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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 213413, member: 36"]Both were named for the Irish Mail, an actual fast train in Ireland. I'd imagine it started as a joke, but it soon became the standard name for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>This part should be in the Rant section, but too bad: </p><p><br /></p><p>I got up two hours early today to go to a so-called estate sale in the next town over. Stood out in the cold until we were allowed in ... and found nothing. They gave me a small bottle of Arpege bath oil. It was supposed to be two estate sales in one, but the second was all large furniture and a nonfunctional sewing machine. Total outlay, zero. Then I spent $20 in Trader Joe's and another $7 in JC Penney (had a coupon). Had to wait for them to get around to opening their doors. No wonder their sales are tanking; we can't get in and spend money if they don't unlock the doors. </p><p><br /></p><p>MS or no MS I went to the Ill Will as a last stop, and found overpriced costume charms of no age or actual charm. Left everything. There was another moving sale, but I already feel worse than I generally do with a bad storm moving in and gave up. I did better yesterday at the church giveaway by a wide margin. </p><p><br /></p><p>(Hey [USER=121]@Mansons2005[/USER] - how'd I do?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 213413, member: 36"]Both were named for the Irish Mail, an actual fast train in Ireland. I'd imagine it started as a joke, but it soon became the standard name for them. This part should be in the Rant section, but too bad: I got up two hours early today to go to a so-called estate sale in the next town over. Stood out in the cold until we were allowed in ... and found nothing. They gave me a small bottle of Arpege bath oil. It was supposed to be two estate sales in one, but the second was all large furniture and a nonfunctional sewing machine. Total outlay, zero. Then I spent $20 in Trader Joe's and another $7 in JC Penney (had a coupon). Had to wait for them to get around to opening their doors. No wonder their sales are tanking; we can't get in and spend money if they don't unlock the doors. MS or no MS I went to the Ill Will as a last stop, and found overpriced costume charms of no age or actual charm. Left everything. There was another moving sale, but I already feel worse than I generally do with a bad storm moving in and gave up. I did better yesterday at the church giveaway by a wide margin. (Hey [USER=121]@Mansons2005[/USER] - how'd I do?)[/QUOTE]
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