Mrs A C
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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.
Many of the animations were produced using Flash and will no longer work.
Some years ago I was driving to work around 8am, listening to Terry Wogan on the car radio. As I passed through Grantchester Village I noticed that the Church clock was stopped at ten mins to three I said out loud "Stands the clock at 10 to 3 " and Terry Wogan who had been playing a piece of pastrol music finished the quote with " and is there honey still for tea" I was very taken aback
A few years ago I was in the backwoods of British Columbia enjoying a drink in a hostelery with my husband whilst I wrote a few post cards home The proprietor eventually came to have a chat with us and asked us where we were from We said Cambridge Uk His reply was that he had lived in Devon before moving to Canada . Further discusion eventually came down to the house he had lived in At this point I turned over the postcard I had just written to my brother in law and showed him the address. It was his previous home in Devon There is no way he could have seen the card and he knew all about the house and neighbourhood Weird !!!
It was the very house he had lived in
Date submitted:Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:21:47 +0000Coincidence ID:5829