A Friday occurring on the 13th day of any month is considered to be a day of bad luck in English, German, Polish and Portuguese speaking cultures around the globe. Similar superstitions exist in some other traditions. In Greece or Spain, for example, Tuesday the 13th takes the same role. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia (a word that is derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Παρασκευή, δεκατρείς, and φοβία, meaning Friday, 13, and phobia respectively; alternative spellings include paraskevodekatriaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia) or friggatriskaidekaphobia, and is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a phobia (fear) of the number 13. #Friday13
Sure hope the number 13 is lucky for me today -- I have my van at the fix it shop! The “check engine soon” light keeps coming on. I keep taking off my gas cap and putting it back on and that “fixes” it for awhile. So I decided to bite the bullet! It needed an oil and filter change anyway. I have always taken the van to Ray Dennison since that’s where I bought it, but it’s past all warranties and etc. so I’m staying in Morton with it. I’m hoping that will save me $$ too! My “boss” raves about Wenniger Automotive so we’ll see. He did work on the old Ford and was very reasonable.
Temperatures are rising - just like gas! WOW! I couldn’t believe gas prices of 3.29 a gallon yesterday! All I have to say about that is ridiculous!
See ya later alligator!
Tammy 13 Jul 2007, 6:51 a.m.
P.S. Cool picture! We have squirrels over here that like to climb Andy’s chicken wire garden fence and steal green tomatoes to eat! It sure is funny to watch that since the chicken wire sways in the breeze while they are trying to get over it!
Of course, we’re not thrilled with the stealing of tomatoes -- especially since Andy is supposed to show his veggies July 20th and we need all we can get!
Tammy 13 Jul 2007, 6:53 a.m.
Our van engine light goes on and off all the time. I just ignore it anymore. I suspect it is probably a sensor or something. We don’t really drive the silly thing enough to worry about it. I take our Chevy vehicles to Grimm’s and the Ford to Raisor Motors. They aren’t cheap but they always seem to do a good job.
Don’t even get me started on the price of gas! We all know there is no reason it should be over a dollar a gallon. It is just pure economic rape!
What caught my eye on the squirrel picture was the date —— Friday the 13th in April. So I had to put it up for today —— another Friday the 13th.
And now —— the word for the day ——
impukement:unrelenting nausea caused by the failure of a governing body to impeach its traitorous leaders: the lack of impeachment proceedings against the president and vice president caused a strong feeling of impukement among the electorate. - Grant Gerver
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