A Moment of Panic

I had to put in a few hours at the old barn yesterday, trying to stay on top of repairs. On one job a bolt had come slightly loose, yet was also frozen in place. I'd have to heat it to get it out and intsall a new one.

Duly igniting the torch with the part anchored in a bench vise, I proceeded to get that thing cherry red. Turning off the torch, I grabbed a wrench. To my horror I realized that I was tightening the bolt. Nuts; I'm going to be stupid and make this problem worse.

Only I didn't. It was a rarity, one of those left threaded screws which occasionally pop up in the mechanical world. Thinking it was right thread I was tightening it. But that actually did the job. The parts came together properly.

Lucky or good? In this case, I'm happy with lucky.

4-0-1

Remember last Tuesday? I don't remember a lot about it either, but I do recall writing this blog where I wondered out loud whether a tie constituted a continuing winning streak. The general consensus, and that being the two people who actually responded directly to my question, was that it counted as an unbroken streak without a loss. I could legitimately go on wearing what I had worn for the streak. So I donned my 'lucky' Sheamus hoodie again last night.

We won 11-7 in a game which was not as close as the score.

Four wins, no losses, one tie in our last five games. I guess Sheamus returns again next Monday. The question is, do I wash the hoodie? You can wash out the luck, you know...

Curling Dilemma

I did not wear my usual curling sweatshirt four weeks ago, but, rather, one based on the wrestler Sheamus from World Wrestling Entertainment. It features a Gaelic cross on the front (Sheamus is Irish) and the word 'laoch' which means 'warrior' in Irish, on the back. I curled great as did the team and we won. So I wore it the next week.

And we won. So I wore it a third time.

And we won. So I wore it last night.

We tied.

I don't know what to do now. Does a non-loss count as keeping a streak alive?