Last Monday (the 3rd) I took a trip up to Stonehaven, and on the way back I had in idea for a thread titled "Is the UK 'overdue' a major rail accident?", and set the threshold for 'major' as three fatalities or 25 injuries. The thread got quite a few responses, a lot of which were to the effect that something bad could happen at any time. Then we had the tragic event this week.
Of course, it's purely coincidence but it still freaked me out a bit: thinking about a major accident, while on a trip from Stonehaven, with three fatalities.
Other than that, the only other time I've experienced a real "what were the chances" coincidence was walking down a street in New York city and realising that the person walking in front of me looked very familiar - and it turned out to be someone who was in the same class as me in high school (neither of us lived in the United States at the time). What examples do you have of freaky coincidences in your lives?
Of course, it's purely coincidence but it still freaked me out a bit: thinking about a major accident, while on a trip from Stonehaven, with three fatalities.
Other than that, the only other time I've experienced a real "what were the chances" coincidence was walking down a street in New York city and realising that the person walking in front of me looked very familiar - and it turned out to be someone who was in the same class as me in high school (neither of us lived in the United States at the time). What examples do you have of freaky coincidences in your lives?
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