posting pointers (by Laura)

Readers, you know I am in school yes? Or, as Nancy so thoughtfully puts it, my "rigurous nursing program". So I am sitting here studying and can not absorb any more information on silly drugs with silly names like succyinylcholine (I may have mispelled that one), so I went on beloved craigslist to do my Thursday research. Yard sale season is coming to a fast and furious close, so I start my crack (Ha! I am studying cocaine for my test, too!) researching the Sunday after our weekend's adventures have come to an end. There are so many. If I don't research every day, I will miss treasure-ful sales. But, readers, I don't know how much more I can take. I will get bad karma back on this one, but I just can't handle another post that says "Literally, we have almost everything you can imagine". Seriously?
Yard sale posters, please, give the address (include zip)and directions. Take a picture. The words multi-family should not enter your post if you invited your mom over with her collection of scary dolls. No one reads the list of what you have at your sale. If it is for charity, include that. If it is an estate sale, include that, but make sure it is truly an estate sale and not what you consider to be an estate sale. Don't list your sale 3 weeks ahead of time and then neglect to include a posting at a date closer to your sale. FYI: subdivision sale includes means it is post-1976 and it most likely is a vinyl village and I won't waste my time. Your standard subdivision sales typically are baby-item-heavy and mostly everything is made in China. Target and Wal-mart are the frequent sites of origination of the items. Community-wide sale means it is pre-1976, has lead paint galore and good junk. Rummage sale is reserved for churches, parking lots, apartment community centers, senior homes, and possibly storage centers that have been repossessed. Garage, carport, stoop, tag, and yard sales are self-explanatory. Finally, town or city-wide sales are the mother load. This means an entire incorporated area that has a main street or historic center. Usually you will find a tractor or an outhouse on these sales. This doesn't mean a block sale, which is a city street. Nancy may have already covered this in an earlier posting, but I just don't know how many more incorrect postings I can take.