Mr. Joe H

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I live in a city centre side-street where there are many blocks of apartments but very little road traffic. For some years I had a job which required me to leave home at around 07.30. I would walk the short distance down my street to an intersecting street in order to reach my car. Often there would be just one other person (not the same one each time) walking along the intersecting street and we were on a collision course unless one or the other of us changed pace. This happened so many times that I began to anticipate it.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:38:16 +0000Coincidence ID:4914