Star sign coincidence

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I was skiing in Italy with a group of about fifty or sixty, staying in a lodge. One morning it was minus 24 degrees, so cold that no one wanted to go out skiing. Only four of us, three men and one woman, insisted - we did not want to waste a day's prepaid skipass. Grumbling, our busdriver had to build a fire under the diesel engine of the bus to get it started, while our friends told us we were mad to go up the mountain in that freezing weather, but we stood our ground. As we stood shivering in the cabin skilift taking us up the mountain, we chatted about possible explanations for our stubborn attitude. That's when it transpired that all four of us were born under the star sign Aries. Traditionally "aryans" are independent and assertive. I never believed in astrology, but after that experience began to wonder....
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:12:15 +0000Coincidence ID:4830