STRANGE SUPERSTITIONS – The website Reddit asked its readers to share their strange superstitions. Some of the responses:
• One that comes to mind for me is that when I fly, I always try to touch the outside of the airplane when I’m boarding.
• When I’m eating potato chips I always eat the crumbs and little pieces first, saving the bigger chips for last.
• I never finish the bottom inch of a bottle of beer.
• When I lock my car with the remote, I have to hear it beep twice, in quick succession. If there’s too long between both beeps, I have to double lock again until it sounds right.
• If some one sneezes while I am heading out, I wait for the second one. If there is none, I wait for 5 minutes before heading out
• Whenever I power-lock (remote-lock) my car I have to walk around and check all the doors just to make sure they’re locked.
• I raise my feet when driving over train tracks.
• I still hold my breath as I drive past cemeteries.
• I always smell the inside of a cup before I put whatever I’m going to put in it.
• When I’m going under an over pass in the rain I say “stop” as I enter and “go” as I exit as if I had control over the rain. This blows the minds of small children. But I do it even when I’m alone in the car.
• I tap my head when an ambulance drives by.
• I kiss and put my thumb to the roof of a car when I pass a vehicle with one headlight.
WHAT AGE MEN AND WOMEN CONSIDER THEMSELVES AN ADULT _ A survey asked people to pinpoint the age at which they felt they fully became a grown-up: men said age 26; women about three years earlier. Having a budget is the number one sign someone’s reached adulthood, with 55 percent noting that keeping track of their finances this way signifies adult life. After having a budget, the survey found these to be the rest of the top signs of adulting: buying a house (54 percent); filing your own taxes (52 percent); understanding and monitoring your credit score (48 percent); investing in your 401(k) (46 percent); doing your own laundry (43 percent); scheduling regular doctor’s appointments (38 percent); making a list to take when going to the grocery store (35 percent); and cooking dinner most of the week (33 percent).
NOT AN INTROVERT AND NOT AN EXTROVERT? _ Are you introvert, or an extrovert? Personality experts, hiring managers and even people at parties tend to focus on on the two ends. Now, social psychologists, behavioral scientists and business experts say there’s an overlooked category called ambivert. The ambivert is…
• Socially flexible — comfortable in social situations or being alone.
• Skilled at communicating — intuits when to listen or to talk.
• Moderate in mood — not overly expressive or reserved.
• Adaptable — no default mode, so they change their approach to fit the situation
