Hi all
For a little light relief, I wondered if someone might provide a reasoned reponse to the following:
2 nights ago I sat on the settee nursing a backstrain, when a loud crash was heard from the hallway. It transpired that a mirror had dropped from a picture hook on the wall, hit a radiator on the descent with the glass section finishing trapped behind the radiator. With the exception of chipping to the edges and a small flake from the edge/surface, the mirror, frame and backing had all survived. The glass took some retrieving, but survived a DIY hoist operation (to avoid draining rad and removing). It is all now re-assembled and returned to its rightful place.So my thoughts are:
As the mirror fell, but only chipped and didn't technically "break", is anyone actually afflicted with 7 years of bad luck? If the answer is yes, is the bad luck imposed on the house owner, or the person nearest to the incident (on the basis that they caused the final vibration/air movement to cause the fixing failure)? - no-one actually touched or knocked the mirror to result in the final fall. I believe that the lack of security of the mirror fixing may be attibutable to SWMBO removing the mirror whilst builders were in and not looping the string properly over the hook on replacement - only an assumption, but does this make her culpable? Does the repairer (yours truly) benefit from 7 years good luck? How is the amount of bad luck determined in the event of minor damage? Is it calculable based on the severity of damage sustained compared to complete breakage?
Phil