Thread: How do they do it?

Yep, been there, done that. I come from a family (my mum's side) where strange things like this happen on a regular basis. For instance, when I was a teen, my mum made us pack up to go home early on at least three different holidays - once even in the middle of the night. All she said was so-and-so needed us home. Each time, by the time we were ready to go, we got word that the person she mentioned was either very sick, or had died and we needed to get home pronto. We complained each time but dad just said 'listen to your mother, we are going home'. He had seen it all before. The one he hates is when he does something stupid while driving (not stopping at a stop sign, turning where he shouldn't, etc) and mum tells him she wishes a cop turned up and busted him to teach him a lesson. Each and every time she has told him not to drive like a muppet, he has got busted. He follows the road rules now!

Personally, I get this gut feeling that it is a persons time to move on - usually within a day or two. It has happened so often I just go with it now and shut my mouth as it tends to scare people! A girl I was dating saw me do this several times. Not long after we broke up she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and the first thing she asked me when I saw her was 'did I get that vibe about her'? I told her no, and with that she stopped freaking out. Apparently she had stage 4 cancer and was told her prognosis was bad - not the thing to tell a nurse working on the Oncology Ward! Anyway, more than 20 years later we still joke about it.

There are a lot more stories, from me, my mum, my two aunts and one of my cousins. I have long accepted that weird stuff happens so that I consider it entirely normal!

My mother in law used to pray for parking spaces, usually successfully.

Well my wife who is a relatively devout catholic always says,
"Hail Mary full of Grace help us find a parking space"
It nearly always works.
Maybe you should try it!
Regards PhilipA

I'm one of the lucky ones as far as parking spots go. I'm usually able to find a parking spot near the front door of the place I need to be. When I was about 18 or 19 one of my jobs was to go into Victoria Market on Saturday morning and pick up my mother and every week I'd get the same spot in Peel St. Never had to go around the block and as if by magic "my" spot was vacant. This was back in the days when the parking was free and unlimited.
I still have the talent some 45 years later..

'er indoors tells me when I query it, that it is Positive Thinking.

Reaally I mean...... I can't see brainwaves moving a 1 tonne vehicle so she can park in that spot. They wouldn't be strong enough to even take it out of gear, well mine wouldn't.

Between you me & the gatepost, I also have very strong feelings from time to time about 2 special people from my past & really do wonder whether they are seriously ill or what, but there is no way I can contact them to voice my concerns.

Cest la vie

Grand mother would always know if someone was sick and would be on phone before anyone had spoken to her. Also used to know when a baby had arrived and when someone had departed this world.

Always said it was both blessing and a curse as could not control what she saw. Read cousins tea leaves and dropped cup as saw the death of a blue eyed man. Cousins husband was listed as missing a in Greece at time. He turned up OK was her own husband who did not.

Could also devine for water which was very useful for finding water pipes

Sure it wasn't one of those parks where they have the lights above the spaces, green for empty ?

And Blue for handicapped & Red for taken.


No, I ain't colour blind. This is an open air car park.