The Urban Dictionary has this to say about the phrase “Luck of the Irish”: This isn’t luck at all, but more of an attitiude, a positive look at a bad situation. The Irish didn’t survive a potato famine, and being treated as 3rd class citizens upon their arrival to the U.S. (til the mid-late 1900’s) […]

While driving home from Pampa on Interstate 40, we saw a billboard encouraging us to visit Shamrock, Texas to see the Historic Conoco Tower Service Station.  There were several claims to fame for this service station – “Listed on the National Register of Historic Places” and “As seen in movies.” “P-l-e-a-s-e.  It is only a […]