properly hidden in the shell, so it's not a 1 to 1. And I changed the saw for an ink stamp too.

[melonramune]

2022-05-23

[arandomcat1717]

Celebratory follow up to my Grandfest post :3

[thewalrusespublicist]

Hello! Love your blog and your takes, objective and sane and well researched chefs kiss! I had a blast scrolling through it like it was my feed yesterday lol can you elaborate on klaus and Paul if possible? People mostly talk about them like it’s already understood but I don’t understand 😭 I’m kinda lost on their (all of them, including stu) dynamic during the hamburg years specifically when it comes to Paul

Aww thank you anon! Tbh I was starting to feel a bit down about my blog and what I was putting out ( the eternal crisis on how to give full answers and opinions without being stupid, boring and annoying lol). So I really, really needed this. :)

Oh Paul vs/and the Exsis, it's quite a long one so buckle up.

Disclaimer: all of the people involved are essentially art kids/young adults who are famously the most exhausting people on the planet. Do not blame them for being dramatic, it's their natural state of being.

If we want to go into Paul and Klaus, we have to kind of start with the John, Paul and Stu. Now these three are a mess that's too big to go into here (though I have THOUGHTS about how Stu is utilised in the Beatles narrative that I'm more than happy to share if asked lmaooo). But in short(ish):

John and Paul had had an intense year and a bit of closeness. Then John meets Stu at art college.

John and Stu become c l o s e for many reasons (being peers, living together, similar artistic leanings + ego, Stu being a gentle guide to John, sharing art projects/poetry/long letters and feelings etc.) They became 'closer than two men' a friend had seen (remind us of anyone gang?). Most importantly, John could be open about his feelings with Stu in letters. If John had BPD which I subscribe too, I think Stu was his 'favourite person' and as Aunt Mimi said his 'special' and 'closest friend' from this period up until his death (though imho the transference back to Paul was starting prior to his death).

It's not clear what exactly happens as there's differing accounts but Stu uses his money to buy a new bass as John wants him to come to Scotland then Hamburg and play bass as he will 'look good'.

Paul doesen't like being relegated to the seat behind John and Stu when he used to sit next to John. He also isn't thrilled when he gets to Hamburg and not only does he get to sleep in the other room with just Pete but Stu cannot be arsed to play because he's hanging out with his hot new girlfriend Astrid (more on her in a sec). Our boy has spent a lot of money he doesen't have and given up on further education to be here and is jealous and annoyed.

Paul and Stu probably were friends and I think their mutual antipathy is overegged. HOWEVER, can't be denied that Paul is jealous of Stu and Stu is jealous of Paul (and getting flare-ups from increasing brain damage). John and Stu tease Paul and steal his money, Paul is mean to Stu (as are the others encouraged by John). Do I think John was playing games with both of them? Yup. They end up scuffling onstage because Paul said something about Astrid (not clear what, one account is that Paul said that Stu could borrow money off Astrid if he needed it which isn't really that bad a dig but who knows Yoko??).

Why is this dynamic important? Because it directly impacts the 'Exsis' (Klaus, Jurgen and Astrid's) group's relationship with Paul:

The Exsis were young artists living in Hamburg. They were artistic, cool, interesting and edgy. They were paramount in introducing the Beatles to cool new concepts, aesthetics and ideas. They also took themselves VERY seriously ie pretentious as all hell.

Astrid met Stu at Kaiserkeller and hit it off. They embarked on an all-consuming romance.

Letter from Stu to Astrid, c.1961

I've seen people say they were the proto-John and Yoko in terms of making their romance the whole world and influencing John years down the line and I can see that. With Astrid and Stu it's far more endearing though because they ARE young and the right age to have a relationship like that. Stu is popular with the Exsis in general and brings them into the Beatles group.

The Exsis didn't like or trust Paul. Astrid said later it was because Paul was 'too nice' which she herself admits is a ridiculous reason. The others also thought he was a bit of a show-off. It makes sense though if you're cool and edgy and want to stick it to the world to be sus about a guy being friendly show-off with seemingly no inner world. The other problem was a perfectly reasonable one imo, you're not going to like your friends frenemy who you don't connect with. Compound that with Paul not taking drugs as much as George or John and being in the other room and you begin to have a division.

Paul had been popular his whole life, like from what we know since-primary-school-popular. He had never been in this position before, let alone in a foreign country. I believe it became a bit of a brutal feedback loop. Paul's response to this type of behaviour consistently it to go more surface level, snide and passive aggressive. The natural response of any group with a designated 'ugh' person is to become more shady and exclusionary. The cycle continues and gets worse. Stu letters back home at this time says that in a shocking turn of events Paul is hated by everyone but Stu 'just feels sorry for him' (lmao OF COURSE you do Stu, its giving 'loathing' from Wicked lol). Klaus drew a lot of artwork of the early Hamburg Beatles that includes this highly unpleasant picture of Paul in 1961 which I think says a lot:

Klaus is also a musician and fancies himself a place on bass. When Stu leaves to pursue art, Klaus asks John if he could take over but John says that he thinks Paul is going to do it.

Klaus has later gone on to say that he thinks he was a better bass player for the Beatles' sound at the start and then Paul developed into being better for the group. It's one of those I cannot believe those words actually left your mouth and you are not deeply embarrased moments. But it's important to keep this desire and viewpoint in mind.

Klaus stays in touch with all of them and close to John and George, George especially. They visit Klaus on holiday in tenerife in early 60s and Klaus later draws the Revolver artwork.

This whole context of how they met and Hamburg is crucial and has to be taken into account when hearing Klaus' statements. Klaus and Paul started off with a lack of connection and with Paul on the outs, the Exsis got an incomplete view of Paul and an inaccurate snapshot of the Beatles dynamic overall. This is why when Klaus says 'Paul was always slightly apart from the others' and that 'divorce was inevitable' from early 60s we should remember that that is what Klaus is expecting to see as that's what he saw in Hamburg.

Klaus wanted to be the bass player (and was holding out hope to join a band with George and John in the 70s), was really close with George and suffers as many did with 'John Lennon aspiring boy bestie syndrome' (JABBS). Paul had what Klaus wanted and from the Hamburg experience, you could see why Klaus thought he might have an in and may have been jealous of this 'shallow' Paul of all people having the connection that he felt he should/could have with John and George. As with most sufferers of JABBS, he took John's side with everything, always refused to say any regrets about his involvement in How do you Sleep and thought Paul was fine with the song because 'he was even closer to John than [he] was. (Again Klaus to put yourself in that level of closeness with John that it's comparable to Paul is ???.) JABBS and its secondary condition PMIETGSH (Paul McCartney isn't even that good shut up) are virulent diseases that incapacitate sufferers objectivity and judgement, so it's fair to say that Klaus is a source you have to take with a pinch of salt on the early 70s period.

It seems that Klaus and Paul did get on a lot better the older they got (probably without the jealousy complication of George and John) and developed a sweet friendship. Here is Klaus' tribute to Paul for his 80th:

Here is the jam session he's talking about:

He now wants Paul to live in his house lmao so things have gotten warmer. But Klaus and Paul's dynamic is a great example of how and why natural bias, little jealousies and spats can consciously or subconsciously influence our internal narrative and why we need to be so careful about not taking one perspective as gospel.

[postboxesihaveseen]

Gare l'Est, Paris

[procrasimnation]

I'm always surprised there isn't more Ancient Egyptian CC like - oh, did we not all go through that phase age 6? I assumed we did.

[vox-anglosphere]

The village well was once the centrepiece of this idyllic English town

[batbetbitbotbut]

This postbox on my commute gets a new topper every month or two and apparently this is the piece for May

[viily]

i think this is one of my favorite images of all time. i can hear all the comments talking over eachother. it’s to be expected to see that so many of the reactions are negative but one can zoom in to find the ones sympathizing with OP. I’m particularly compelled by the longer comment on the bottom right that seems so strongly convicted about this. there’s a lot of perspectives here.

[eintausendschoen]

He isn't asking.

Ooookay.... a feral Ody on my doorstep.

Time for drastic measures.

Pearlseidon?! Your job...!

Congrats. You picked the tiniest, shiniest Poseidon out there to mess with. He ain't big. But he really is very tiny. Your eyecolours match, tho... (Don't mess him up too bad, plz, it takes forever to string all those pearls and I've got a bad back already from drawing them... 😭💙)

[spookythesillyfella]

Dear spooky!

When we will see Tony the clock with a tommygun and a glock?

right meow