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There’s unlucky and then there’s bloody unlucky!

7/27/2012

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This week, all things considered, has been pretty unlucky for me – a car crash on Sunday (not my fault and the third party has already accepted liability), a poor Ebay purchase on Monday (an item that failed to live up to its billing), and then the flooring disaster on Tuesday (see the post). The flooring was by far the worst piece of bad luck because that cost me in emotional terms and will undoubtedly have a significant financial impact as well. 

So I have spent some time this week feeling a bit sorry for myself. 

Today though, I have decided to pull myself together, accept that shit happens and move on. What has prompted this change of heart, well it is Friday, I got paid yesterday and most importantly I have reflected upon some news articles I read about some other poor souls whose misfortune definitely classifies as bloody unlucky.

Take a few minutes to read these articles.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-18979930

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-18978561

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-18974141

There’s me bemoaning my bad luck with the floor when Charlotte Blackman was walking under a cliff at the very moment it collapsed! You couldn’t possibly get any more unlucky than Charlotte or indeed Rosemary Snell and Michael Rolfe who also got buried in a freak Dorset landslide. 
 
My point is not to be crass but rather to recognise that in the scheme of things, a damaged floor, some wasted money and a dented motor are pretty minor and that I should be grateful that I haven’t been bloody unlucky instead! 

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Andrew Cursley
7/30/2012 04:18:52 am

Glad to see you've kept a real perspective on life, there are a lot worse off than us...
Like what you've created with this site, keep it up!

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