Cambridge Coincidences Collection

I had a Volvo V50. Although it's by far the most common volvo model in my country, you don't see one very often. I owned it for 3 years and always took great care of it. However, few month prior to selling it, I did not pay much attention to the maintenance anymore. One day a weird sound started coming from the front right wheel. I was somewhat busy at the time so I did not pay attention to it thinking that I simply care too much about everything all the time. I thought the tire did it, it happens. Few days later, I was sitting at McDonald's next to the motorway when I got a strange call. It was my mechanic, who had never called me before, saying that my car is ready after service. He was also saying something about wheels but I can't remember what it was. I was quite surprised and told him that my car is next to me on a parking lot. It turned out the he had another customer with the same surname, model and engine type. I am curious what color his car was, but I forgot to ask and considered it just a funny coincidence. Another few days later, the sound got much worse but I just kept going. I live in a small town and was going to the store.

My son bumped into my sister in law in a market in Barcelona (and they recognised each other!). Neither had any idea the other was visiting.

When I was 8 or 9 (I'm 35 now) my dad had a co-worker with a name I somehow remember to this day... It wasn't that unique, but not "Jones" or "Smith".. we'll call him Bob Peppertable.. Although Bob probably played an insignificant role in my dad's life, I remember him as being one of the 20 or 30 people that you know when you're 7... Bob died when I was maybe 12. I remember my dad going to the funeral. Fast forward to middle school in a different town, a few hundred miles and two states) apart. I had a friend name Jason peppertable. For whatever reason, I never put the two together. I remember Jason because he was kind of a bad kid.. Didn't seem to care about the consequences of getting in trouble. Anyway.. Jason was just someone I knew for a year and two and wandered off. Now, fast forward tot he present day.. With google. For some reason it clicked that both Bob and Jason shared the same last name. I plugged in "bob peppertable" and located his grave and family tree on findagrave.com..

Since I left Gavilan View Middle School, I had never seen Fabian Hernandez. We were close friends but because we attended different high schools we drifted apart. We are both from Mexican parents, but had not traveled to Mexico. Years later, after I marry, we visit one of my wife’s uncles in Mexico City. I love going to theme parks, so we decided to go to Six Flags Mexico. When we were waiting in line for a ride, Fabian, who was also waiting in line, recognized me. He was visiting his wife family in Mexico City as well. After talking for a while, it turns out we live just a couple of blocks away in Salinas, CA, yet we came across in a different country. What are the odds?!