Maintain a safe course
More superstitious hotel chains and airlines also avoid the number 13. No thirteenth floor, no seat number thirteen.
None of that with the shipping company taking me to England. And not only that: as I plop down in the bar before departure, Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" is blasting over the speakers.
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A version of this article also appeared in the newspaper on July 10, 2025 .
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