Premonition - Fate - Destiny
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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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Hello - Back in 1977, was trying to locate the house of an old friend of mine at the other side of the town and stopped in a neighbourhood -As I got off my car I saw a person behind the gate of a house and approached to ask for some help - He showed me the way to find the house of my friend but he he also said to me " The registration number of your car, as you see, is F J 611 and this clearly shows that in future you will find a job in a place which will have an emblem representing the registration of your present car" - In 1982 an uknown company was inviting applications for a vacancy and self submitted an application - Iwas interviewed by a representative of this company and was successful - We agreed on the details of employment and at that moment he said to me, " Let me check what the personnel manual has to say about this', and he lifted frm a tray on his office a thick file, and, instantly I saw at the back of the file the image of a huge golden falcon drawn at the back cover of the file ! On the top it was written " GULF AIR" - At once I realised that the registration of my car i.e. F J 611 was meant to be "Eagle Jet" - i.e. an Airline with the emblem of the falcon or eagle stuck everywhere, on company's aircraft and on documents ! As for the number 611 ? I was initially appointed at grade 6 and in subsequent years promoted to grade 7 and grade 8 and that was all - i.e. 6+1+1=8, exactly the registration number of my car! How about that !
Date submitted:Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:01:04 +0000Coincidence ID:6790