Yet another money in the street moment
I rarely have good luck, in fact amongst friends I'm famous for my misfortune. Although there are two incidents that stand out to me that were good fortune.

I'm working for a new employer that have basically recruited me on a pack of lie. My salary is less then half the agreed, and due to an 'administrative' error I was only receiving half of that per month. My motorbike then decided that this was the perfect time to stop functioning, and the garage decided that having parts for the bike despite being the only dealer in the area was a bad idea. So, I'm walking to work one day, very depressed and trying to grow the set of testicles required to jack in the job. It's very early and I still have a long walk before reaching the bus-stop. The road is deserted and there is no traffic whatsoever. It's blowing a gale from behind when this £20 note drifts gently past. I look around, and it's come from nowhere. With a smile on my face I continue, when the same thing happens again, except this time it's two £20 notes! With £60 quid in my pocket I'm all smiles when the same thing happens again. I ended up with over £100, which at the time meant the world to me. It paid for my bike to be repaired and I found another job soon after which I'm still in nearly 7 years later.

The 2nd was on a fruit machine. We were coming back on the Condor from Jersey, and I'd been watching my workmate jamming in pound coin after pound coin into the fruit machine. I've always had an irrational hatred of pound coins as we still have pound notes here. But I happen to have one on me and decide to get rid of it in a constructive manner. I pop in my coin and miss the jackpot by exactly one turn on each reel.... except I've been given 4 nudges. The money I won paid for a trip to France and bought me an iBook off of ebay. Let it be said that a rucksack full of pound coins weighs a lot more then you would expect it to!
( Kovacs Slogan free since 2003, Sat 16 Sep 2006, 1:50, Reply)