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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Oct 6, 2016, BruceS wrote   
   (in article ):   
      
   > On 10/05/2016 10:59 PM, David Dalton wrote:   
   > > I have previously written about my two video lottery blessings but will   
   > > repeat it again here. In the first case a musician friend of mine was   
   > > playing   
   > > a video lottery machine and I cast at the machine my memory of the lucky   
   > > incident of Sarah McLachlan staring at me. He then won twice. In the second   
   > > case another musician friend was playing a video lottery machine and I cast   
   > > at the machine my memory of my blue rose vision and one second later he won   
   > > a   
   > > large prize (I think over $700).   
   > >   
   > > Tonight I was at Folk Night at The Ship Pub and as part of it they draw for   
   > > door prizes during the open mic set between the two headline sets. The   
   final   
   > > prize was a pair of tickets to Fretboard Journey at the LSPU Hall on   
   October   
   > > 15. I was sitting at the bar with my friend Dianna, who is probably 20   
   years   
   > > older than I am but who attends live music regularly. I told her about the   
   > > prize and she said if she won she would take me and then I said if I won I   
   > > would take her. Then a while before the draw I cast my memory of the starry   
   > > night of Jan. 7, 1994 (when I was in a mild waning crescent high) at her   
   > > ticket. Then she won the draw.   
   >   
   > It's not clear to me what your claimed magical power is, but if you can   
   > describe it properly and perform under controlled circumstances, you   
   > should apply for the James Randi prize. Or is there some demonstration   
   > of your powers that you can perform in a Usenet setting?   
      
   I guess my claimed magical power is enhancement of the   
   luck of others.   
      
   However note that I can only use a given memory once. Also   
   so far it has only worked for friends up close, and in the first   
   two cases the friends were musicians and in the third case   
   the friend was a big music fan. It has not worked the few   
   times I tried it on random strangers playing a video lottery   
   machine in a bar. But even given that, the number of times   
   that it did work form a low probability coincidence, especially   
   the case where he won one second after the blessing.   
   Also there seems to be an element of improvisation/creativity   
   that must be present.   
      
   --   
   David Dalton dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “ `There must be some way out of here’ said the joker to the thief   
   `There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief' " (Bob Dylan)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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