Today I am wearing my lucky Wednesday socks. You may think
it strange that me, a man of science would have superstitions. Brewing is an
art which relies to varying degrees on luck. Sometimes in the best run
breweries where everything is measured and controlled the biological nature of the
process leads to a change which is undesirable. In fact undesirable doesn’t
cover it, a living hell and a waking nightmare comes closer.
Since I have been brewing I have accumulated a laughable
range of superstitions. The day begins with getting up at a time where the
minutes are not 13. 5:15 is fine, 5:13 spells disaster. The lucky socks are
then donned with the right one worn inside out. The magpies encountered on the
way into work must be saluted, called lovely, and asked how their wives are. I
must then spit and touch blue then black. Also on my route in I must weave in
and out to avoid the manholes in the road. This superstition has led to a few near
misses and one finger greetings from oncoming motorists.
On arrival I must follow my usual routine of checks and
later when I read the micro results this must be done in a specific order
starting with getting the anaerobic bag out of the incubator. The time 11:11 is
lucky and I try to look at clocks around this time. Unfortunately eleven
thirteen (I can’t write the numerals out or this post will be blighted) is very
unlucky, so my timing must be good. The brewery boiler is kept running by a
rusty horseshoe on the burner cover. This horseshoe was moved across from the
old burner when we up-scaled. It has not proven to be overly effective over the
years but we persevere.
Should my superstitions not do the trick I hedge my bets by
working hard and maintaining a healthy level of distrust of all equipment and
analyses. As I have discovered this week there are some things in life which
you can’t gain through hard work, superstition or luck.
Be lucky
3 comments:
Not walking under scaffolding or between two posts holding up a road sign, - they're my only 2. If I do it's an excuse not to do any work, because it will all go wrong ;)
Thanks Ghostie, that's 2 more to add to my collection!
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