Old Acquaintance

As of the 23rd May 2022 this website is archived and will receive no further updates.

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.

Yesterday I was due to visit Gravesend where I was born and spent the first 8 years of my life (I'm now 39 years old). Having not been there for some years I entered the address I was to visit into Google Maps. I then decided to have a look on street view at the road and house I lived in, out of pure curiosity. I had spent the morning in the office and set off to Gravesend. When I got there I received an email from a colleague telling me there was an old friend in the office who wanted to see me when I got back, giving no name, just the clue Stornaway Strand the road I used to live in. You can imagine my curiosity! The gentleman is an old neighbour who lived in the same street as me and my family. My father got him a job in the same industry that my father and I work in. He has just retired and is now working for a training company that we empoly to train our apprentices. This was his first day and in about six months he will take over training our new apprentices. Big coincidence, I'll let you decide!
Total votes: 165
Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:07:47 +0000Coincidence ID:5293