What luck has to do with it: fridges, leaks and podcasts
our fridge, pulled out from its cubby hole, ready for the repair guy The other day the fridge sprang a leak; that’s bad luck for us. It’s still working; that’s good luck — and help is coming. We are several months within the 5-year limit on our extended warranty for the fridge; more good luck — that the leak happened now and not later in November when all costs would be ours. That’s great luck, isn’t it. I’ve been thinking about luck ever since I got drawn into a podcast ( SEA OF LIES ) about a masterful scoundrel who swindled people out of money in both Canada and England. The story includes a body brought up from the sea in a fishing net, a daughter who posed as a wife, and a bunch of police officers diligent and persistent in their pursuit of clues and connections. The story hinges, in several moments, on pure luck. I won’t give anything away, but will say that the meticulous police work would have led nowhere (or might have led elsewhere) without a fair amount of luck: The wrong do...