Swiss connection

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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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On a rare trip to Worthing-we live 30miles away- my wife decided to shop at Waitrose. Next to where I parked I noticed a car with a Swiss flag sticker on the back and as the owner was about to get in I casually mentioned that my wife was Swiss and her home town was in the canton of St Gallen, When he replied that his home town was Uzwil in the same canton I told him that hers was Flawil which is virtually next door. When I then told him that we were married in Flawil -in 1952- and that we had our wedding breakfast in the Hotel Rossli he said he knew it well and used to attend the regular Sunday dances held there. Small world!
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:19:59 +0000Coincidence ID:3989