Search, Giveup, Buy, Fate

Irony

you must of kicked the same nun in the booty as i did -you should have patience
it will show up on ebay,

Being too late to bid: I have several notices e-mailed to me from the bay about stuff I am interested in. It only takes a few seconds to scan through them and decide whether I want to bid or not. You don't need to be "too late" with those daily notices.

You have options with the "extra" engines. You can use and enjoy both sets, right?

I searched for a long time for two cars out of a Lionel Service Station Special set...the parts express gondola(with parts) and the smoke fluid tank car. When I finally found and purchased the gondola on ebay, I found another on the forum within two weeks...bought that one too. Two is enough now. I put up a wanted ad on the forum for the tank car and I got a reply and I purchased it. Not even a week later, one popped up on ebay...and also became mine. I now have three of the tank cars and am always looking for more.

It's kind of funny that you can search for years for an item and when it finally is available, immediately another shows up.

Things occur in 3's when it comes to fate, ill fate, etc.
cannot explain it, just the way it is...
I was looking for an end car for a passenger set, mine was missing when I purchased a set at an estate sale.
it took a year but all in one week 3 were listed at the same time...