Felicity S

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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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I was travelling with my husband in Ecuador some years ago and we decided to visit the market town of Otavalo, Stupidly we managed to lose the keys to our hire car. We had earlier visited a bar where the owner spoke good English so we went back to ask if he could help us which he did and because of his kindness we stayed for lunch at the bar and started chatting. We then discovered that his daughter's best friend was also a friend of mine in England. I don't know who was the most surprised, the bar owner or my friend when I told her the story. By the way, my 2 grandchildren, brother and sister share the same birthday, 2 years apart .
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:06:55 +0000Coincidence ID:4667