Tomorrow is Friday 13th........

i'm not really superstitous to be honest don't walk under ladders but thats about it

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by BernardBikerchick

just don't like it !!! i avoid ladders and driving !!!


did you know that on the M56 up north there is no junction 13 !!!!! there is a junc 12 and 14 but no 13 !!!!!!!! at least i'm pretty sure there isn't !!!

How Bizarre, I had to check that and according to my Mappoint you are quite correct, jct 12 is Runcornish and 14 some place called Hapsford.

BTW should the title now be :- Today is Friday the 13th.

and its bloody unlucky.

Got the bike out after doing all the prep work for the MOT, start it up (all ready to get it sorted) Think i'll just double check that number plate light. And its broken again, and whist fixing that the bike blew a tail light.

******* machine.

Dan

Originally Posted by BernardBikerchick

just don't like it !!! i avoid ladders and driving !!!

Normaly i would avoid ladders while driving

I forgot about friday the 13th and I rode the bike in. It's got it's MOT booked for later too It'll probably fail now and cost me a fortune to fix it

Well my friday 13th started well. Got the high-vis police lookalike jacket from Stu, decided to wear it today on the ride in to work.

During the commute...
"Do you know why I've stopped you sir?" I honestly didn't have a clue, until he informed me that "impersonating an officer is an offence." Ah, that'll be the jacket then.

Made me a little ****ed off, you can clearly tell it's not a police jacket from the back (esp if you're used to wearing them daily! fss!), so I explained, he checked the rest of the bike over (which is all stock, but a little dirty). I got a firm telling off for not cleaning my bike, and he let me on my way.

A little late to the office, but ho hum, better late than dead.

On a brighter note, if a copper can get the jacket confused, so will everyone else. But that does mean they all drive 5mph below the posted limit.

Originally Posted by Supervox

IIRC the REAL reason that Fri 13th is considered unlucky - at least in the western world - is because that was the date that the King of France launched his surprise attack & rounded up the Knights Templar.

This had nothing whatsoever to do with religion (although that was the official reason) - more to do with the fact that the Templars were probably the richest organisation in Europe at the time & he fancied getting his hands on the loot - oh, & also because he owed them a truck load of money for financing his various wars, etc.

Yep that was covered on page 4 of that article I linked to.

And the reply was:

Originally Posted by Friday 13th link

There are drawbacks to the "day so infamous" thesis, not the least of which is that it attributes enormous cultural significance to a relatively obscure historical event. Even more problematic, for this or any other theory positing premodern origins for Friday the 13th superstitions, is the fact that no one has been able to document the existence of such beliefs prior to the 19th century. If people who lived before the late 1800s perceived Friday the 13th as a day of special misfortune, no evidence has been found to prove it. As a result, some scholars are now convinced the stigma is a thoroughly modern phenomenon exacerbated by 20th-century media hype.

:P

Originally Posted by Baph

"Do you know why I've stopped you sir?" I honestly didn't have a clue, until he informed me that "impersonating an officer is an offence." Ah, that'll be the jacket then.

I thought Stu got them from ex-police stocks?

I won £6.40 on the euro lottery...

Not superstitious at all 'cos its all cobblers
Spent the day (Friday the 13th) hooning round the Prodrive test track at Kenilworth in various Honda motor cars.

Breakfast, lunch and tea provided too