A few weeks ago, when we had bought a 1940 Chevy, I asked Kendall if we were going to give the car a name, as we had done with the Model A. He agreed that she needed a name but, when I asked if he had one in mind, he said not really.

I had already had a name floating around in my mind for about 24 hours. I didn't know what had made me think of that name when I first saw the car, as there was no connection to the name in my memory. I wasn't going to mention this particular name as it sounded a bit silly.

However, when Kendall and I had that conversation I blurted out "How about Dolly?"

Kendall turned sharply and barked "What made you think of that name?"

I was concerned that I had hit on some trigger point, some reason why that name caused such a reaction. Turned out that he was thinking of the same name, with no connection in his past to the name. Neither of us is able to think of a reason why we both chose such a - to us - obscure name.

We do, on a lot of occasions, tend to know what the other one is thinking, but a lot of that could be put down to thought processes following some sort of trigger point. I do think that it is more than that. The incident with the car, however, is more difficult to explain away.

By the way, a few days later the latest hurricane was named Dolly.:0)