The Hose

Today is my birthday. Also today, the odometer on the 13-year-old jalopy that I drive every day hit my birthday, 11/15/76! It's a Birthday Miracle!

I'm not sure what the odds of this are. If you assume that the odometer was going to hit 111576 at some point, then the odds that it would happen on a November 15 of some year would be 1/365 = 0.27%. But I think the probability is actually lower, since you have to figure that probability of an old Jeep lasting 13 years and over 100,000 miles is less than 100%, and the probability that it will stay in the same family that entire time is even lower.

Still, I think it's pretty neat.