Glad no one was hurt!

I have always found numbers interesting. A quick wiki search and I found lots of marvelous things about the number 4.

Four is the number of nucleobase types in DNA and RNA.

The four elements of alchemy are earth, water, air and fire.

Almost from prehistoric times, the number four was employed to signify what was solid, what could be touched and felt.

In Judeo-Christian symbolism the tetragrammaton is the four-letter name of God.

And for us design geeks ...

Most furniture has four legs - tables, chairs, etc.

At the risk of sounding 'out there' - maybe those fours are offering a protective vortex from worse mayhem?

Here is a link that might be useful: 4

Well most cars have 4 wheels so maybe that is why we have so many accidents ;)

Do you live on a corner? Our house when I was a child was on a corner and we had at least one accident per year there, sometimes more. We also experienced several break-ins and the house was in a normal, middle-class neighborhood, not a high crime area. I learned from living there to never buy a house on a corner of through streets.

No, we`re not on a corner. There is a cul-de-sac directly across from our house, so maybe that is the cause! Like the bottom of the horseshoe where all the luck pours out.

Its just so odd. I know of people who have the most uneventful lives-and it just seems that there is always some sort of excitement in ours. And this house in particular seems to attract more energy.

Our anniversary is April 4 (4/4) and a Chinese friend was so worried for us when she found out! Well, we are coming up on our 22nd anniversary this spring, so for us it has been nothing but a blessing I would guess that your corner location has more to do with your experiences than the numbers in the address.

OMG Pesky, what a bother that must be! I'm just glad they didn't hit your house! As for the number 4, it's actually my lucky number. I was born on 2/4 . . . February 4th and four has always brought me very good luck. I had no idea that the Chinese considered it bad luck. Interesting, but so NOT bad for me (LOL)!

My husband is Chinese and when we built our home 33 years ago, he wanted to ensure that our address wouldn't contain any fours. As the sound of the number four is similar to the sound of the word 'death,' in Chinese, it is considered to be unlucky. We live in a suburb north of Toronto that is similar to San Franciso and Vancouver and has a very high percentage of Asian residents. So DH didn't want to own a house that would be very difficult to sell eventually.

We will probably retire and downsize in a year or so. Our address is #99 which sounds like 'long lasting' in Chinese and is therefore considered to be lucky. Eights are the luckiest number as the sound of 'eight' in Chinese sounds like 'great wealth/prosperity.' People selling homes with an eight in the address in our city can get a higher price when selling!

Picky, that is very interesting! Thanks for sharing.

Pesky, good luck. We have also had the utility pole at the end of our driveway hit, of course, on the coldest night of the year.

We recently sold my parents' home and had the address legally changed because it had two 4's. House is in the SF Bay Area and that was the first suggestion the realtor made.

Sara

OMG, that's fascinating Pickyshopper! I had no idea that some cultures feel strongly about certain numbers. I'll have to tell DH, whose birthday is February 8th, that his is a lucky number. It's always been lucky for him, though.
Lynn