two cherished number plates
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I live in north Wales, my son lives in Ireland. He has a black BMW with the personal number P33PMD. He occasionally drives it down to London via Holyhead and so passes quite near me and drops in when he can. One day a year or so ago I thought I saw his car driving past our house and thought it odd that he hadn't said that he was coming by. Later I saw the same car on the same stretch of road and still he didn't stop. In fact what I had seen on each occasion was a black BMW with the number P13PMD. Coincidence enough that such a similar number should be on a vehicle near me, but almost beyond belief that it should be on the exact same motor car!
Date submitted:Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:05:33 +0000Coincidence ID:5870
