Birthday coincidences
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I joined a small committee of 12 members of a local National Trust Centre and when we were arranging events in December, we discovered that three members of that committee (including me) all had birthdays on 8 December. I also have a twin sister so that made 4 people born on the same date.
Other coincidences are:
I went on a coach holiday to Austria and one of the group heard my NZ accent and said she had a cousin who lived in New Zealand and worked in sports broadcasting in Wellington. I too worked a
there and when she mentioned his name, I told her I knew him well and would go out on a Friday evening for a drink.
I visited New Zealand one Christmas and the friend I was visiting on Christmas Day was unwell and said we were going to a neighbour's house. I was really amazed when she introduced me to Peter Acland as I live close to Killerton (my nearest NT property) and it was his grandfather who gave Killerton to the National Trust.
Date submitted:Sat, 01 Nov 2014 08:15:51 +0000Coincidence ID:7883
