Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Mimi,

We agree with you wholeheartedly.  We have never bought into that and it is poppycock!  Happy Friday!  A

Mar 13, 2020 01:30 PM
Mimi Foster

Yeah, it has absolutely no basis in reality. Hope you're enjoying some sunny skies. It's snowing here again today (was 60° + yesterday). 

Mar 13, 2020 01:36 PM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

You kids sure have a lot of energy - post, post, post, post...

While I wasn't born on Friday the 13th very often, why every few years or so, my birthday falls on it!  So, yo no afraido (perfect Spanish...).

I think the origination of bad luck had to do with the killing of a bunch of Templars on Friday the 13th.  They did not wear black, however.

Mar 13, 2020 03:25 PM
Mimi Foster

Town is shut down. Good time to post. LOL


Hope you're doing well. And, like me, I'm sure you've had a couple on Easter. 

Mar 13, 2020 03:48 PM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

By the way, the number 13 has great symbolism in the founding of this country and it is repeated over and over in many contexts.  It was considered the opposite of bad luck, having to do with growth and good fortune. 

Look at all the ways 13 appears on the dollar bill, front and back!

Mar 13, 2020 03:27 PM
Mimi Foster

Which just goes to show, so much of life is all in the way you look at it. I'll have to check out the dollar bill. Hugs to you, my friend.

Mar 13, 2020 03:47 PM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Mimi Foster - Fear no evil. I don't believe in superstitions. 

Let's be thankful for another day and joyful. 

Mar 14, 2020 03:28 AM
Mimi Foster

Amen, my friend. 

Mar 14, 2020 06:02 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Good morning, Mimi... I have no fear of Friday the 13th or of the #13... in fact, it's my lucky number and I have a gold 13 on my charm bracelet for luck. Amazingly enough, 20+ million Americans fear Friday the 13th.

Mar 14, 2020 06:18 AM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Thanks forthe history lesson Mimi on this subject.  I can say yesterday Friday the 13th was no worst then ThursdayMarch 12.

Mar 14, 2020 08:44 AM
Roy Kelley
Realty Group Referrals - Gaithersburg, MD

Thank you very much for your comment on my recent post.

Have a very special weekend. You no longer need to be alert for black cats.

Mar 14, 2020 10:03 AM
Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

13 is the number of death and rebirth . . . the flowering of an old seemingly dead tree that when given a little love and some pruning became majestic again.

I am not afraid of a haircut, doll. It will grow back. 

Mar 14, 2020 12:19 PM
Myrl Jeffcoat
GreatWest Realty - Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Real Estate Agent

After the events of this past week, having the week end with a Friday the 13th seems so fitting.  And, today is International Pi Day (3:14).

Mar 14, 2020 03:16 PM
Debb Janes EcoBroker and Bernie Stea JD
ViewHomes of Clark County - Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
REALTORS® in Clark County, WA

Poppycock! What a fun word. Friday the 13th never bothers me, however this year it was a particularity sad day for us. But, it was just a date.  Speaking of Mac, thank you. We are missing his calm presence every day...especially right now.  Hugs to you. 

Mar 19, 2020 08:31 AM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

I agree, Mimi,  I say it too  “POPPYCOCK!” Love the example you provided...I might go out and buy a lotto ticket on Friday, 

Mar 26, 2020 09:37 PM
Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
& Host of Postcards From Success Podcast

My bride and I consider this our lucky day in fact. 13 is a shared lucky number to us.

It just wasn't lucky for the Knight's Templar...which historically is also one of the basis for the superstition because the King of France betrayed and executed them on Friday the 13th.

But, even as a house painter, I walked under many a ladder. My superstitions seem to be self invented, I do not adhere to any of the mainstream hand-me-downs.

Jul 28, 2020 05:53 AM
Mimi Foster

Always be an original. Everyone else is taken. Hugs to you, my friend!

Jul 30, 2020 07:02 AM