A life-long number

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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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My wife was born on 26th January. She graduated and married when she was 26. Our eldest child was born on 26th August. The house we bought (and still live in ) is No.26. She retired after 26 years service in her post. The first new car we could afford had the registration WEP 52T (2 X 26). She happens to be the second child of her father who was born on 13th September. (26/2). Thus the number 26 and its multiples seem to have played a significant part in her life. V. J. P
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:47:58 +0000Coincidence ID:4143