Stationary Engines and Pumps

The Blanchardstown shopping center is a small mall not far from where I live. In the first week I was here, I went there a few times to buy things I didn't bring in my suitcases and also to see what Irish stores sell. Eason is an Irish bookstore chain that has a store in Blanchardstown. That's where I found Stantionary Engine Magazine!
This is not a fancy bookstore that specializes in esoteric literature and carries hard-to-find magazines and out-of-print books. It's a typical mall bookstore with bestseller books, a shelf for local authors, candy, travel guides. and the usual stuff you find in these stores. But, they do carry Stationary Engine Magazine ;-)
The grocery store down the hall sells many of the same magazines and newspapers, but not Stationary Engine Magazine. So, Eason is one level up from them. They also sell several photography magazines like American bookstores do and some model railroad and tour bus magazines that I have never seen before. The tour bus magazines are full of pictures of what the next bus looks like that some city has ordered and how many horse powers it has, or descriptions and pictures of luxury tour buses. There are also magazines that do the same thing for tractors and other farm equipment.
I guess it is a little different from Barnes and Noble or Borders. But a Stationary Engine Magazine? Who reads that?
Well, maybe not that many people. Last month when I went to their web site, it was advertising the latest issue, but today the link (above) is dead. Maybe the issue I bought is one of the last ones.
In the introduction it talks about securing those engines. Theft of "sight-feed oilers and magnetos" doesn't seem all that common yet, but some of these engines have appreciated in value over the years and criminal incidents are on the raise! There are letters to the editor, pictures of engines and parts that people are seeking help with to identify, a bunch of ads, and several articles on restoring engines, an events calendar, and a market place.
I'll be checking the link to their web site and the bookstore for new issues. It would be kind of sad if something like that went under.