4474 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cards depicting athletes are always among my favourites. This one is an advertising card for Nike shoes, the Air Flipper II. The athlete is Shane Warne, an Australian cricket leg-spin bowler.

Shane Warne (1969–2022) played for Australia internationally from 1992 to 2007. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest bowlers in the history of cricket. He made 145 Test appearances and took 708 wickets, a world record at the time of his retirement. He was also part of the Australian team that won the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

He was known for off-field controversies, including a ban from cricket after testing positive for a prohibited substance, as well as a colourful personal life, and associations with gambling figures.

Warne died of a heart attack in 2022 while on holiday in Thailand.

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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!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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

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...

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