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* From the Pontiac Daily Leader…
Shell Gas Station employee Jenny Hamilton was up at 4 a.m. to help a handful of employees as the gas station in Pontiac prepared to welcome in its first customers in almost nine months.
The Shell Gas Station at 1910 W. Reynolds St. may not have been the most devastated of the nine businesses impacted by a tornado that touched down in Pontiac on June 23, but it served as a backdrop for the news media, who met at the location to hold press conferences with local authorities and Gov. Bruce Rauner.
I have only one superstition. Whenever I drive I-55 to Chicago and back, I always stop in Pontiac to fill up my gas tank. It’s pretty close to the half-way mark, but my mom was born there and my maternal grandparents are buried there.
I’ve been doing this for decades. And the only time I ever remember not stopping in Pontiac, I got into a car accident.
* The Question: What are your superstitions, if any?
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 1:58 pm
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Rich, when driving to and from Springfield I had the EXACT same superstition. I always insisted on stopping here.
Comment by Matty45 Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:03 pm
Not a superstition but…Pfaff’s in downtown Pontiac is a solid bakery and worth the side trip.
Comment by LizPhairTax Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:03 pm
I touch the outside hull of an airplane to bless it as I board. I don’t like flying.
Comment by Honeybear Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:03 pm
When you believe in things that you don’t understand, then you suffer. Superstition ain’t the way.
Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:06 pm
Every time I open a beer, I drink it.
Comment by Ducky LaMoore Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:07 pm
I pull the trigger on a gun with my middle finger. I was so young when my dad taught me to shoot, that was the only finger that would reach the trigger.
Comment by Saluki Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:09 pm
Whenever I get into a car, I wear a specific silver ring. The one time I didn’t, we got into an accident.
Comment by Belle Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:11 pm
If I don’t read Capitol Fax each session day, I feel a step behind all day.
Send you $5 to CSI at your convenience.
Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:12 pm
At work, never say “it’s been pretty quiet today.” That’s when everything goes crazy.
Comment by Leslie K Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:13 pm
I never say things like “haven’t been sick yet”, “never happened to me”… “That’ll never happen”
If someone says that and I’m around I “knock wood” and I tell them to knock wood.
Karma.
Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:18 pm
I never take the bag tag of my baggage until my next flight. The last time I took the tag off early I was stuck at Miami International until 9am, for a flight that was supposed to leave a noon the day before.
Comment by FormerParatrooper Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:25 pm
I don’t eat after breakfast on performance days, so nothing but water touches my vocal folds.
Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:26 pm
I didn’t vote for Rauner because I had this weird feeling that a filthy rich vulture capitalist might wreck the state.
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:32 pm
Anon at 2:32 is me. Damn computer machine.
Comment by Blue Bayou Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:32 pm
When somebody says they have a balanced budget but they don’t show it to me. I get worried they are full of BS
Comment by Porgy Tirebiter Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:39 pm
in my home town I stay as far away from Fair street as possible. Was engaged to one girl and ended up getting married to 2 others. All 3 lived on the same block.
Comment by jw Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:40 pm
When the sun is low and shines through one window of my car and out another, I always have to waive my hand to make a shadow on the ground. However, this may fall more under OCD than superstition.
Comment by Earnest Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:45 pm
We believe everthin’ we read in CapFax because as soon as we doubted one BigBrain/$uper$tar item it quickly too much time to sort stuff out.
Comment by Annonin' Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:51 pm
Perhaps a tradition rather than a superstition, but coming up I-57, we always have to stop in Manteno whether we need to or not and get Monicals whether we’re hungry or not. The one time we skipped it years ago we got stuck in traffic for 3 hours on 294. We’ve been stuck after that, but stuck, with pizza!
Comment by Springfieldish Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:54 pm
I wear black underwear if I am to address any gathering. Spoke on behalf of Rubio in Iowa caucuses last year and had such good responses that I’ve done it since. Silly, but works for me!
Comment by LisleMike Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 2:55 pm
I’ve not read/heard anyone say it (and I’m not shilling for the Governor), but I think it’s fair to say the Gov is open to a tax increase to pay current and past due bills, but also leery of it as well since the legislative majority can’t be trusted not to try and rack up new bills the way someone underwater on their credit cards does when they get approved for yet another new card.
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 3:08 pm
I don’t look into mirrors after dark.
Comment by Nick Name Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 3:15 pm
I say at least two Hail Marys in Latin to myself before every plane take off and landing.
Comment by 32nd Ward Roscoe Village Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 3:15 pm
Not a superstition, but whenever driving north from the Metro East, I have to stop in Litchfield for gas/snacks.
Comment by Spiro Agnew Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 3:17 pm
Any time a Cubs game gets close & there’s a chance to either get some cushion, retake the lead, or tie it up I swipe the brim of my baseball hat three times from right to left with my right hand.
Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but I always do it.
Comment by Chicago_Downstater Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 3:29 pm
When I have an important meeting, I like to wear my team football ring. It is my personal ring of power.
Comment by Last Bull Moose Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 3:47 pm
Read Capital Fax on any session day when I have my breakfast at the Hilton, so if the “fax” is late that day I go hungry and am late.
Comment by Just Me Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 4:24 pm
Superstitions are why we can’t have nice things.
Comment by Dome Gnome Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 5:21 pm
My superstition is the same as Honeybear’s - I always tap the hull of an airplane as I am boarding. Flying makes me very nervous.
Comment by Stones Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 5:51 pm
Nothing to do with slowing down for the nearby ISP station, eh?
Comment by weltschmerz Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 5:59 pm
I stop at the Coal City Shell which, coincidentally, was damaged in the Diamond tornado several years ago.
Comment by Original Rambler Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 6:37 pm
Always stopped at Coal City because my grandfather was a miner.
Comment by walker Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 7:11 pm
I always touch the roof of my car before a road trip.
I slow down with out fail at the mile marker on I-72 East where a deer/Corvette incursion almost took me out.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 7:16 pm
Must always put my watch on in the morning.
The one time I went to work and forgot my watch was September 11, 2001.
That’s it. No other superstitions.
Comment by TinyDancer(FKASue) Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 8:47 pm
Now I know why there are so many dents near airplane entrance doors.
Comment by striketoo Wednesday, Mar 15, 17 @ 9:22 pm