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What's The Most Fantastic Coincidence You Have Witnessed?
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I will try not to ramble:
A few year ago, I was stood at the roadside, finishing off an engine rebuild on a Rover V6 and we were chatting about cars. The car was jacked up with one wheel off the ground. Scott, his car, needed to open the passenger door to retrieve his house keys. I told him about how when the Austin Allegro first came out, the motoring press did the same thing: open a door with a wheel off the floor. When they did this, the front windscreen (windshield for US) popped out. The bodyshell lacked torsional rigidity (it was too flimsy) and the uneven forces ejected the glass screen which shattered.
A few minutes later, one of Scotts friend's drove up in a Fiat Punto. It was missing the front windscreen glass...
'You'll never guess what just happened. I accidently got stuck in a ditch. The AA came with the tow-truck and as they were recovering the car, I opened the door and this happened. The front window glass fell out and shattered.'
In 45 years as a mechanic, I've only heard the Allegro story just the once and I've never seen/heard of this happening to anyone else.
I do have some really spooky tales of coincidence. If anybody replies, I will tell a few...
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A few year ago, I was stood at the roadside, finishing off an engine rebuild on a Rover V6 and we were chatting about cars. The car was jacked up with one wheel off the ground. Scott, his car, needed to open the passenger door to retrieve his house keys. I told him about how when the Austin Allegro first came out, the motoring press did the same thing: open a door with a wheel off the floor. When they did this, the front windscreen (windshield for US) popped out. The bodyshell lacked torsional rigidity (it was too flimsy) and the uneven forces ejected the glass screen which shattered.
A few minutes later, one of Scotts friend's drove up in a Fiat Punto. It was missing the front windscreen glass...
'You'll never guess what just happened. I accidently got stuck in a ditch. The AA came with the tow-truck and as they were recovering the car, I opened the door and this happened. The front window glass fell out and shattered.'
In 45 years as a mechanic, I've only heard the Allegro story just the once and I've never seen/heard of this happening to anyone else.
I do have some really spooky tales of coincidence. If anybody replies, I will tell a few...
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when I was on a council - after about four years, some other councillor spoke out and said " I agree with PP" - the first time any one had done it - it was realllllllly weird. Interviewing someone forty years ago, I pointed to his hand - cour fingers and scrunched phalanges ( are you following me so far?). I asked him how he had done it - " Fighting for the Germans." he...
23:06 Tue 29th Nov 2022
My stepdaughter has, the consultant said, no discernable pituitary gland. So, we were supposed to be going on holiday the next day and I was meant to fix the passenger seat. Her legs accumulate so much fluid that she needs the front seat to go as far back as poss.
And I'd clean forgotten to do so. When I did remember, I found that the previous owner had broken one of the rods required for this adjustment to happen. The driver's seat one was not the same...
I thought about lying and telling them that it was already as far back as it could go. I attempted to operate the mechanism with pliers, but it was so cramped working on my fragile back, I gave up.
I then recalled that I was meant to collect my wife's prescription from the pharmacy. Do I need to concoct further fibs?
No!
The pharmacy was just about to close as I pulled up. Just in time!
When I returned to my car, I noticed something in the muddy grass, next to the postbox.
It was a control rod from a BMW E36 front passenger seat. Really. Not possible!
I bought the car two days before the first lockdown. Since then, I have seen three other BMW E36s on the road.
The specific part is unique to this model.
Okay, not very 'oooooer', but not summat that happens on a daily basis. On planet earth.
And way too boring tale to be made up.
JHC I'm a boring git. Night.
And I'd clean forgotten to do so. When I did remember, I found that the previous owner had broken one of the rods required for this adjustment to happen. The driver's seat one was not the same...
I thought about lying and telling them that it was already as far back as it could go. I attempted to operate the mechanism with pliers, but it was so cramped working on my fragile back, I gave up.
I then recalled that I was meant to collect my wife's prescription from the pharmacy. Do I need to concoct further fibs?
No!
The pharmacy was just about to close as I pulled up. Just in time!
When I returned to my car, I noticed something in the muddy grass, next to the postbox.
It was a control rod from a BMW E36 front passenger seat. Really. Not possible!
I bought the car two days before the first lockdown. Since then, I have seen three other BMW E36s on the road.
The specific part is unique to this model.
Okay, not very 'oooooer', but not summat that happens on a daily basis. On planet earth.
And way too boring tale to be made up.
JHC I'm a boring git. Night.
I was renewing my car insurance once in an office at the same time a bloke next to me was being told he was uninsurable due to his driving record.
A few weeks later I was involved in a car accident caused by the same bloke.
Right outside the same insurance broker I happened to be driving past at the time
A few weeks later I was involved in a car accident caused by the same bloke.
Right outside the same insurance broker I happened to be driving past at the time
In 1953 Blackpool defeated Bolton 4-3 in the FA Cup final - a match often referred to as the “Stanley Mathews final”
On May 14 2011, cup final day, unusually league games were also played. In the final Stoke City, the team Matthews was most associated with, were playing Man City.
Blackpool were playing Bolton that day:
The result; 4-3 to Blackpool
On May 14 2011, cup final day, unusually league games were also played. In the final Stoke City, the team Matthews was most associated with, were playing Man City.
Blackpool were playing Bolton that day:
The result; 4-3 to Blackpool
Mrs NJ and I went on holiday to India. Met a couple from Scotland with whom we had a few drinks and dinner once or twice. Liked the place. Decided to return the following year. Gulf War broke out. Couldn't go to India (civil aircraft would not overfly much of the Middle East). Decided to go to Kenya instead. Went there. Met same couple who had chosen the same hotel and the same weeks as us.
// I decided to phone a friend and as I was about to ring her, she rang me.//
discussed at length in a book called 'synchronicity' by C G Jung. Bit of a read - I cdnt get past chap 5....
and then the phone rang and my dead grandfather said, I have this book by one of Freud's contemporaries.....
thank god people dont understand what I write
discussed at length in a book called 'synchronicity' by C G Jung. Bit of a read - I cdnt get past chap 5....
and then the phone rang and my dead grandfather said, I have this book by one of Freud's contemporaries.....
thank god people dont understand what I write
I have related this story before.
I was waiting outside a pub for a lift. I noticed a wallet in the road being run over by traffic, and retrieved it.
When I opened it, there were debit/credit cards in my name, from my bank. It had £200 in it , which is when I realised it wasn’t mine :-)
Someone with the same name as me had lost their wallet and I found it.
I was waiting outside a pub for a lift. I noticed a wallet in the road being run over by traffic, and retrieved it.
When I opened it, there were debit/credit cards in my name, from my bank. It had £200 in it , which is when I realised it wasn’t mine :-)
Someone with the same name as me had lost their wallet and I found it.
New girl started at work with the same surname as me (this is 40 miles from where I grew up) she’s not directly related but lives next door to my Aunty. Weird.
Another girl I worked with came to join the company. Had a northeast accent. Got chatting and she’s the daughter of someone I was in the same year as at high school. Also she’s God daughter if one of my best friends growing up.
Another girl I worked with came to join the company. Had a northeast accent. Got chatting and she’s the daughter of someone I was in the same year as at high school. Also she’s God daughter if one of my best friends growing up.
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