What's in a name?
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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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We live in East London, and in the early 1980's were following what was allegedly Satus Quo's last tour. We went to see them in Ipswich. We were going both nights so we picked a B&B from the list we got from Tourist Info that seemed reasonably close to the venue. At breakfast the next day we were speaking to the owner, and somehow got onto names. My husband's family name is quite unusual so it was a big surprise when the man said - "Oh, I worked with a man of that name many years ago". He had worked with my husband's father (who by that time had been dead several years) on the overhead electrification on the Great Eastern Railway.
Date submitted:Sat, 19 May 2012 14:41:24 +0000Coincidence ID:6360
