{"id":8282,"date":"2015-04-18T07:59:51","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T11:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougbittinger.com\/thoughts\/?p=8282"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:39","slug":"creepy-coincidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/creepy-coincidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Creepy Coincidence"},"content":{"rendered":"
When I came inside after all the yard work was done yesterday, I took off my hat and laid it next to the computer to post the results of our labors to Facebook.\u00a0 Normally I don\u2019t do that.\u00a0 That is I don’t lay the hat by the computer, I post to Facebook quite a lot: it has become the defacto “keep-connected” avenue with almost all of my friends and relatives.\u00a0 Normally I leave the hat near the door so I remember to put it back on when I go out.\u00a0 It keeps my scalp from getting sunburnt and helps protect from flying insects and ticks.\u00a0 Most of our property is wooded, ticks like to drop on warm blooded things from the trees.\u00a0 A wide-brimmed hat also helps keep me dry in a light rain.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
A Fedora is my hat of preference.\u00a0 I wear a brown oiled cotton Fedora most of the time, and a straw version for yard work in the hottest part of the summer.\u00a0 Not many people wear Fedora’s anymore, but I like this style best.<\/div>\n
\u00a0\"coincidence<\/a><\/div>\n
I opened up Facebook to post the final episode of our project and what popped up in the ad bar amazed me:<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\"Coincidence<\/a>Now, understand that I have NOT been searching for or looking at hats, much less a new Fedora.\u00a0 If I had been, this would not be a coincidence but a programmed advertising ploy.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
And I cannot say I\u2019ve ever seen a hat come up in the ad bar before.\u00a0 Shoes and Tee shirts all the time, but not hats.\u00a0 Is it a wild coincidence that the one time I lay my hat next to the computer a hat very much like it comes up in the advertising results?<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
That\u2019s just too spooky!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I came inside after all the yard work was done yesterday, I took off my hat and laid it next to the computer to post the results of our labors to Facebook.  Normally I don’t do that.  That is I don’t lay the hat by the computer, I post to Facebook quite a lot: … Continue reading “Creepy Coincidence”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-8282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-life-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8282"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19978,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8282\/revisions\/19978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}