Old Friend

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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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We had 2 really close friends in Nebraska,they got a divorce & we lost contact with them for about 8 years,In1998 we went from England to las Vegas for a week, last minute we took a day trip to another gambling city & decided to pop into a shopping mall there.As we walked in we heard someone call Elvet, my husbands name( a little unusual in America) IIt turned out to be our friend from Nebraska,1500 miles away who was by then living in Lake Havasu City & was working in that shopping centre for one day only.Following that reunion the next year we went to visit him in Lake Havasu .Since then we have lost contact & would love another "coincidence"
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Date submitted:Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:52:17 +0000Coincidence ID:5998