For those of you who remember BOAC, the airline didn't have a row 13 on their
aircraft. Then British Airways happened and superstition went out the window
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tim vb-o'brien wrote:
> Armand & Lorie Ritchie wrote:
> >
> > I had a flash from the past this morning don't ask me why. When I was a
> > lad and lived in the San Francisco Bay area, we took delight in driving
> > around S F on weekends and looking at the sights. One day we noticed that
> > there wasn't a 13th street. We then looked for 13th avenue, nothing. Also
> > none of the tall buildings had a thirteenth floor. Is this common in other
> > cities as well?
> >
> > ritchie@mcn.org
> > Armand & Lorie Ritchie
> Of course, here in San Jose (a much bigger city than San Francisco) we
> do have a 13th St.
> I have noticed a lot of that in Japan. No number 13 floor in the Century
> Hyatt in downtown Tokyo. My old man told me (unsubstanciated) the the
> Japanese numbering systen excludes '9'(death) from their hotel floors.
> So I would assume people could be on different floors depending on which
> numbering system they were looking at.
>
> tim
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