{"id":1757,"date":"2013-01-04T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:10:57","slug":"thirteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=1757","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">Since we are still hovering around the changing of the years, I thought that I would sneak this one in quickly before we are well into 2013 when everyone will be saying 13 &#8211; get over it!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<h4>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 17px\">This is why 2013 is going to be a special year!!!!<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">1. 13 degrees is the distance the moon moves around the earth each day. Lunar is so different from solar and worth a try for a change!!<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">2. It takes 13 days for a full moon to change into a new moon, and another 13 days for it to change back again. See what I mean \ud83d\ude42<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">3. The last supper had a table set for 13. There are people who believe that you should never set a table for 13 &#8211; it should be either 12 or 14. &nbsp;Enough said.<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">4. Tradition states that 13 witches are required for a coven. How many warlocks, I wonder?<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">5. A deck of cards has four suits of 13 cards each &#8211; not including the joker, again enough said!<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">6. Bakers need 13 to make a dozen and I am not sure why? Anyone remember the family movie series &#8220;Cheaper by the Dozen&#8221; ?<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">7. 13 is a prime number, a happy number and a fibonacci number &#8211; but you knew that!!<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">8. 13 was a lucky number for Wilt Chamberlain, Mats Sandin and Alex Alomar to name a few.<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">9. For those suffering from triskaidekaphobia, number 13 is not good. All phobias taken into consideration, including the phobia of long unpronounceable words &#8211; &#8220;trisk&#8221; &#8211; for short, tops them all!! Any bets on the number of children, born this year, who will get the nickname trisk?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">10. 13 is the start of the terrible teens and a time of transition from childhood to adulthood in a number of cultures.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">11. Many apartment buildings avoid using the 13th floor &#8211; the elevator skips from 12 to 14 &#8211; time to grow up or put the gym on the 13th floor.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">12. &nbsp;Ireland this year has changed its car licensing practice. &nbsp;Instead of having cars bought in 2013 begin with 13 &#8211; they will begin with 131 &#8211; There was a concern that fewer people &#8211; read nobody &#8211; would buy<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">&nbsp;a car in 2013, if their license plate began with the number 13. &nbsp;Maybe a good year to negotiate a great price for a car in Ireland!!!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px;text-align: center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/13.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"268\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/13.jpg\" style=\"cursor: move\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">13. 13 is a emirp number &#8211; a prime number that gives a different prime when its digits are reversed. Now 31 is something I hadn&#8217;t considered!! It has to be one of those totally overlooked entities. In fact I can&#8217;t think of anything that sets 31 apart. &nbsp;Why wasn&#8217;t it considered as the meaning of life instead 42? &nbsp;Given that so many people go through life having missed it&#8217;s meaning, I would like to propose 31 as the meaning of life!!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">Emirp is &#8220;prime&#8221; spelled backwords and Tink is &#8220;knit&#8221; spelled backwords, as in taking out stitches because of a mistake. &nbsp;This brings me to the brink of a new post &#8211; how many words can you reverse and still have a meaningful discussion. &nbsp;In fact, how many &#8220;things&#8221; can you reverse and still have meaning of any sort and how many mistakes can you correct by moving backwards.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">Then there are all the words that do not change their meanings in reverse like &#8211; rotor and radar &#8211; handy to know if you do cryptic crossword puzzles or want to avoid reversing, for whatever reason!!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 0px;margin-right: 0px;margin-top: 0px\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\"><br \/><\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333;font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 13px;line-height: 17px\">Have a super\/repus day!!<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since we are still hovering around the changing of the years, I thought that I would sneak this one in quickly before we are well into 2013 when everyone will be saying 13 &#8211; get over it! 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