Being afraid of Karma (I thought Karma was a tall, bald guy who resembled Peter Garret - the lead singer of the Australian band Midnight Oil and had this irrational fear that "karma would get me" as My Mum used to say.
Being allowed to go into the giraffe enclosure at Taronga Zoo and stand at the same level as the giraffes and marvel in what gentle, magestic giants they were as they towered above us and brought their big faces down to our level to wrap their long purple tongues around the carrots we were given to feed them ... exclusive access that members of the public aren't allowed granted cause my Mum was hot and the Zoo keeper wanted to impress her and chat her up.
Picking the winning Melbourne cup horse as a six year old, my mum and sis picking the horses that came 2nd and 3rd and the way the bet was placed made us $14,000 richer.