amazing collisions

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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

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From 1960 to 1964 I was based at RAF Changi, Singapore. I played Rugby for the RAF and Joint Services. The best referee in Singapore was Neil Casey. Only snag, often when I broke from behind a scrum, Casey would get in my way and I'd collide with him. I left the RAF in '65 and emigrated to Canada. In 1969 I went with the Overseas Development Ministry team to Enugu, Nigeria during the :"Biafran" civil war. On a trip to Port Harcourt, I went into Levantis supermarket store for shopping. As I turned away from a counter, I collided with another shopper---who could it be ? "Neil Casey -I can't believe you are still obstructing me!" Alan "Willie" Williams
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:17:46 +0000Coincidence ID:4627