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I have contributed already but I thought that I would relate something which has just happened as I was watching BBC Breakfast, which I record on Sky+. This was the first round of news from 6:00, not a repeat later in the programme, so I know that I was not prompted by anything I heard. As Steph was relating the business news, my mind wandered a bit to the fact that this is a very sad few days. My dad died on Jan 18th 1985, one of my nephews on Jan 21st 1995, and my mum on Jan 20th 2005 (and incidentally if I may digress I am a bit worried about 19th Jan 2015!). I was then thinking that my lovely father-in-law died on March 20th in 2009, when a couple of seconds later Steph, talking about Greece's Euro loan, announced that it was due to be settled on March 20th. And, incidentally, just as I was reading this for errors and my eye fell on '20', a presenter said the number 20 in a totally unrelated report. Is someone out there trying to tell us something? Clues to a dimension we are currently oblivious to?
Date submitted:Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:25:48 +0000Coincidence ID:5598
