Weirded Out

Off-topic
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A woman I know has really been on my case recently to buy a car. I have not bothered replacing my car since it was stolen in July as I wasn’t using it a great deal anyway and I can use wifeys car when needs must.

Anyway I asked her why she was suddenly on my case about getting a car, to which I get the chilling response, “Because I have seen you die”. Christ that freaked me out, let me tell you and I am usually the unfreakable; not superstitous, religious, don’t believe in ghosts, etc. At odds with this however, I do have a strong sense of fate, but fate that is brought about by the consequences of my own actions, not some celestial predetermination. The fate of consequences, I sometimes refer to it as. Well this woman has a reputation for getting things right, which I have always put down to a mix of luck, logic and ambiguity providing a suitable result.

So I tried to joke it off , which just wound her up and had so forced the conversation to something lighter in order to get off the subject of my foreseen doom.

Anyway, I thought I would mention this here to see what people thought; I am pretty sure it is not going to change anything. I like riding my bike and it is part of what makes me who I am. Stopping riding a bike will mean that I actually loose part of myself, that element that enjoys the risk, believes that he can manage them, that I can direct my own future and shouldn’t be afraid of what might not become.

Would this freak you out?

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no

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Not at all. You could take a walk in to work instead of your bike and get squashed by a bus. Nonsense!

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im with Chenster…

It wouldnt freak me out,

Think of it this way would you bet 10money on a pony she ‘saw’ win a race?? :wink:

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A bit, maybe.

But it wouldn’t stop me riding. Although it might make me take some extra training and sharpen up a bit! That can never be a bad thing! :smiley:

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Well I could tell you a story that might add to the freak out!.. I want mention it unless you want me to though! :smiley:

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why not do that anyway?

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If she has one for sale it’s quite a clever sales technique:)

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I’m going to! But if I hadn’t planned to it might give me a push. :wink:

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I think it is a fairly human response to be at least a little freaked out by things like this, but that isn’t based on any level on intellect or reasoning.

You have to do your best to ignore it . . . but just for the record perhaps give us the detail on what she fore-saw??

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Me being me would have said “now thats really freaky cos ive seen how you die too”:smiley:

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Loki when you say this woman has a reputation for getting things right what do you mean exactly. Give us an example so we can pull it apart.

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Just make sure she is not hanging around you bikes brakes with a can of WD40.

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Thanks Waspie.

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If it’s the ‘fate of consequence’ then it’s up to you! Try to imagine the worst case (or really bad) scenario and see how you’d feel about it. If you think you might be sat there upset that the old lady was right, then that’s a pretty bad way to live your life, or worse that some randoms on an internet forum told you to ignore her.

However, if you would put it down to ‘sh!t happens’ then carry on! :slight_smile:

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Well if you gonna go, why not do it whilst doing what you enjoy…
Would be really sad being nocked over by a bus or stabbed by a stranger for no reason…

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She sounds like the life and soul of the fecking party! Strewth! :rolleyes:

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You should have replied “I have seen you get undressed” to really freak HER out !

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Since I moved to London a year ago, I’ve been increasingly shocked by the high ratio of nutters living in our midst.

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Ask her how it happens, at least you’ll know what to look out for ;):stuck_out_tongue: