'I Know You!'
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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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In the late 1960's we were driving around an area of Bodmin Moor trying to find Trebartha Hall where my Father had been stationed in 1942. We knew were it should have been but couldn't find it
After a long fruitless exploration of narrow, deserted, lanes we were on the verge of giving up. My Father had to pull the car onto the verge to let a solitary approaching vehicle pass. As it drew alongside it stopped and the driver said through the open window, 'I know you!'
The driver had been at Trebartha Hall with my Father and hadn't seen him since. This chap had married a local girl and was able to tell us exactly where the now demolished hall had been. That had been virtually the only vehicle we'd seen during our search in that quiet area.
Date submitted:Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:00:59 +0000Coincidence ID:6233
