Simon W
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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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A friend was in the Navy many years ago and belongs to an association of ex & serving men. Each year they have a weekend away with a formal dinner on the Saturday evening. At the first one we went to, the speaker was Rick J who, I believe, was the chief surgeon during the Falklands conflict, and he was talking about Simon W, the soldier who was very badly burnt when the ship he was on was bombed. Going home the next day we stopped at a motorway service centre and Simon W was coming out.
Date submitted:Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:36:58 +0000Coincidence ID:5558
