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Had a job interview for a technicians position a few weeks ago.
Interviewer: So do you know how to use a multimeter?
Me: Yes but only through personal projects i.e bikes and cars
Interviewer: what bike do you have?
Me: R1 etc
Interviewer: I built an BMW E30 with a 3.5 engine
Me: Nice, I had a E36 318is that I fitted a 2.8 to etc etc
Interviewer: I sold the E30 to a guy from Huntly
Me: that's funny I had a lot of dealings with a guy from Huntly when I was digging up parts for my E36
Interviewer: did he work offshore
Me: Yes, his name was such and such
Interviewer: It's the same guy that we both dealt with.
A nice wee coincidence, anyway a few days later I learned that I got the job
Interviewer: So do you know how to use a multimeter?
Me: Yes but only through personal projects i.e bikes and cars
Interviewer: what bike do you have?
Me: R1 etc
Interviewer: I built an BMW E30 with a 3.5 engine
Me: Nice, I had a E36 318is that I fitted a 2.8 to etc etc
Interviewer: I sold the E30 to a guy from Huntly
Me: that's funny I had a lot of dealings with a guy from Huntly when I was digging up parts for my E36
Interviewer: did he work offshore
Me: Yes, his name was such and such
Interviewer: It's the same guy that we both dealt with.
A nice wee coincidence, anyway a few days later I learned that I got the job
I've wheeled this story out on here before (coincidence!) so forgive the repetition. An old bloke stopped to ask a friend's mother for directions while walking on the Malvern Hills. They thought the recognised each other worked out that they'd struck up a conversation some weeks before 8000 miles away in South Africa. Quite a coincidence. They chatted a bit more and it turned out he was Sir Edmund Hillary. The latter bit doesn't add to the coincidence, but it is quite cool.
I left school & got a job on the YTS (Young Thick & Stupid =£28.50 per week!) with a local Ford dealership as a apprentice mechanic,
an unusual car came in as a PX, it was a North American spec Ford Escort, being LHD & a rather ugly looking thing it sat on the sales forecourt for ever until the bosses gave it to the workshop as a runaround, needless to say it got abused on the chippy run everyday until something gave in & was parked in the corner as parts for it were not easy to find,
fast forward to my mid 20's me & a few mates are sat in a bar in Kos, across the road was a strange looking car that nobody new (except for me) what it was, "it's a ford Escort" i said, "f
k off you daft tt! its fk all like an Escort" were some of the the replies,
well bets were taken & we all trotted across the road to the back of the car & sure enough it was a Ford Escort but not only that it still had the Ford dealer window sticker & branded number plates I had fitted when it came in as a PX 7 years earlier!!
I didn't buy a drink for the rest of the holiday!
an unusual car came in as a PX, it was a North American spec Ford Escort, being LHD & a rather ugly looking thing it sat on the sales forecourt for ever until the bosses gave it to the workshop as a runaround, needless to say it got abused on the chippy run everyday until something gave in & was parked in the corner as parts for it were not easy to find,
fast forward to my mid 20's me & a few mates are sat in a bar in Kos, across the road was a strange looking car that nobody new (except for me) what it was, "it's a ford Escort" i said, "f
k off you daft tt! its fk all like an Escort" were some of the the replies,well bets were taken & we all trotted across the road to the back of the car & sure enough it was a Ford Escort but not only that it still had the Ford dealer window sticker & branded number plates I had fitted when it came in as a PX 7 years earlier!!
I didn't buy a drink for the rest of the holiday!
Just moved house into an enclosed development with two houses separated off with a private driveway, when I was buying one of the provisos was a safe drive and garage so liked the gates but wasn't sure about the shared layout. Was assured by estate agent that the neighbors (who is the step son of the vendor) is a petrol head, took his word for it as there were interesting cars on the drive.
Bought house, popped round before completion to have a look at what furniture I needed to buy, no hassle as vendor is a nice lady.
Neighbour pops round to say hello, got chatting and turns out he's not just a petrolhead, he's actually a fellow racer... a Porsche racer too... long story short it's amazing I didn't actually know him already as we know all the same people and even have a mutual close mate who has even spoken about each of us to the other in the past!
Almost as unlikely as an estate agent actually telling the truth as it turned out!
Bought house, popped round before completion to have a look at what furniture I needed to buy, no hassle as vendor is a nice lady.
Neighbour pops round to say hello, got chatting and turns out he's not just a petrolhead, he's actually a fellow racer... a Porsche racer too... long story short it's amazing I didn't actually know him already as we know all the same people and even have a mutual close mate who has even spoken about each of us to the other in the past!
Almost as unlikely as an estate agent actually telling the truth as it turned out!
Working in San Francisco and met a guy at Sonoma Raceway. Many years later needed to contact him regarding some business.
Thinking I was smart and could remember his phone number I called said number and asked to speak to Ron.
Of course I was well out- managed to get the US but was a Minneapolis number and not California. Wrong number, wrong bloke, wrong state, basically I'd called a random number in a country of many hundreds of millions of people.
Apologised to unknown and just about to put phone down when Mr Unknown said who was I after. Dont know why but I said Ron xxxxxxx from California.
Mr Unknown said no problem I've got him on my mobile he runs a race workshop there !
In disbelief I called new number and Ron answered the phone ! He didnt believe me !
Thinking I was smart and could remember his phone number I called said number and asked to speak to Ron.
Of course I was well out- managed to get the US but was a Minneapolis number and not California. Wrong number, wrong bloke, wrong state, basically I'd called a random number in a country of many hundreds of millions of people.
Apologised to unknown and just about to put phone down when Mr Unknown said who was I after. Dont know why but I said Ron xxxxxxx from California.
Mr Unknown said no problem I've got him on my mobile he runs a race workshop there !
In disbelief I called new number and Ron answered the phone ! He didnt believe me !
Don't know if this counts
Some years ago I went to the Last Night of the Proms.
I walked through the foyer door into the circular corridor that goes right round the Albert Hall.
I looked to my right and Jeremy Paxman was standing there. I looked to my left and Michael Howard was standing there.
I turned around and walked out again.
<Harry Hill/on>
FIGHT
<Harry Hill/off>
John
Some years ago I went to the Last Night of the Proms.
I walked through the foyer door into the circular corridor that goes right round the Albert Hall.
I looked to my right and Jeremy Paxman was standing there. I looked to my left and Michael Howard was standing there.
I turned around and walked out again.
<Harry Hill/on>
FIGHT
<Harry Hill/off>
John
Bessacarr said:
Working in San Francisco and met a guy at Sonoma Raceway. Many years later needed to contact him regarding some business.
Thinking I was smart and could remember his phone number I called said number and asked to speak to Ron.
Of course I was well out- managed to get the US but was a Minneapolis number and not California. Wrong number, wrong bloke, wrong state, basically I'd called a random number in a country of many hundreds of millions of people.
Apologised to unknown and just about to put phone down when Mr Unknown said who was I after. Dont know why but I said Ron xxxxxxx from California.
Mr Unknown said no problem I've got him on my mobile he runs a race workshop there !
In disbelief I called new number and Ron answered the phone ! He didnt believe me !
Wow!Thinking I was smart and could remember his phone number I called said number and asked to speak to Ron.
Of course I was well out- managed to get the US but was a Minneapolis number and not California. Wrong number, wrong bloke, wrong state, basically I'd called a random number in a country of many hundreds of millions of people.
Apologised to unknown and just about to put phone down when Mr Unknown said who was I after. Dont know why but I said Ron xxxxxxx from California.
Mr Unknown said no problem I've got him on my mobile he runs a race workshop there !
In disbelief I called new number and Ron answered the phone ! He didnt believe me !
Trevatanus said:
Bessacarr said:
Working in San Francisco and met a guy at Sonoma Raceway. Many years later needed to contact him regarding some business.
Thinking I was smart and could remember his phone number I called said number and asked to speak to Ron.
Of course I was well out- managed to get the US but was a Minneapolis number and not California. Wrong number, wrong bloke, wrong state, basically I'd called a random number in a country of many hundreds of millions of people.
Apologised to unknown and just about to put phone down when Mr Unknown said who was I after. Dont know why but I said Ron xxxxxxxxx from California.
Mr Unknown said no problem I've got him on my mobile he runs a race workshop there !
In disbelief I called new number and Ron answered the phone ! He didnt believe me !
Wow!Thinking I was smart and could remember his phone number I called said number and asked to speak to Ron.
Of course I was well out- managed to get the US but was a Minneapolis number and not California. Wrong number, wrong bloke, wrong state, basically I'd called a random number in a country of many hundreds of millions of people.
Apologised to unknown and just about to put phone down when Mr Unknown said who was I after. Dont know why but I said Ron xxxxxxxxx from California.
Mr Unknown said no problem I've got him on my mobile he runs a race workshop there !
In disbelief I called new number and Ron answered the phone ! He didnt believe me !
My first car a white mk2 escort Reg MYO655P, I'd had it about 3 or 4 months when I parked up in a car park in town, when I came back to the car, parked next to it was a white Mk2 ford escort Reg MYO656P. This would have been in 1989 so an old car then unusual to see many let alone the next one registered.
ATG said:
I've wheeled this story out on here before (coincidence!) so forgive the repetition. An old bloke stopped to ask a friend's mother for directions while walking on the Malvern Hills. They thought the recognised each other worked out that they'd struck up a conversation some weeks before 8000 miles away in South Africa. Quite a coincidence. They chatted a bit more and it turned out he was Sir Edmund Hillary. The latter bit doesn't add to the coincidence, but it is quite cool.
So that's how he explores, he asks for directions 
Walking and taking to a guy at work about careers.
He thought I'd always just been 'lucky' when infact he didn't see any of the hard work etc.
We get to the empty lift lobby and I say some cheesy line about 'doors just open' and boom...
Lift doors slide open right on cue as I walk up to them without breaking stride.
The small things matter
He thought I'd always just been 'lucky' when infact he didn't see any of the hard work etc.
We get to the empty lift lobby and I say some cheesy line about 'doors just open' and boom...
Lift doors slide open right on cue as I walk up to them without breaking stride.
The small things matter
On a mountain Swiss trail miles from anywhere I bumped into two lads that I knew from London/back home.
I've also dated two girls at the sametime who were bestmate at school. That didn't end well for me when they bumped into each other on a coincidental night out and got talking about their..boyfriends
Oops
I've also dated two girls at the sametime who were bestmate at school. That didn't end well for me when they bumped into each other on a coincidental night out and got talking about their..boyfriends
Oops
Waiting to go into the IMAX cinema at the Grand Canyon and one of my classmates (of around 25) walked out of the previous showing with her parents.
Later that afternoon, we went to walk down to the bottom of the canyon and met a work colleague of my father's coming up from having just done the same thing.....
Weird things, canyons.
Later that afternoon, we went to walk down to the bottom of the canyon and met a work colleague of my father's coming up from having just done the same thing.....
Weird things, canyons.
Moominator said:
On a mountain Swiss trail miles from anywhere I bumped into two lads that I knew from London/back home.
I've also dated two girls at the sametime who were bestmate at school. That didn't end well for me when they bumped into each other on a coincidental night out and got talking about their..boyfriends
Oops
Not sure the second one could be classed as a coincidence I've also dated two girls at the sametime who were bestmate at school. That didn't end well for me when they bumped into each other on a coincidental night out and got talking about their..boyfriends
Oops
Having finished high school in Oz a decade earlier, we were living in the UK. Decided to go to Iceland one Christmas. When there, we then went up to Lake Myvatn up north (so pretty remote by now).
Two hotels, a few houses, a petrol station and a small shop - that was it.
We then take a minibus with a few others from the hotel to the middle of nowhere one night to go to one of the natural springs that the local used. May have been on Mars so desolate was the location. Nothing else around but locals would travel there from miles around.
Anyways, a few of them were on the booze and more than a few were like TechnoViking. No harm but was just being wary as you do. Across the spring, there was one bloke that kept looking at me. Tried to avoid eye contact but even my wife commented there was something odd.
Began to think "hmmmm....this is getting a bit uncomfortable now, middle of nowhere, surround by drunk Icelandic 20 somethings who look like they crush rocks with their bare hands and for some reason, I seem to have gotten one of them offside for some reason".
Got out, go to changing rooms, grab stuff and get dressed ASAP. More pour in and I am now thinking 'time to leave' when that bloke appears and walks up to me. Now I am thinking 'hope that bus is back and my wife is on it' when he goes "Are you [my name]?"
I though WTF???? Turns out he was in my brother's class in the year below me at high school!
16,500km from home in the middle of nowhere and 10 years since he would have last seen me. Very odd.
Two hotels, a few houses, a petrol station and a small shop - that was it.
We then take a minibus with a few others from the hotel to the middle of nowhere one night to go to one of the natural springs that the local used. May have been on Mars so desolate was the location. Nothing else around but locals would travel there from miles around.
Anyways, a few of them were on the booze and more than a few were like TechnoViking. No harm but was just being wary as you do. Across the spring, there was one bloke that kept looking at me. Tried to avoid eye contact but even my wife commented there was something odd.
Began to think "hmmmm....this is getting a bit uncomfortable now, middle of nowhere, surround by drunk Icelandic 20 somethings who look like they crush rocks with their bare hands and for some reason, I seem to have gotten one of them offside for some reason".
Got out, go to changing rooms, grab stuff and get dressed ASAP. More pour in and I am now thinking 'time to leave' when that bloke appears and walks up to me. Now I am thinking 'hope that bus is back and my wife is on it' when he goes "Are you [my name]?"
I though WTF???? Turns out he was in my brother's class in the year below me at high school!
16,500km from home in the middle of nowhere and 10 years since he would have last seen me. Very odd.
In the 80's i was in the RAF at Northolt i'm a Norwich fan- yes i know.
Norwich were in the Milk Cup final against Sunderland.
I was offered a ticket to the game on the morning of the game so no one else knew i was going.
I rock up to Wembley with another 100k i was walking around just taking the atmosphere in. I then walked into my uncle and cousin neither of us knew the other was going.
I thought it was pretty cool at the time with that many people walking onto them
Plus we won as well
Norwich were in the Milk Cup final against Sunderland.
I was offered a ticket to the game on the morning of the game so no one else knew i was going.
I rock up to Wembley with another 100k i was walking around just taking the atmosphere in. I then walked into my uncle and cousin neither of us knew the other was going.
I thought it was pretty cool at the time with that many people walking onto them
Plus we won as well
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