Stories of dumb luck

[Majora]

Got any? even moderate luck.

Yesterday, I went black friday shopping with a couple relatives. I took my phone out but put it down to check something out. I leave it right in front of me but I got distracted and forgot it. I didn't realize until I got home already but I looked up the phone number of the store I left it in and called them up. A chick answers and I ask, "Hey uh, um... I kinda left my phone in the store, could you help me out?". I waited a bit, hearing her ask around after I described it and lo and behold, phone get! I drive down to pick it up without a problem and a ton of relief.

Granted, it probably helped that the store was located in an area populated entirely by white people who aren't poor. That probably helped massively delay, if not outright prevent the theft of my phone, rofl.

[trudatman]

ooh, I want to add a story! does it have to be racist?

[Mercy]

ooh, I want to add a story! does it have to be racist?

Ooh, ooh, I think I know how this is played...

A few years back, K. and I worked nights so days were meant for sleeping. We drug ourselves out of bed one Saturday at the crack of dawn to shop the farmers' market for a couple hours before returning home to sleep. We woke up about six hours later and got ready for work. As we were stepping out our front door, one of our neighbors walked over and let us know our boot had been open for hours but they had kept an eye on the car for us. Oh, and did I mention this was one of our black neighbors in a predominately black neighborhood? At the time we just thought we had good neighbors and bought them some beer to show our appreciation. Apparently we were just lucky and should have bought ourselves lottery tickets instead.

/end true story with a side of snark

This was my first year ever going shopping on Black Friday. CompUSA is at the end of our street so we decided to stroll down first thing in the morning to pick up a new 2TB HD. We have been contemplating a new router recently and thought we would take a quick perusal while there. They just happened to have a DLink that fit the bill for about half the regular price. Now I have a new Seagate external drive attached to my new router so we no longer have to swap the other external between PCs.

-m.

[trudatman]

....boot....CompUSA....

the contradictions hurt my brain. I guess I must conclude you are a resident alien in the States. also, I didn't understand either story.

[ctrl-alt-delete]

They just happened to have a DLink that fit the bill for about half the regular price. Now I have a new Seagate external drive attached to my new router so we no longer have to swap the other external between PCs.

-m.

Keep the receipt. I've had terrible "luck" with them.

[Mercy]

Keep the receipt. I've had terrible "luck" with them.

The router or the drive? I have another Seagate 2TB external that has been working without issue for over a year. *touch wood* I tend to lean towards Seagate and WD drives as they have stood me well over the years. This is our second DLink router; we usually go with Linksys but our last one has been a constant bother. The DLink is working find so far. K. argued against a cloud router but he is already changing his tune so we may replace it in a few months anyway. I am thinking dual band next time.

trudatman, born and raised in the USA... on PBS.

-m.

[ctrl-alt-delete]

The router or the drive? I have another Seagate 2TB external that has been working without issue for over a year. *touch wood* I tend to lean towards Seagate and WD drives as they have stood me well over the years. This is our second DLink router; we usually go with Linksys but our last one has been a constant bother. The DLink is working find so far. K. argued against a cloud router but he is already changing his tune so we may replace it in a few months anyway. I am thinking dual band next time.

trudatman, born and raised in the USA... on PBS.

-m.

Sorry, I meant the router.

[Majora]

The white guilt is strong with this one. Go give a black man some reparations if you're that haunted by it, rather than petty white-knighting on the internet.

[trudatman]

so, what you are saying is that I'm the racist and you're the realist, right? uh-huh.

[Brasel]

I've split this off to a separate thread in GB for you two to continue flinging crap at each other. Stay on the topic of dumb luck stories.