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!


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

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

Astronomical!

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