Job, birthday, birthplace & residence

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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 1984 I worked for the London Evening Standard, part of Express Newspapers. I left there on the Friday to join the Financial Times newspaper and started work with them the following Monday. On the Friday I was invited to the pub with my new colleagues and was introduced to another new recruit who had also started on the Monday. When asked where he had worked before he replied, Express Newspapers. I then asked where he lived. Stanford-Le-Hope, the same town as me, and he lived just round the corner from me. Approximately 22 miles from London. Then birthday, 3rd February, same as mine but not the same year. Where was he born? South London, Streatham, I was born in Eltham, only a few miles down the road. So he left the same company on the same day as me, started with the same employer on the same day as me, same birthday as me Lived in the same town as me. I wonder what he is doing now! Lesley
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Date submitted:Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:10:41 +0000Coincidence ID:6137