Eerie coincidence or…?

last year

I’m on a group text with a bunch of my cousins, an occasional chat that started years ago. One cousin sent a picture of the last time my grandmother was together with her four kids. I commented about how old our parents looked, in particular the oldest, my father, who was just 49 at the time.

While this was going on, I was doing some cutting on a table saw. Last cut, I wasn't paying attention, made a rookie mistake, and the piece kicked back and flew into my shin, leaving a scraped bruise.

Now, it just so happens that my father lost a fingertip due to kickback from a table saw, also a rookie mistake. 🤔

I’m not sure I can blame this one on my phone spying on me, unless he’s got cell reception up there!

Any such stories to add?

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dedtired

last year

I think your dad was kicking you in the shin for saying he looked old.

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foodonastump
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Exactly my point!
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Annie Deighnaugh
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Oh my. No stories to add (other than when I walked in on brother's friend using a table saw, he reached over top to hit the off switch and nicked 2 fingers. Brother rushed him to the ER. He managed to keep both fingers, though one is permanently crooked.

But when I first started reading your story, I somehow expected US war plans and timing to be part of the chat!! :)
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chisue
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bpath -- Your dad was a resourceful man! Your brother had a good example to follow.
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Coincidence or cooperative incident? Depends on your beliefs I suppose. I happen to believe there are spirits all around us. There have been some funny ones. One that comes to mind is about my brother who passed too young. The back story is he was estranged from the ex-wife and the kids. We were cutoff from the kids as well.

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marilyn_c
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This happened to me a few weeks ago.

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(We were all pretty at 30...no big deal).

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salonva
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<3 my goodness. That's beautiful , maybe not so eerie?
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