Mr Peter Alfred B

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The number 17. My name has 17 letters. I was born on 7.12.34 = 17. 1934 = 17. My parents both died on the 17th day of the month. One year I was involved with a serious road accident caused by a taxi driver on 17th June. The following year on the 17th June I was assaulted at a petrol station by a taxi driver who arrived at a petrol pump after me and insisted he was first. Two years later driving to work I was accosted by a person who had tailgated me in a built up area and took exception to me showing my brake lights. The date ? - 17th June !
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Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:48:27 +0000Coincidence ID:5323

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Anonymous (not verified)

Tue, 17/01/2012 - 11:00am

Whilst researching for a children's book I discovered an extraordinary coincidence
concerning the name "Ptolemy" which is incorporated in The Great Pyramid's
geometry. Egyptologists seem to be so set in their beliefs that I have not been able
to explain my own thesis to any academic, which I would very much like to do.