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I’ve heard it said that bad luck
comes in pairs of three. Now I’m not
the type that takes too much stock in
superstition (except for not washing
clothes on New Year’s- hey I’ll gladly
take a day off from that!), but after
some recent events in our family, I’m
inclined to believe that maybe bad luck
does come in three’s.
A couple of months ago, my husband
was turning his truck around in the
yard, and totally forgot about our water
well. It’s only been there for fourteen
years, but evidently his mind was on
something else. He ran completely
over it. After running to turn off the
water (right when I was in the middle of using it),
he evaluated the situation and realized it was tore all
to pieces. The green box that covered the well was
shattered into pieces, and the pipe going down to the
pump was slung all over the yard. Our repairman came
out that evening and restored our water, but the pipe
leading the pump into the well is wedged now. If the
pump ever goes out, we’ll have to dig a new well.
As if that wasn’t enough, a couple of weeks ago,
my husband was making his rounds in Blythewood,
Ridgeway and Winnsboro delivering The Blythewood
Leader. He called me around noon to tell me he had
been in an accident. At first I didn’t believe him; he
plays practical jokes on me all the time. But when he
told me he hurt his shoulder, I asked him where he
was at. It seems a Port-A-Pottie truck was in front of
him on Highway 21. He thought they were taking a
right on Smallwood because their blinker was on. But
rather than stopping behind them, he tried to go around
Quinten Lewis
The Cardinals
Robbie Branham
Pittsburgh
Publisher’s Note
Who Do
You Think
Will Win
the Super
Bowl-
Pittsburgh
or Arizona?
Jason Paschal
Pittsburgh
them-only to discover they were taking
a left. Seems that the blinker wasn’t
on- it was their flashers and the left
one was out. I was so thankful to find
out that when my husband smashed
into the port-a-pottie truck, he didn’t
bust the tank. “You would’ve had to
find another ride,” I said. “There is no
way you were getting in my car had the
tank busted.” Even the wrecker service
asked about the tank. When they
arrived, the driver said he specifically
asked the dispatcher if the tank busted.
“I was going to send someone else if it
Michelle Jackson
did,” he said.
Publisher/Editor
Evidently, my husband has something
against plumbing. First the well, then the septic truck.
I think I’ll keep him away from the kitchen sink.
Last, but not least, I was driving down the road the
other day, and a large dump truck passed me in the
opposite direction. I heard a loud “thump” on my
windshield. Now we all have those trucks that pass us
and throw rocks on our windshield. But as for me- my
windshield now has a large round crack in it. But hey,
at least I didn’t run over the well or into a port-a-pottie
truck. I don’t think my husband will ever hear the end
of it from me or our children. It’s our turn to give him
a hard time.
As for superstition, I may be forced to re-think some
things now. Maybe bad luck does come in three’s. But
in all seriousness, I guess I have to look at the bright
side. No one was seriously hurt or killed in all three
accidents, and my husband doesn’t have to shower
three times a day like he would have if the tank had
busted.
Taylor Swinton
The Steelers
Eric Lloyd
Arizona Cardinals
Roddy Mack
The Steelers
Wendy Goff
Pittsburgh
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