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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2006 20:55:26 GMT
This is an amazing story..
Last night I was looking at the forum for the owner's club for my car. A new member posted a hello, and in it he said that he was from York. I replied and said that I had the same name as him and used to live in York. Some discussion later, it turns out that he is now living in the house in which I grew up. He also has the same christian name as me, is the same age and drives the same type of imported MPV.
I reckon that the chances of that happening must be slimmer than winning the lottery (which I don't do).
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Post by solidbond on Aug 29, 2006 21:34:26 GMT
I think that is known as split personality  Have you been talking to yourself for long? ;D ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2006 21:44:06 GMT
Either someone's stolen your identity or the exceptionally unlikely has happened!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2006 21:46:13 GMT
He was as suprised as me. I spoke to him on the phone tonight. So if SB is right, the men in white coats will be round soon.
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Post by donnytom on Aug 30, 2006 10:42:34 GMT
An owner's club for an MPV?
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Post by Tubeboy on Aug 30, 2006 10:59:54 GMT
Spooky!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2006 14:40:12 GMT
An owner's club for an MPV? Yes, CSLR and I have 8-seater Toyota Lucidas. They look like a Previa, but they are not at all the same. They are also imported second hand from Japan. |
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Post by Chris M on Aug 30, 2006 20:11:03 GMT
I reckon that the chances of that happening must be slimmer than winning the lottery (which I don't do). Pedantically speaking, the chances are infinitely higher than you winning the lottery. Because you do not play the lottery you cannot win it (your chance of winning is 0), but the other situation happening has a probability of happening of between 0 and 1. My maths is not very good but iirc any finite probability is infinetly greater than a probability of 0. I'm sure that someone better at maths than me will correct me if I'm wrong. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2006 20:42:10 GMT
I reckon that the chances of that happening must be slimmer than winning the lottery (which I don't do). Pedantically speaking, the chances are infinitely higher than you winning the lottery. Because you do not play the lottery you cannot win it (your chance of winning is 0), but the other situation happening has a probability of happening of between 0 and 1. My maths is not very good but iirc any finite probability is infinetly greater than a probability of 0. I'm sure that someone better at maths than me will correct me if I'm wrong. *speechless* |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2006 21:16:06 GMT
I beleive the actual figure you are looking for is 1 in 3687749856194941319 to the power of 5365486....
and quite what that becomes is beyond the power of my brain and calculator....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2006 21:26:53 GMT
Pedantically speaking, the chances are infinitely higher than you winning the lottery. Because you do not play the lottery you cannot win it (your chance of winning is 0), but the other situation happening has a probability of happening of between 0 and 1. My maths is not very good but iirc any finite probability is infinetly greater than a probability of 0. I'm sure that someone better at maths than me will correct me if I'm wrong. Sounds reasonable to me. Whatever finite number you multipy zero by you will still get zero. (I did Maths at Uni!) |
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Post by Chris M on Aug 30, 2006 22:50:37 GMT
I beleive the actual figure you are looking for is 1 in 3687749856194941319 to the power of 5365486.... and quite what that becomes is beyond the power of my brain and calculator.... According to OpenOffice Calc the answer is Error:503, which translates as "too big!" |
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Post by donnytom on Sept 1, 2006 21:10:20 GMT
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Are Lucidas the things that are very similar to Previas, but to my mind look a bit more upmarket? Or is that called a Lumina or something? Those imports seem quite common, including an odd van-like MPV on high suspension, and the Mazda MX5 that's called something like a Eunos instead...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2006 21:48:14 GMT
they are 4 wheel drive aren't they? with extra mirrors.
don't get me started on some of these cars. I know diesels are more economical but when I am on my bike and they are behind you, you think there is a bloody great van behind you so you go very wide in the road and then what passes is you is a tiddly little vauxhall. I bet none of you have seen or even have a Renault Vel Satis like we do. They are great. But they sold closer to none than 5,000 in the UK and have withdrawn it. It looks strange, yet on the continent noone even notices it. Very comfortable and smooth though.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2006 8:26:56 GMT
42. Are Lucidas the things that are very similar to Previas, but to my mind look a bit more upmarket? Or is that called a Lumina or something? Those imports seem quite common, including an odd van-like MPV on high suspension, and the Mazda MX5 that's called something like a Eunos instead... That's right DT, the Lucida is a derivitive of the Estima, the Japanese member of the same family as the Previa. They are slightly narrower, to get around Japanese tax rules. The van-like MPV is a Mitsubishi Delicia. The Japanese imports are to a far higher build and comfort spec than UK cars; the consumer is king in Japan and they demand quality. Below is a pic of my 1997 Toyota Lucida:  |
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