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Every day something happens and you put it down to Bad Luck! I thought it would be more than interesting to record these events as they happen.
Good Luck seems to fall into a firm second place here.
Many Bad Luck events will be associated to B
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Chipped Tooth On Unpopped Popcorn
turkguy0319Popcorn is a great food and we had some tonight along with some cold Bulgarian beer on this balmy evening in the yard. All was great as the evening fell into night. Then a church, on popcorn that hadn’t popped had been bitten into and ch...
Wham! - My FIinger Hit Buy Garden Hoe
Wham! The metal garden hoe was banging some plastic sticks into the ground and suddenly an intensive pain came to me. I had hit my finger with full force. Even with thick gardening glove on the pain was incredible and the swearing out aloud intense. ...
Two Hour Wasted - Socket Not In Properly
Image by Br3nda via FlickrPower cuts are frequent here; you get used to it and do other things to work around it. Today I thought we had a power cut so I left my computer and did a bit of gardening. I kept checking to see whether the power was back o...
Barbecue Off
Image by unloveablesteve via FlickrA barbecue was planned this evening, as it was the birthday of one of the family here. All was prepared, the meat was in a marinade and all ready to cook. The heavens opened and we had a storm that lasted two hours....
Ripped Herb Teabag
Image via WikipediaHerb teabags come in a box in pairs. You have to tear the bags along the perforated joining section to separate them fro one cup of tea. This morning I have tot do this but the perforations where not there. I tried to tear it gentl...
Tumbler Just Did That - Tumble!
Image via WikipediaI now know why the call tall glass drinking containers tumblers. As I took one out of the kitchen cabinet to fill up will lemonade, it slipped out of my grip and tumble onto the ceramic floor. I shattered everywhere and it was out ...
Accidently Cut Peppers
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeHoeing the peppers on the land today I accidentally caught a couple of them and they were cut down. After two months of growing to suddenly see them drop is painful. I now have to get more seedlings to replace these h...
Microwave Refuses To Turn
The microwave has been hiding from bad luck for a while and today it was out of hiding as I put a cup of water in to heat for some coffee this morning. The turntable refused to go round. After turning it off and on again it still refused to move. A f...
Cereal Planned But Frozen Milk
Having bought some cereal for this morning’ s breakfast the bowl was filled with some the fridge opened only to find that there was no milk there. The milk was in the freezer solid as a rock! It was a long wait for it to defrost, so bread and olive...
Fine Day But Indoors
I beautiful day today, but it was indoors for the duration as builders were repairing the drain outside. Noise and dust in the garden throughout the day meant that the weather couldn’t be enjoyed and of course I was confined to the house as the wor...
Lettuce Seedlings Battered to Death By Rain
I had just planted lettuce seedling in the small garden and watered them in. Two hour later a thunderstorm came over and pelted them to death. I don't think they will survive and one month of growing them from seed was totally wasted. Bad luck with t...
Bad Apple - Whoops too Late
My breakfast always includes a Bulgarian apple in the morning, they are the sweetest tasting apples. This particular morning a bite was taken and only after the first swallow did a bitter sensation appear. The response was to stop chewing and look at...
Bread Search
Image via WikipediaIn the local grocer store for some daily bread only to find that the old woman before me took the last one. Another shop was visited and they also had sold out. The third shop did have bread, but only white loaves, no wholemeal loa...
Wasp Sting
The second day of pain hit home as I was pruning some vines for someone and a lazy wasp came to visit me. I swung a left hook and missed it and the wasp took offence and came back and stung my right forearm. It was back in the house for some antisept...
Apples Galore
Image via WikipediaI went shopping for apples this lunchtime and returned home with 3 kg. Moments later Baba walked in she had has also been shopping this morning and brought back and 2 kg of apples as well. We now have 5 kg of apples and looks like ...
Yoghurt
Image via WikipediaIt was a day working in the fields of the farmhouse as the sowing of garlic and onions continued on a warm and sunny day. What possibly could go wrong on a day like this? Well it was a hungry Mart who went in for a snack after a fe...
