Off Topic Luck

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sb_73

sb_73

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I'm not a great believer in luck in personal life (the ball bouncing into the net off Mackie's arse is obviously luck if not an own goal), most things can be traced back to good decisions, choices, hard work and risks taken. Coincidences I will accept, bumping into old friends in odd places etc.

However, just been listening to The Reunion on the wireless, a discussion between 5 first generation punk women. The first few bars of Anarchy in the U.K. took me right back there. And on reflection, the 'luck' of being 15 in London in 1976, things over which I had no influence, was immense, changing the way I look at the world permanently for the good I think. But I'm not sure most people would class this as 'luck'.

Anybody got any examples of more direct life changing luck that might make me think again? I imagine Nines has multiple occasions where the burning roof beam didn't fall on his head.
 
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I think your case is more circumstance and/or coincidence? Just being in the right place at the right time.

I suppose that could apply to anything you'd consider lucky though, like a lottery win or a near miss in an accident.
 
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Being born and living in the first world, specifically England (surely one of the most tolerant and caring places on the planet). Apparently, the population in England in relation the world is roughly 0.8 of one percent, so that makes me and most on here, pretty fortunate.

Furthermore, living near to North West London, it happened that the first football game I got taken to see by a family friend, was Watford vs QPR. I was five and despite being taken to the game by Watford supporters, became an R from that point on, a mere 40 odd years ago. So that was lucky, I could have been taken to a Fulham game although I suppose that would have saved me the cost of ever having to buy an away ticket.
 
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Is there a difference between luck and good fortune? I consider myself to be fortunate to have been born where I was when I was. Having a grandfather who worked on security at Wembley was particularly fortunate.
 
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This lady "died" in a keep fit class, collapsing into the back of my wife, who happens to be a nurse, who then started resuscitation, and bought her back to life....

http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/...m_s_thanks_to_lifesaving_nurses/?ref=mrb&lp=2

If that's not luck or good fortune, then don't know what it would be classed as...Doctor said she had a 4% chance of survival, and only the quality of resuscitaion administered kept her in with a chance.
 
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I think we all have a built in thought mechanism that assists us in making a informed & often correct decisions when situations arise.
Normally, decisions made by the heart tend to come come back and bite us on the arrse.

Those who embrace knowledge tend to point themselves in the right direction whereas someone who feels down on their luck will not prosper cause they are stopping themselves moving forward.

As a builder, l've met people from all walks of life, those that had squillions of dollars all make the comment that 'luck' played a big part of them being successful.

You have to be in the right place at the right time. I believe you need to put yourself there to make it happen.

Being a positive/ proactive person certainly helps in achieving your goals. You can't wait for things to happen, you have to make things happen, to me, that is the difference.
 
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IwasanotherwatfordR said:
Being born and living in the first world, specifically England (surely one of the most tolerant and caring places on the planet). Apparently, the population in England in relation the world is roughly 0.8 of one percent, so that makes me and most on here, pretty fortunate.

Furthermore, living near to North West London, it happened that the first football game I got taken to see by a family friend, was Watford vs QPR. I was five and despite being taken to the game by Watford supporters, became an R from that point on, a mere 40 odd years ago. So that was lucky, I could have been taken to a Fulham game although I suppose that would have saved me the cost of ever having to buy an away ticket.
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I would call that lucky and unlucky, lucky not to be a watford fan, unlucky not to me a Ffc fan lol
 
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KentGaz said:
While working nights recently a group of gentlemen came into my bar one of them was one of my all time heroes I consider myself lucky he chose my bar (there's two on the ship) to have a Guinness or 3 at 6am
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Wow! You bumped into TBGWTDT Gaz. He's the spitting image of our old mate DT.
 
sb_73 said:
I'm not a great believer in luck in personal life (the ball bouncing into the net off Mackie's arse is obviously luck if not an own goal), most things can be traced back to good decisions, choices, hard work and risks taken. Coincidences I will accept, bumping into old friends in odd places etc.

However, just been listening to The Reunion on the wireless, a discussion between 5 first generation punk women. The first few bars of Anarchy in the U.K. took me right back there. And on reflection, the 'luck' of being 15 in London in 1976, things over which I had no influence, was immense, changing the way I look at the world permanently for the good I think. But I'm not sure most people would class this as 'luck'.

Anybody got any examples of more direct life changing luck that might make me think again? I imagine Nines has multiple occasions where the burning roof beam didn't fall on his head.
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Blimey that's very thought provoking Stanley. I think there is a quick fix personal response that would be rendered as acceptable but I also think there is a greater degree of thought that could give a better explanation to your question.

I'll ( hopefully) get back to you on this one.
 
Not life changing in any way.
So I got this large amount of foam from work to make camping matresses ...coming back to Preston Road from Kensington on the Met line ...just forgot it...and left it on the train...it was a very large bundle, still not sure how I forgot it.

Three hours later, going out for the night, got on the Met line train and there it was right in front of me...untouched.

What's the chances of the same train coming back...three hours later, the chances that I got on in the same place...and that no one stole it.

Luck...yes...life changing no....although we still have it, and still use it.

Will try and think of something deeper and more profound
 
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