Before coming to Canada, ‘13’ was just another number, never thought it to be special, or different. I recall hearing that this number is not considered a good number in some cultures, nothing beyond that. Of course there is always the movie series “Friday the 13th”, but I don’t watch horror movies.
It was quite interesting to find out that in Canada, high rise buildings avoid naming a 13th floor! The elevator dial numbers 1-12 then jumps to 14. Now that becomes quite disturbing at times, especially in the real estate industry (worked there for a while) when a level 22 floor actually corresponds to units starting with 23.
A quick search (Wikipedia) shows that it is a superstious day, which is believed to be a day of good or back luck (more bad than good!). Well, I’d rather think of today (at least – since Friday 13th occurs between 1 – 3 times a year) as a good day. Why? Well, after a week of brutal -48 C to -35 C degrees, today is a warm -2 C only. YAY! Also, I managed to solve 1 database discrepancy that was bothering me for a while, and I am in a good mood!
Well, better get back to the remaining discrepancies….
Have a great weekend everyone ;-)
