With trepidation I note this coming Friday is the 13th!
Worse, much worse, yesterday I broke a mirror! It's one I use for shaving and hair (what there is of it) cutting and as I moved it I knocked it to the ground where it shattered!
If there is an earthquake or similar in central Victoria on Saturday it's probably my fault and I apologise in advance :(
Despite my whimsy above I am not but... are you superstitious in any way? Many people are....
yobarr said
02:42 PM Jan 10, 2023
Mike Harding wrote:
With trepidation I note this coming Friday is the 13th!
Worse, much worse, yesterday I broke a mirror! It's one I use for shaving and hair (what there is of it) cutting and as I moved it I knocked it to the ground where it shattered!
If there is an earthquake or similar in central Victoria on Saturday it's probably my fault and I apologise in advance :(
Despite my whimsy above I am not but... are you superstitious in any way? Many people are....
Have you tried saying "Sorry" to the broken mirror?
With the current trend for anyone aggrieved to demand an apology, which apparently then rights whatever they perceive to be wrong, perhaps that will work? Good luck. Cheers
Mike Harding said
02:49 PM Jan 10, 2023
yobarr wrote:
Have you tried saying "Sorry" to the broken mirror?
No, I haven't.
However I did glue it back together but when I looked into it the reflection just cracked me up :)
Possum3 said
04:16 PM Jan 10, 2023
Lucky me, I'm not superstitious, touch wood.
Bobdown said
04:17 PM Jan 10, 2023
Paraskevidekatriaphobia...........scary
Had a shocker about 25 years ago, everything went wrong........ but generally nowadays it doesn't worry me.
yobarr said
04:20 PM Jan 10, 2023
Mike Harding wrote:
yobarr wrote:
Have you tried saying "Sorry" to the broken mirror?
No, I haven't.
However I did glue it back together but when I looked into it the reflection just cracked me up :)
Too many wrinkles?
Whenarewethere said
06:31 PM Jan 10, 2023
1 mirror 7 years bad luck. Just be grateful you didn't break a 400mm mirror ball 13,440 years bad luck.
Mike Harding said
06:42 PM Jan 10, 2023
Whenarewethere wrote:
1 mirror 7 years bad luck. Just be grateful you didn't break a 400mm mirror ball 13,440 years bad luck.
On the bright side... I suppose i I'd only have the next 10 or 15 to worry about :)
smwhiskey said
08:26 PM Jan 10, 2023
Mike Harding wrote:
With trepidation I note this coming Friday is the 13th!
Despite my whimsy above I am not but... are you superstitious in any way? Many people are....
Nope but I'm starting to wonder if I've angered Lady Luck in some way.
Alternator broke on the Pajero the week before Christmas and the auto electrician isn't able to fit me in till next week so the Pajero has been sitting in the front yard for 3 weeks and I've been stranded at home like we're still in covid lockdown. Such a great way to spend Christmas and New Year.
Next day I plugged the caravan into the mains to give the batteries a charge and discovered 2 hours later that the stove had been turned on but not off. End result was smoke damage and the stove glass top shattered into a million pieces.
Boxing Day I discovered that rodents had nibbled on the 12v wiring for the shed meaning the deep cycle battery wasn't being charged by the solar panels so I'll need to replace that one of these days otherwise I've got no lights in there.
And last weekend I discovered the casing for the pool chlorinator had cracked and was leaking and the dog had chewed a hole in the piping for the barracuda pool cleaner.
I figure my luck has got to improve one day so I'm planning to buy a lotto ticket for the next big Saturday draw.
Simon
-- Edited by smwhiskey on Tuesday 10th of January 2023 08:27:38 PM
Bobdown said
02:20 PM Jan 13, 2023
How's everyone's Black Friday going?
Anyone managed to break something or hurt themselves?
Good luck for the rest of the day.......
86GTS said
03:18 PM Jan 13, 2023
Bobdown wrote:
How's everyone's Black Friday going?
Anyone managed to break something or hurt themselves?
Good luck for the rest of the day.......
Beautiful sunny day here adjacent to the beach. Took the rocket out of the garage & did a run down the peninsula via a few winding roads, with the windows down so we could enjoy the sporty crackle of the exhaust pipes.
We picked up some produce, fruit & salad items from a farm gate market garden outlet, then we called into a local winery & bought eight bottles of vino. We also called into our local butcher.
Tomorrow is forecast to be 30 degrees, we'll be having juicy eye fillet steak covered in homemade garlic butter with a balsamic dressed side salad. Garlic prawns as an entree beforehand. All enjoyed under our shady entertaining area.
A good day today & hopefully tomorrow as well.
I've been searching on the internet for good music to accompany our BBQ tomorrow. I found all four CD's of this little gem to download. Some classic memories there! A LUCKY Friday 13th overall I'd say.
Whenarewethere said
09:14 PM Jan 13, 2023
If worried about 13 stick with the Chinese, they are more worried about 4.
With trepidation I note this coming Friday is the 13th!
Worse, much worse, yesterday I broke a mirror! It's one I use for shaving and hair (what there is of it) cutting and as I moved it I knocked it to the ground where it shattered!
If there is an earthquake or similar in central Victoria on Saturday it's probably my fault and I apologise in advance :(
Despite my whimsy above I am not but... are you superstitious in any way? Many people are....
Have you tried saying "Sorry" to the broken mirror?
With the current trend for anyone aggrieved to demand an apology, which apparently then rights whatever they perceive to be wrong, perhaps that will work? Good luck. Cheers
No, I haven't.
However I did glue it back together but when I looked into it the reflection just cracked me up :)
Paraskevidekatriaphobia...........scary
Had a shocker about 25 years ago, everything went wrong........ but generally nowadays it doesn't worry me.
Too many wrinkles?
1 mirror 7 years bad luck. Just be grateful you didn't break a 400mm mirror ball 13,440 years bad luck.
On the bright side... I suppose i I'd only have the next 10 or 15 to worry about :)
Nope but I'm starting to wonder if I've angered Lady Luck in some way.
Alternator broke on the Pajero the week before Christmas and the auto electrician isn't able to fit me in till next week so the Pajero has been sitting in the front yard for 3 weeks and I've been stranded at home like we're still in covid lockdown. Such a great way to spend Christmas and New Year.
Next day I plugged the caravan into the mains to give the batteries a charge and discovered 2 hours later that the stove had been turned on but not off. End result was smoke damage and the stove glass top shattered into a million pieces.
Boxing Day I discovered that rodents had nibbled on the 12v wiring for the shed meaning the deep cycle battery wasn't being charged by the solar panels so I'll need to replace that one of these days otherwise I've got no lights in there.
And last weekend I discovered the casing for the pool chlorinator had cracked and was leaking and the dog had chewed a hole in the piping for the barracuda pool cleaner.
I figure my luck has got to improve one day so I'm planning to buy a lotto ticket for the next big Saturday draw.
Simon
-- Edited by smwhiskey on Tuesday 10th of January 2023 08:27:38 PM
How's everyone's Black Friday going?
Anyone managed to break something or hurt themselves?
Good luck for the rest of the day.......
Beautiful sunny day here adjacent to the beach. Took the rocket out of the garage & did a run down the peninsula via a few winding roads, with the windows down so we could enjoy the sporty crackle of the exhaust pipes.
We picked up some produce, fruit & salad items from a farm gate market garden outlet, then we called into a local winery & bought eight bottles of vino. We also called into our local butcher.
Tomorrow is forecast to be 30 degrees, we'll be having juicy eye fillet steak covered in homemade garlic butter with a balsamic dressed side salad. Garlic prawns as an entree beforehand. All enjoyed under our shady entertaining area.
A good day today & hopefully tomorrow as well.
I've been searching on the internet for good music to accompany our BBQ tomorrow. I found all four CD's of this little gem to download. Some classic memories there! A LUCKY Friday 13th overall I'd say.
If worried about 13 stick with the Chinese, they are more worried about 4.