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That is quite the coincidence. On a similar vein, I have been volunteering at a place called Ruby's Pantry. There is a man that works there that is a dead ringer for my brother-in-law. Even his voice and manner of speaking are exactly the same but my brother-in-law passed away two years ago.
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Koren wrote: "That is quite the coincidence. On a similar vein, I have been volunteering at a place called Ruby's Pantry. There is a man that works there that is a dead ringer for my brother-in-law. Even his v..."
Holy cow, that must have been a surprise especially since your brother-in-law passed away.
Last night I had a long, strikingly emotional dream about a former client I haven't seen in a long time. He was hugging and hugging me and couldn't even speak -- not something he's ever done, believe me. I naturally woke up wondering what was up with him, and later in the morning I got a call from a guy at Juvenile court about someone else, but what he really wanted to talk to me about was the kid I'd just dreamed about. There have been major developments in his life.
Fishface wrote: "Last night I had a long, strikingly emotional dream about a former client I haven't seen in a long time. He was hugging and hugging me and couldn't even speak -- not something he's ever done, belie..."Fishface, that is remarkable! Getting a call from Juvenile court about this guy you dreamed about is something. I hope these major developments in his life are good ones.
They're super weird, and where they're going to go is anyone's guess.
Fishface wrote: "They're super weird, and where they're going to go is anyone's guess."Super weird? Holy cow...that IS weird.
I didn't even notice until this morning that for days I'd had "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" playing in my head, and that it stopped as soon as I heard that Chris Cornell had hanged himself in his hotel room after playing what, by all accounts, was a phenomenal rock show. Now the song in my head is one of his: "Burden In My Hand," a song that always makes me think of Charles Schmid because of the line "I left her in the sand."
Fishface wrote: "I didn't even notice until this morning that for days I'd had "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" playing in my head, and that it stopped as soon as I heard that Chris Cornell had hanged himself in his hotel r..."Dang....your on a roll Fishface, your getting vibes everywhere! I love it!
As mentioned elsewhere, A Perfect Gentleman was full of odd little coincidences. One of the lead detectives was named John Mowery, the same name as a John Gacy victim; another cop on one of the cases was Joe Ball, same name as the serial wife killer. Creepiest of all? The killer in this book has the same birthday I do.
Fishface wrote: "As mentioned elsewhere, A Perfect Gentleman was full of odd little coincidences. One of the lead detectives was named John Mowery, the same name as a John Gacy victim; another cop on..."Wow....that IS creepy! I can't wait for the book to be delivered!
Seems like I posted this already and if I posted it somewhere else forgive me. Last Friday or Saturday evening (I'm getting old so I don't remember which) I went for a walk and saw a man I knew but didn't stop to chat, just waved and kept on going. He was driving one of those scooters for handicapped people and I knew he had been in ill health for years and was diabetic and had been on dialysis for years and I remember thinking that it was funny he was still around. On Monday I saw his name in the obituaries.
Koren wrote: "Seems like I posted this already and if I posted it somewhere else forgive me. Last Friday or Saturday evening (I'm getting old so I don't remember which) I went for a walk and saw a man I knew b..."
Oh my gosh Koren, image that having just seeing him on his scooter. Wow...I think it is more then a coincidence but most people probably wouldn't. God Bless his soul.
I saw a kid in the lobby at work yesterday who bore an uncanny resemblance to this photo: 
Same haircut and everything!
Fishface wrote: "I saw a kid in the lobby at work yesterday who bore an uncanny resemblance to this photo: Same haircut and everything!"
He has come back to haunt us Fishface. Did you follow him? I would be tempted myself.....!
I can't go around following the agency's clients around the county. I'd be arrested!
Fishface wrote: "I can't go around following the agency's clients around the county. I'd be arrested!"Oh dear, I guess following IS stalking so that is out. End of sleuthing...
The other issue is that Randy Kraft can't come back to haunt us because he is still alive.
Fishface wrote: "The other issue is that Randy Kraft can't come back to haunt us because he is still alive."Right Fishface, I remember being incensed over this and felt that justice was certainly not served for the victims and their families.
Koren, I am way further ahead of you in the forgetting problems! I am sure you don't carry you landline phone in your pocket and wonder where it is after searching for it. lol
OK, many years ago Stephen King's Danse Macabre informed me about another book I finally got to read and just finished, Fuzz by Ed McBain. The story haunted me even before I read it because it seems to have started its own crime wave -- the one about setting homeless people on fire. I have 2 movies in my home library (THE FISHER KING and CLOVERFIELD) that refer to setting bums on fire.So here's the thing. I looked up the poster for the movie as I was adding a review of McBain's book to my chaos blog (see http://discordiarulesok.blogspot.com/...), and I saw Raquel Welch on it. That pricked up my ears because whenever I Google myself, it tells me that Raquel Welch played detective Eileen McHenry in a movie. There was a Detective Eileen Burke in Fuzz. Could it be? I thought...
So I investigated. Sure enough, the setting-fire-to-bums meme was created by a movie that has my name in it.
And in another coincidence, I just looked randomly at a new release for 2017, Don't Tell a Soul by William Phelps, and dang if it isn't about someone being set on fire.
Yeah, it's just like looking in a mirror...
This is turning into a theme of the week. I was just walking on the treadmill watching ASH VS. EVIL DEAD, and there was a guy in one episode who doused himself in kerosene and lit a road flare...
Fishface wrote: "OK, many years ago Stephen King's Danse Macabre informed me about another book I finally got to read and just finished, Fuzz by Ed McBain. The story haunted me even bef..."Fishface, your a star!!! May I have your autograph? ***grinning ***
Because every movie I rent or book I read has someone in it getting set on fire?
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I always thought she had fish lips ....
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I don't think it's the lips most people were looking at.
This is a TC coincidence, so not TOTALLY off topic.This link posted by Terri in the headlines thread --
http://wtop.com/local/2017/06/tooth-f...
-- says 2 little girls were killed and left on Taylor Mountain. Didn't Ted Bundy leave several of his victims on a different Taylor Mountain? I bleeve so...
The book I was reading this morning mentioned a town in Colorado named Eckert. Yesterday I went to a wedding where the groom's last name was Eckert. I did a search that said it is actually an unincorporated community rather than a town.
Eckert's now a 'suburb' of Orchard City, a town near Delta on the way to Cedaredge. I looked at houses there for a while when I was deciding where to move to next (I didn't go there). Good thing; while it's in the mid-90s here today, I hear it's well over 100 in that area.
I was "pinning" stuff the other day and found a photo of multicolored lizards. The caption said "Eastern Blue Tongued Skinks Produced By Joe Ball." I pinned it and added the TC question, "What is it about reptiles and guys named Joe Ball?"
Koren wrote: "The book I was reading this morning mentioned a town in Colorado named Eckert. Yesterday I went to a wedding where the groom's last name was Eckert. I did a search that said it is actually an uninc..."Wow Koren, I love when that happens!
K.A. wrote: "Eckert's now a 'suburb' of Orchard City, a town near Delta on the way to Cedaredge. I looked at houses there for a while when I was deciding where to move to next (I didn't go there). Good thing; w..."Thank you K.A. You may enjoy the book I am reading. Its called Dead Center: The Shocking True Story of a Murder on Snipe Mountain. It mentions all the places you just mentioned.
I have a true crime book that I have written about a man who is now on death row in Florida. How do I get it featured on here?You can read reviews on Amazon. Do You Know How to Fly by Gordon Kuhn
Thanks, Gordon Kuhn
Gordon wrote: "I have a true crime book that I have written about a man who is now on death row in Florida. How do I get it featured on here?You can read reviews on Amazon. Do You Know How to Fly by Gordon Kuhn..."
Go to the TC Authors forum on this page and add your book to our shelves. Scan the shelves listed under TC top see which categories apply, like "child murders" or "terrorist acts," and add it to those, too.
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You can read reviews on Amazon. Do You Know How to Fly by Gordon Kuhn..."
Another book for the challenge! I'm excited.
Here's one. One of my co-workers came to me yesterday and asked if I knew what Klinefelter's Syndrome is. I told him most of what I knew, omitting the detail that I know the names of 2 serial killers with the extra X chromosome that causes the syndrome -- he wouldn't know who Bobby Joe Long or Francis Heaulme are anyway, even though he personally knows a serial killer and by rights ought to be as crime-fixated as I am, if not more so.But I digress. That was my last conversation at work yesterday; today as I got in the car to come to work, I turned on National Public Radio and the first thing I heard come out of the speaker was the name "Klinefelter"!
Fishface wrote: "Here's one. One of my co-workers came to me yesterday and asked if I knew what Klinefelter's Syndrome is. I told him most of what I knew, omitting the detail that I know the names of 2 serial kille..."Wow!
Last night I went to bed with the song by Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood called The Fighter. Woke up in the middle of the night and the song was still in my brain. Woke up this morning and hubby had the radio on and there it was again- the first song I heard today.
Either Keith or Carrie is stalking you. Them, or the DJ.
Fishface wrote: "Either Keith or Carrie is stalking you. Them, or the DJ."I shouldn't have read this. Now it's in my brain again.
That song has been all over the place lately - I can't go anywhere without seeing something about it.
K.A. wrote: "That song has been all over the place lately - I can't go anywhere without seeing something about it."Yeah. I know. It's easy to be a coincidence when you can pretty much turn the dial and find it playing somewhere. I just thought it was a coincidence that it was the FIRST song I heard that day.
We have talked about reading obituaries before. I found a coincidence the other day. I don't know this guy but I noticed his obit said he was born on the exact day, month and year as a close friend. Read further and saw that he died on his birthday.
Koren, That happens to me all the time. I'll hear a song and can't seem to shake it no matter how hard I try. Hate when that happens.
Oh and it is usually an obscure song nobody has heard of or nobody has heard in years.
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"There was an enormous coincidence this week, too. I was at a 2-day training for work and was transfixed by one of the other trainees. She bore an ..."
Wow...this is not just a coincidence but something more mysterious! I LOVE IT....this was meant to be plus Fishface you are someone special! I hope you hear from this person that has this uncanny resemblance to your friend Kelly W. How in the world does one explain it any other way! I also hope your in touch with her mom too.