birthday coincidence

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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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My husband and I bought our boat in 1987, which was called "Solstice" (21st June) He discovered that the distance in time from his birthday to the Solstice day was the same as the distance in time to mine. 30/3 for him, 12/09 for me!! Not only that. As we sailed it from Dartmouth to Guernsey the day after purchase I noticed the sail number was 2905 - it was the 29th May that day!!
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Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:13:13 +0000Coincidence ID:3796