Coincidence

My thanks for the following coincidence stories. If you also have an interesting coincidence, you would like published on 67 Not Out, please use the Contact button towards the top of the page. I'll be happy to link to your blog, Twitter page, Facebook etc. if you wish - Mike.Meeting up with a lost friendThis happened a while ago, and I hadn't thought of it as any more than a coincidence until now. My best friend and I used to be close friends with a girl who moved to a different school, as...Read Full Story

This is quite an amazing coincidence story of how Indonesian twins, separated when eight months old, find each other again after 28 years - living just 60 kilometres from each other in Sweden! Bizarrely there are other coincidences as well. Completely out of the blue Lin Backland received a message on Facebook from someone claiming to be her twin - she didn't even know she had one! She thought the message was from a crazy person but mentioned it to her Swedish parents, who had adopted her in...Read Full Story

It's interesting how some days things fall into place.  Last night I was talking to someone and the subject of double rainbows was mentioned.  I said that I couldn't remember ever seeing one. Today my wife and I had to go to the local shops, about a 15 minutes walk.  It was a rough day weather wise. The rain had been real cats and dogs stuff and the wind was doing what it does best: blowing.  We resisted the temptation to take the car and set off wearing raincoats and carrying an umbrella...Read Full Story

I received the postcard above, together with a coincidence story from Mrs Jean Barnes. It's about her mother-in-law Betty Barnes. Betty is now in her early 80s and was given the postcard, about five or six years ago, along with others for a bring-and-buy stall at her church fete. As she glanced through the postcards she was sure that the lady and gentleman walking along the promenade, to the right of the picture, was herself and her late husband Jimmy. Betty looked at the back of the card...Read Full Story

So.... There we were, driving home. Both of us in shock, and trying to absorb the enormity of what had just happened. I was trying to settle myself and regain a sense of equilibrium, and did not feel much like talking.It is one thing to suddenly have a premonition of an impending accident like that, quite another to be involved in it, and then to simply have to pick up one's life again and move forward. A journey interrupted.Hubby and I got home several hrs later than we normally would have...Read Full Story