I'm not working that hard with my hands to get horny skin.
Inge
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From: "Cheryl Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [TN] NTC: Friday question 3
> the palm of your hand?
>
> Sincerely,
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:48 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC: Friday question 3
>
>
> Mornin' Everybody!
>
> Inge has sent us another mystery picture. Take a look at:
> http://stevezeva.homestead.com/files/Friday.jpg
>
> Again, not quite sure what this is. He says it's easier than the last
> one, but I don't know...
>
> I'm not feeling very well today, I'm suffering from a little
> Paraskevidekatriaphobia after reading this:
>
> -Steve-
>
>
> Friday the 13th Phobia Rooted in Ancient History
> John Roach for National Geographic News
>
> This Friday some people will be so paralyzed with fear they simply won't
> get out of bed. Others will steadfastly refuse to fly on an airplane,
> buy a house, or act on a hot stock tip. It's Friday the 13th, and
> they're freaked out.
>
> "It's been estimated that [U.S] $800 or $900 million is lost in business
> on this day because people will not fly or do business they would
> normally do," said Donald Dossey, founder of the Stress Management
> Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina.
>
> Among other services, Dossey's organization counsels clients on how to
> overcome fear of Friday the 13th, a phobia that he estimates afflicts 17
> to 21 million people in the United States.
>
> Symptoms range from mild anxiety to full-blown panic attacks. The latter
> may cause people to reshuffle schedules or miss an entire day's work.
>
> When it comes to bad luck of any kind, Richard Wiseman-a psychologist at
> the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield, England-found that people
> who consider themselves unlucky are more likely to believe in
> superstitions associated with bad luck.
>
> "Their beliefs and behavior are likely to be part of a much bigger
> worldview," he said. "They will believe that luck is a magical force and
> that it can ruin their lives."
>
> Wiseman found that one quarter of the 2,068 people questioned in a 2003
> survey associate the number 13 with bad luck. People with such feelings,
> he found, are more likely to be anxious on days like Friday the 13th and
> thus more prone to have accidents. In other words, being afraid of
> Friday the 13th could be their undoing.
>
> So how did Friday the 13th become such an unlucky day?
>
> Dossey, also a folklore historian and author of Holiday Folklore,
> Phobias and Fun, said fear of Friday the 13th is rooted in ancient,
> separate bad-luck associations with the number 13 and the day Friday.
> The two unlucky entities ultimately combined to make one super unlucky
> day.
>
> Dossey traces the fear of 13 to a Norse myth about 12 gods having a
> dinner party at Valhalla, their heaven. In walked the uninvited 13th
> guest, the mischievous Loki. Once there, Loki arranged for Hoder, the
> blind god of darkness, to shoot Balder the Beautiful, the god of joy and
> gladness, with a mistletoe-tipped arrow.
>
> "Balder died and the whole Earth got dark. The whole Earth mourned. It
> was a bad, unlucky day," said Dossey. From that moment on, the number 13
> has been considered ominous and foreboding.
>
> There is also a biblical reference to the unlucky number 13. Judas, the
> apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th guest to the Last Supper.
>
> Meanwhile, in ancient Rome, witches reportedly gathered in groups of 12.
> The 13th was believed to be the devil.
>
> Thomas Fernsler, an associate policy scientist in the Mathematics and
> Science Education Resource Center at the University of Delaware in
> Newark, said the number 13 suffers because of its position after 12.
>
> According to Fernsler, numerologists consider 12 a "complete" number.
> There are 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of
> Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, and 12 apostles of
> Jesus.
>
> In exceeding 12 by 1, Fernsler said 13's association with bad luck "has
> to do with just being a little beyond completeness. The number becomes
> restless or squirmy."
>
> This fear of 13 is strong in today's world. According to Dossey, more
> than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor. Many airports skip the
> 13th gate. Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13.
>
> On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is
> addressed as 12 and a half. In France socialites known as the
> quatorziens (fourteeners) once made themselves available as 14th guests
> to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.
>
> Many triskaidekaphobes, as those who fear the unlucky integer are known,
> point to the ill-fated mission to the moon, Apollo 13.
>
> As for Friday, it is well known among Christians as the day Jesus was
> crucified. Some biblical scholars believe Eve tempted Adam with the
> forbidden fruit on Friday. Perhaps most significant is a belief that
> Abel was slain by Cain on Friday the 13th.
>
> So, what are triskaidekaphobes to do?
>
> Dossey said "practical" cures are as simple as learning to refocus one's
> thoughts from negative feelings to positive. His mantra: "What you think
> about, you begin to feel. What you feel generates what you do. And what
> you do creates how you will become."
>
> In other words, those stricken with negative thoughts about Friday the
> 13th need to learn how to focus on pleasant thoughts. Those, in turn,
> will create pleasant feelings that make one's fears less overwhelming,
> according to Dossey.
>
> "They haven't lost their mind. They've lost control of their mind,"
> Dossey said of triskaidekaphobes. "They are focused in the wrong
> direction. In their mind they have a big, large, looming picture of
> something horrible that could happen."
>
> Wiseman, the University of Hertfordshire psychologist, offers similar
> advice to those stricken with the fear of Friday the 13th.
>
> "They need to realize that they have the ability to create much of their
> own good and bad luck," he said. "And they should concentrate on being
> lucky by, for example, looking on the bright side of events in their
> lives, remembering the good things that have happened, and, most of all,
> be[ing] prepared to take control of their future."
>
> Folklore offers other remedies, however. One recommendation is to climb
> to the top of a mountain or skyscraper and burn all the socks you own
> that have holes in them. Another is to stand on your head and eat a
> piece of gristle.
>
> So if you fear the 13th, take your pick of remedies and let tomorrow
> bring its luck-good or bad.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ingemar Hernefjord
> (KC/EMW)
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 9:10 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [TN] NTC: Friday question 3
>
>
> Well, gentlemen,
> Time for another mystery? This time much easier. For some of you, at
> least. Could be a burnt piece of bread, but it ain't, or....?
> Depends on Mr Yoda if this picture comes up.
> Inge
>
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