Herman Trivilino wrote in a message to DAVID WILLIAMS:

 DW> Yesterday, I got in my car and noticed that the odometer read
 DW> 227788 km. The smaller "trip" odometer read 000. I drove to a
 DW> store and bought some groceries. The cashier's machine
 DW> totalled the price to exactly $20.00.

 DW> Coincidence?

 DW> Of course!

 HT> Last night, on my home from the ball game, I saw a license plate
 HT> that read ETR-189.

 HT> What are the odds that I would see that exact sequence of symbols
 HT> on a licence plate at that time and in that location?

 HT> Astronomical!

No more so than the turntable in my microwave oven turning randomly
clockwise and then counter-clockwise, but never during the same cooking
time.


Regards,

Roger 
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