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c/bulletin-board-finds

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jason_fisher4•15d ago

Just realized I wasted cash on those fancy cork boards

Ngl I went with the expensive cork board from the office supply store thinking it'd hold up better, but the cheap one from the dollar store near Broadway is still going strong after 3 years without a single pushpin hole getting loose. Anyone else find the budget version actually works longer?

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ivan873•15d ago

Laundromat flyer for a psychic reads palms by the dryers

Was at Suds & Duds on Oak Street last night. Saw a handwritten flyer taped to the detergent machine offering palm readings for $5 while you wait. Is this a thing people actually try or just a prank?

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the_kevin•15d ago

Tripped over a loose poster board and it finally clicked why my flyers kept falling down

I've been putting up event posters on the corkboard at the community center for like 2 years now. Always used those little clear push pins. Last Wednesday I watched a lady staple her paper right through the cork and it sat there solid as a rock. Turns out push pins don't grip well on those cheap fiber boards. I must have lost 40 flyers to the floor by now. Anyone else have a dumb bulletin board habit they stuck with too long?

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the_kevin•15d ago

That one bulletin board at the library had a total glow up in 3 weeks

I walk past the community board at the downtown library every Tuesday. Three weeks ago it was just messy flyers stacked on top of each other. Someone must have volunteered to reorganize it because now there's clear sections with colored tabs, and I actually stopped to read the local cycling club notice.

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noah_palmer42•15d ago

Found a flyer for a free computer class at the laundromat board that actually changed my week

Last Tuesday I was killing time waiting for my clothes to dry and this old bulletin board had a torn flyer for a free Excel class at the library. I figured why not, I've been wanting to learn formulas for my side hustle tracking sales. The class was run by a retired accountant named Frank who showed me how to use pivot tables in about 10 minutes. Now I'm actually excited to organize my numbers instead of dreading it. Have you guys ever found a random class or workshop on a board that actually ended up being useful?

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umasullivan•16d ago

One comment on my community board post totally changed how I write flyers

Some guy named Dave scribbled "nobody reads that much text" on my garage sale poster and circled where I wrote 12 bullet points. Now I keep it to 3 lines max and actually put big bold prices, my phone started ringing within an hour.

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claire992•16d ago

Stumbled on a stat about local band flyers that blew my mind

I was digging through a cork board at the co-op downtown and counted 14 different band show flyers from the last month alone. Turns out our little city of 30,000 people hosts over 160 live music gigs a year based on those boards and venue calendars. Anyone else ever try to map out all the music scenes from just bulletin board posts?

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craig.brian•19d ago

Found a weird fix for my sticky bulletin board at the laundromat

The corkboard near the dryers had this awful residue from old tape and flyers. I tried Goo Gone and it smelled terrible, so I grabbed a lint roller from the vending machine for $1.25 - worked WAY better than I expected and no chemical smell. Anyone else found a random tool that solved a weird board problem?

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the_cora•19d ago

Chat with a librarian at the downtown branch changed how I see those cork boards

I was waiting for a hold at the Seattle Public Library last week and started chatting with this older librarian, Margaret, while she was restocking the bulletin board near the entrance. She told me she's curated that same board for 12 years and watches people's lives unfold through the flyers they post - lost cats, garage sales, little free library openings. It hit me that those boards aren't just clutter, they're like a living time capsule of the neighborhood. Has anyone else ever talked to the person who maintains a board and heard their stories?

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tarak17•20d ago

Found a flyer for a house painting gig that said 'no white people' and I had to read it three times

Saw it tacked to a corkboard at the laundromat on Western Ave. It was a handwritten note offering $500 for someone to paint their living room but specifically said 'Black and Hispanic painters only.' I get wanting someone who understands your space but it still caught me off guard. Has anyone else seen job postings with weird requirements like that?

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barbararamirez•20d ago

Vent: That free community corkboard I kept ignoring had a handyman ad that could've saved my plumbing disaster.

My kitchen sink pipe burst at 2am last Tuesday and after paying a plumber $450 for an emergency visit, I walked past that board the next day and saw the exact same fix listed for $80 by a retired guy two blocks away.

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richard_mason•23d ago

Found a flyer for a local print shop that's been gone for 20 years

I was at the Pinewood Community Center last week checking the bulletin board by the front entrance, and someone had pinned up this old, yellowed flyer for a print shop called "Copy Cat" that I used to go to as a kid. The thing must have been sitting behind the board for decades before someone found it. It listed prices for 10 cent black-and-white copies and $1.50 for color, which feels like a different world compared to what I pay now at the FedEx place. Seeing that made me think about how much has shifted in just 3 years with QR codes and everything being online. These days, half the bulletins around town are just printed QR codes with nothing else on them. Does anyone else miss those big, colorful paper flyers that told you the whole story right there on the board?

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fionarodriguez•24d ago

Coffee shop corkboard taught me a better way to organize my weekly menu

I saw a note pinned up at Brew House Cafe that said 'meal prep backwards - cook proteins first, then veggies.' I used to chop everything at once and it took me 3 hours every Sunday. Now I just roast a whole pan of chicken thighs on Sunday night (takes 45 minutes) and throw veggies together during the week. Has anyone else picked up a random trick from a bulletin board that actually stuck?

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ross.jason•24d ago

Found a flyer about how much food the local library saves from the dump each month

There was this handwritten sign on the cork board at the co-op that said our library's little free pantry rescued 340 pounds of produce last month alone. I always figured it was just a few cans, not almost a whole ton of food. Has anyone else noticed their library doing stuff like this?

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cole_mitchell8•25d ago

Found a 3-year-old flyer for a missing cat last Tuesday

Was at the laundromat on 5th Street and saw this old faded flyer still up on the corkboard for a calico named Mochi that went missing back in 2021. The owner's phone number was still on there so I gave a call just to see if they ever found her. Anyone else run into old flyers like that and wonder what happened?

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derek_burns•25d ago

That coffee shop owner made me rethink handwritten flyers

Was grabbing a latte at Common Grounds on Oak Street and the owner told me my flyer design was too cluttered for their board. She said bulletins work best with just 3 bullet points and a bold headline. Makes me wonder how many people actually stop to read the details vs just scanning for keywords.

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maryadams•26d ago

PSA: That cork board outside the grocery store is NOT for your MLM flyers

I was at the ShopRite on Broad Street in Richmond yesterday and saw the same essential oils pitch taped up over a lost dog poster. People actually looking for neighbors should get priority over your pyramid scheme. Has anyone else noticed local boards getting flooded with this stuff?

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thompson.christopher•28d ago

Warning: That flyer with the tear-off tabs had a design flaw I ignored

My neighbor Dave (the one who runs the community garden) told me to leave more space between my phone number tabs on my lost cat poster after I printed 50 copies. I shrugged him off because I thought 10 tabs on one line was efficient, but three people ripped off two numbers at once and I got 6 calls asking about the same pizza place. Has anyone else had a bulletin board design backfire because you tried to cram too much info on one sheet?

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lucas165•28d ago

That $8 laminated flyer I trusted for a garage sale

Last Saturday I saw this flyer on the board at the grocery store for a neighborhood garage sale. It promised tools, furniture, and electronics at 1420 Elm Street. I drove 15 minutes there and it was just a dude selling old Tupperware from his trunk, nothing else. I wasted a whole afternoon and like $4 in gas for nothing. Has anyone else fallen for one of these fake sale postings?

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noah_palmer42•1mo ago

Update: The guy at the laundromat who fixed my dryer vent theory with one sentence

Saw a handwritten note taped to the community board about dryer lint fires, and when I mentioned it to the old-timer folding his shirts, he just said "exhaust runs uphill if you let it" and now I check my vent every 3 months instead of never, has anyone else had a random stranger change how they do something small?

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carter.jennifer•1mo ago

Library cork board had a hand-drawn map to a secret garden

I was at the downtown branch in Des Moines last Thursday and someone pinned up this tiny map drawn on notebook paper. It showed a path behind the old train depot to a patch of wildflowers nobody maintains anymore. Anyone else ever followed one of these and found something real?

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emery18•1mo ago

Warning: That 'community board' near the library is a scam magnet

I keep seeing the same thing on the board at the local coffee shop on Oak Street. People are posting flyers for 'free kittens' and 'yard sales' that are just phishing attempts. There was one last week with a phone number that led to some auto-dialer scam. I called it out of curiosity and got a recorded message asking for my Social Security number. Another one claimed to be a 'lost dog' but the photo was stock art. The board itself is fine, but nobody checks these things before slapping them up. My gym has a corkboard too and I've seen three obvious fake 'handyman' ads this month alone. How do you guys tell the real help-wanted posts from the sketchy ones?

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the_joseph•1mo ago

Spent 45 minutes looking for a flyer that was right next to me the whole time

I was at the community center last week trying to find info on a free composting workshop I saw on a bulletin board. I walked around the whole lobby scanning every board for like 10 minutes, nothing. Checked by the bathrooms, near the elevator, nada. Finally asked the front desk lady and she pointed to a board literally 3 feet from where I was standing. The flyer was bright green and huge, I just completely missed it because I was looking for a specific shape lol. Has anyone else spent way too long searching for something that was right in front of them on a bulletin board?

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the_amy•1mo ago

I finally checked out that 'free piano' flyer at the laundromat

It looked way too good to be true, but I called the number and the guy just wanted it gone from his garage. It's a 1970s Wurlitzer, a little out of tune but all the keys work. Has anyone else actually gotten something decent from a 'curb alert' style note?

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barbaragarcia•1mo ago

Unpopular opinion: I took a photo of a 'lost cat' flyer in Denver and actually found the thing.

I saw the poster on a pole near my apartment, called the number, and the cat was just chilling under a neighbor's deck. Has anyone else had a bulletin board find turn into a real-life rescue?