Friday 13th

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 13 Oct 2006, 14:28

So far it seems to be a normal day for me but I don't really believe in any of that superstitious nonsense

How is your day going and have you done anything to ward off the ill-will of the date

impossiblevoices · Post by **impossiblevoices** » 13 Oct 2006, 14:30

Doh - I hadn't even realised, but now you've gone and mentioned it...

I'll be watching my back all day!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 13 Oct 2006, 20:23

I'm quite superstitious - don't walk under ladders, am happy when black cats go in front of my path. But nothing untoward has happened to me today........... yet.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 13 Oct 2006, 21:41

Well, i went for an interview for a placement and got it, and celebrated with a nice meal out (ok, that's not strictly true...food nowt special but company fab). So a pretty great Friday 13th for me. Am well chuffed.

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 13 Oct 2006, 22:07

Sandra wrote:I'm quite superstitious - don't walk under ladders, am happy when black cats go in front of my path. But nothing untoward has happened to me today........... yet.

But you obviously hexed me instead, hence the cutting my finger with the big (now) bloody carving knife and an "incident" with a chopped onion......going to spend the last 1 hr 53 mins of this day wrapped in cotton wool.

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 13 Oct 2006, 22:08

For *** read that perfectly good word meaning covered in blood.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 13 Oct 2006, 22:22

bearcub wrote:For *** read that perfectly good word meaning covered in blood.

Promise you won't tell anyone but I just removed that perfectly good word from the profanity filter so you can type it in now if you like.

Poor bloody bearcub.

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 13 Oct 2006, 22:35

My Mammy has arrived for a weeks holiday. As she's quite partial to a bit of dusting, ironing etc, I think it's been an okay day for me

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 13 Oct 2006, 22:44

teddygirl wrote:My Mammy has arrived for a weeks holiday. As she's quite partial to a bit of dusting, ironing etc, I think it's been an okay day for me

you can send her round here if you want

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 13 Oct 2006, 22:52

Bellybabe wrote:Well, i went for an interview for a placement and got it, and celebrated with a nice meal out (ok, that's not strictly true...food nowt special but company fab). So a pretty great Friday 13th for me. Am well chuffed.

Fantastic!

Well done!

You deserve to feel really pleased with yourself!

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 14 Oct 2006, 00:46

I am totally non spooked by all this but today.....

My 8 year old had his old fashioned wordrope collapse on top of him, it was a major event. I had to do my Superman bit and lift it up while Mrs PoP pulled him free. I must confess to it being big time trauma and I could feel my heart pumping away in genuine panic.

Why do I mention it on this thread? When he eventually got to school, for Golden Time, the teacher read them the Lion the Witch and the Wardrope!!!!!!!!!!!

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 14 Oct 2006, 08:56

Bellybabe wrote:Well, i went for an interview for a placement and got it, and celebrated with a nice meal out (ok, that's not strictly true...food nowt special but company fab). So a pretty great Friday 13th for me. Am well chuffed.

Placement - does that mean employment?

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 14 Oct 2006, 09:06

Blinking heck PoP ! The poor wee thing. He'll be haunted now by nightmares of killer wardrobes

Congrats from me too BB. Did you arrive home safely?

My Friday was sort of mixed. It's my birthday soon and Homer bought me an ipod Nano. Very nice it is too. He decided to give it to me a few days early so that I could load it with some tunes and listen to it on my big day. We all gathered eagerly round the imac only to discover that my Nano needs the latest operating system for Mac in order to run. Our machine must only be a year and half old but it's obsolete. It is so frustrating. Oh well, my little nano still looks very nice

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 14 Oct 2006, 09:25

Marya - we have lots of tunes on our office computers that you would be very welcome to use. Pop in to see if you like any.

gilo · Post by **gilo** » 14 Oct 2006, 09:33

What a nightmare, I remember having similar difficulties . Likewise you're welcome to upload any tunes off my machine (now have 10.4.8 if that's still current), my musical taste is exemplary. We are the champions, we are the champions, we are the champions.....of the world.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 14 Oct 2006, 09:42

Thanks very much for the kind offers PoP and Gilo. Gilo, you're way ahead of me. We're on 10.2.8. We've decided to buy Tiger (10.4) and upgrade so that should sort things out. If we totally screw up on the installation I'll be round to take you up on your offers ....and may go quiet on the forum for a while...*gulp*

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 14 Oct 2006, 10:43

Poppy wrote:
Placement - does that mean employment?

Er...well, not the paying kind. It means I get the joy of working but not the joy of a paypacket.

Yes, Marya, I got home safely...

Thanks for the congrats, folks.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » 14 Oct 2006, 14:02

Bellybabe wrote:
Poppy wrote: Placement - does that mean employment?
Er...well, not the paying kind. It means I get the joy of working but not the joy of a paypacket.

I was about to say many congratulations, and leap up and down, too, Bellybabe, but the not the paying kind is not so good! Still, if you enjoy the placement itself .........

I was never superstitious about Friday 13, until I went to a country which has a much higher 'superstition-quotient' than ours, (not the States!) and my first Friday 13 there was pretty bad!!!!!!

What a shame about the wee boy and the wardrobe!

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 14 Oct 2006, 17:32

Bellybabe wrote:
Poppy wrote:
Placement - does that mean employment?
Er...well, not the paying kind. It means I get the joy of working but not the joy of a paypacket.

Oh, well!

Congrats anyway, dear BB.

Novastar · Post by **Novastar** » 16 Oct 2006, 12:06

Pal of Porty wrote:My 8 year old had his old fashioned wordrope collapse on top of him, it was a major event. I had to do my Superman bit and lift it up while Mrs PoP pulled him free. I must confess to it being big time trauma and I could feel my heart pumping away in genuine panic.

Why do I mention it on this thread? When he eventually got to school, for Golden Time, the teacher read them the Lion the Witch and the Wardrope!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh dear. Hope he's OK.

My dad screwed my bookcase to the wall when I was little - get an L bracket and some screws either side.

BTW - what's a wardrope

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 16 Oct 2006, 13:26

Novastar wrote:BTW - what's a wardrope

Oops! I meant to say wardrobe but either way it was still big and heavy. He is absolutely fine now but he does have a couple of cracking bruises that he is really proud of.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 16 Oct 2006, 13:34

Do you expect him to come out of the closet again in the future?

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 16 Oct 2006, 16:37

Porty wrote:Do you expect him to come out of the closet again in the future?

Nothing would ever surprise me with him!

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 16 Oct 2006, 17:31

I think instead of him writing to Santa this year it would be better if he invested his time writing to Gilo.