3588 - San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

San Antonio is the seventh largest city in the United States with 1.5 million people. It is also the oldest municipality in Texas. It celebrated it's 300th anniversary in 2018. It has been a part of five different countries. It started out in the Spanish Empire until 1821. It belonged to Mexico until 1945. It became a part of the Republic of Texas until 1845. Joined the United States until 1861 when it joined the Confederate States of America. After the American Civil War was over, it went back to the United States.

The San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association is the only major professional sport here. They were founded as the Dallas Chaparrals in the defunct American Basketball Association from 1967 to 1973. The franchise moved to San Antonio in 1973. In 1976, the Spurs were one of four ABA teams to merge with the NBA, the others being Denver, Indiana, and New York Nets.

The Spurs have been NBA champions five times - 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014. They have only lost one NBA championship series, that in 2013 to the Miami Heat.

Their alltime leading scorer in Tim Duncan with 26 496 points. Duncan also has franchise bests in most minutes played (47 368 minutes), most rebounds (15 091 rebounds), and most blocks (3020 blocks). He is third in career assists with 4225 assists. Duncan was also the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2002 and 2003; NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 1999,2003, and 2005; NBA Rookie of the Year in 1998

The last five seasons have not been kind to the Spurs. They have missed the last five playoffs. The last two years they tied themselves having an identical 22 wins and 60 losses for a winning percentage of .268.

3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

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