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   From: seanc130@hotmail.com   
      
   "rat boy"  wrote   
   > "Sean Carroll"  wrote:   
      
   >> BTW, remember the train car in 'Nisei'? It was number 82517.   
   >>   
   >> 8 + 2 = 10   
   >> 5 + 1 + 7 = 13   
      
   > I believe the number of the key to the locker Krycek gave to Mulder   
   > (after he got a lovely bashing at the Hong Kong airport) was 517. Seen   
   > 517 at least a few more times as well.   
      
   Yes, that was definitely one of the big XF numbers. There were more than   
   just 1013 and 1121.   
      
   I believe 517 was commonly used as a reference to Frank Spotnitz's wife's   
   birthday, just as 1121 was CC's wife's birthday. That's probably the genuine   
   explanation for the Nisei train car number -- I'm pretty sure the 10-13 sum   
   is just a happy coincidence. (The only reason I even thought to split it up   
   and add it together that way was because I saw someone mention it in a   
   fan-written XF MST3K parody about 10 years ago.)   
      
   Then again, maybe it *was* intentional -- they knew it had to be a 5-digit   
   number, and Spotnitz wanted the 517 at the end, but they still needed 2 more   
   digits at the beginning, and since 517 adds to 13 they chose those digits on   
   purpose to add to 10. It's a possible scenario, though it seems rather   
   convoluted and unlikely.   
      
   There were also a lot of 925's (GA's daughter's birthday). There may be a   
   few more common numbers that aren't coming to mind right off the top of my   
   head.   
      
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