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JJ

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For me and mine Friday 13th has usually gone well.

So I want to wish everyone a good and safe day today!

Love

JJ

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Guest therisa

If today, is in November, I would be mourning an anniversary of a very personal lost for me, the death of my death in 1998. Even after almost 12 years, I still have a huge hole in my soul and someone that I could talk without getting a negative reaction.

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I'm sorry Therisa-anniversaries are hard. At least this Fri. 13th is August-your heart feels the difference.

So it can be a day to defy superstition-or be extra careful to observe them all.

What are your superstitions?

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Guest Elizabeth K

I once was fearless of this date but in 1972 our apartment was broken into on Friday the 13th and our color TV was stolen. We bravely bought another to replace it, then the next month it happened again, on Friday the 13th! We moved.

So I have always had this thing, an irrational fear - what is called 'triskaidekaphobia' pronounced, 'trikydickyphobia.' This is the irrational fear of Richard Nixon.

Now that joke goes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back!

the stolen TVs are a true story.

Lizzy

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Heh, I hadn't even noticed until you said JJ. :P

I'm forever in the dark about what date it is, despite being surrounded by calendars (paper and electronic)!

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Guest Elizabeth K

Superstitions? If you accidently open an umbrella in the house, or put a hat on the bed, it is bad luck!

To counter this you must run around the house witherskins, three times...

Which can be unpleasant if it is raining and you don't have your hat on.

Lizzy

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Guest therisa

Oops, it was suppose to read, "the death of my dad". Blasted learning disability and AD/HD. Sigh. Don't really have any supersitutions here.

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Guest Cowboy

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Always been a good day for me.....

No problems.....

HEY! DANG! GOTTA GO....MY CAR'S ON FIRE!!!!!!

Yeah, i never have any problems on this day eit-.. FIREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

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Overall a pretty good day yesterday, no moving washers and driers at work - payday and good sales.

Lizzy and I celebrated my financial independence with a wonderful dinner at a local establishment with the greatest appetizer I have ever had - Crawfish Bread!

What a great day!

Love ya,

Sally

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Guest RachaelAnn

It doesn't bother me, but I do have one question. I know what made friday the 13th a bad luck day. Does anyone else know the story behind this day?

Rachael

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Guest Daiyu Hurst

It doesn't bother me, but I do have one question. I know what made friday the 13th a bad luck day. Does anyone else know the story behind this day?

Rachael

FWIW,

The wikipedia includes the explanation that I'd read many years ago:

"In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of completeness, as reflected in the twelve months of the year, twelve signs of the zodiac, twelve hours of the clock, twelve tribes of Israel, twelve Apostles of Jesus, twelve gods of Olympus, etc., whereas the number thirteen was considered irregular, transgressing this completeness. There is also a superstition, thought by some to derive from the Last Supper or a Norse myth, that having thirteen people seated at a table will result in the death of one of the diners."

Wikipedia continues, and about Friday, it says:

"Friday has been considered an unlucky day at least since the 14th century's The Canterbury Tales, and many other professions have regarded Friday as an unlucky day to undertake journeys or begin new projects. Black Friday has been associated with stock market crashes and other disasters since the 1800s. It has also been suggested that Friday has been considered an unlucky day because, according to Christian scripture and tradition, Jesus was crucified on a Friday."

All very reasonable. True? Dunno.

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Guest RachaelAnn

From what I have studied it goes back to the Knights Templar and the Roman Catholic church. I don't remember what year it was, but it was decided by the church, that the Knights had gotten too powerful for their own good, even tho they were employed by the church as guardians.

The church set in secret a plan to wipe them out, and it was carried out on Friday which happened to be on the 13th.

And from there is my understanding of how we got the correlation of friday the 13th being a bad luck day.

Rachael

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