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 Post subject: Coincidence?
PostPosted: Sat Aug 10, 2024 5:29 pm 
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Searching online for a first car for my grandson who recently passed his driving test, I found a Ford Ka in Newcastle that fitted the bill, so I travelled up north yesterday to buy it for him and drove it back to Lincoln. A good first car whilst he builds up his ncb. Just sorting the paperwork when I noticed in its history that the previous owner travelled down to Lincoln in 2020 to buy the car for his grandson. The garage he bought it from backs onto my garden. Both grandsons are called Charlie.

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 Post subject: Re: Coincidence?
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Spooky :shock:

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 Post subject: Re: Coincidence?
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Lincoln and JFK

"Lincoln" and "Kennedy" each have seven letters.

Both presidents were elected to Congress in '46 and later to the presidency in '60.

Both assassins, John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald, were born in '39 and were known by their three names, composed of fifteen letters.

Booth ran from a theater and was caught in a warehouse; Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

The assassins were both Southerners.

Both of the presidents' successors were Democrats named Johnson with six-letter first names and born in '08.

Both Lincoln and Kennedy were particularly concerned with civil rights and made their views strongly known.

Both presidents were shot in the head on a Friday and in the presence of their wives.

Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to Ford's Theatre. Kennedy had a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln and she warned him not to go to Dallas.

Both Oswald and Booth were killed before they could be put on trial.

Both Lincoln and Kennedy were succeeded as President by Southerners named Johnson.

Both Johnsons were succeeded as President in '69 by Republicans (Ulysses S. Grant, Richard M. Nixon) whose mothers were both named Hannah.

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 Post subject: Re: Coincidence?
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and another in the news this week after that yacht sank near sicily killing that tech entrepreneur. The day after his business partner was killed whilst out jogging in a collision with a car

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edders23 wrote:
and another in the news this week after that yacht sank near sicily killing that tech entrepreneur. The day after his business partner was killed whilst out jogging in a collision with a car

When I heard the name of the chap, Mike Lynch without hearing anything else, I automaticaslly thought it was Mick Lynch from the RMT union.


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grandad wrote:
edders23 wrote:
and another in the news this week after that yacht sank near sicily killing that tech entrepreneur. The day after his business partner was killed whilst out jogging in a collision with a car

When I heard the name of the chap, Mike Lynch without hearing anything else, I automaticaslly thought it was Mick Lynch from the RMT union.



I know those train drivers are very well paid but a luxury yacht might be a tad out of their league

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 Post subject: Re: Coincidence?
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edders23 wrote:
and another in the news this week after that yacht sank near sicily killing that tech entrepreneur. The day after his business partner was killed whilst out jogging in a collision with a car


didnt all the crew survive, only the rich passengers (and the chef) went down on her (the boat)?

Netflix will be all over this one

The winows/portholes were open (hot night) and the keel may have been up reduced stability


a 6 part series i think

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