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   micky to devnull@redacted.dnc   
   Re: New car will be uncomfortable to dri   
   30 Jul 25 20:33:18   
   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:06:18 -0400, redacted   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 7/23/25 13:54, Bob F wrote:   
   >> On 7/22/2025 3:54 PM, Frank wrote:   
   >>> On 7/22/2025 7:41 AM, Ed P wrote:   
   >>>> On 7/22/2025 1:50 AM, Jim Joyce wrote:   
   >>>>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 20:52:25 -0400, Ed P  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Bought a new car today, will pick it up tomorrow.  I'm reading the 514   
   >>>>>> page owners manual and now realize, it will be uncomfortable to   
   >>>>>> drive on   
   >>>>>> longer trips.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> In the manual, they point out the air bags.  OK, nice feature, used   
   >>>>>> them   
   >>>>>> a couple of weeks ago.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Sorry to hear that, Ed. I hope everyone is alright.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Getting better, 3 cracked ribs and cracked femur.  Two weeks in   
   >>>> hospital and rehab.  Need a walker for at least a few more weeks.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Sorry to hear.  Similar thing happened to my wife last year. In spite   
   >>> of seat belt and air bags she had three or four cracked ribs with 3   
   >>> days in the hospital then rehab at home.  She could have gone to   
   >>> nursing home rehab but chose home. That lasted a few weeks. She quit   
   >>> driving.   
   >>>   
   >>> I was in three accidents where car was totaled and because of seat   
   >>> belts and air bag just got a few bumps and bruises.   
   >>   
   >> How long will it take trump to get rid of the requirement for these   
   >> protections, like all the others he is killing?   
   >   
   >Have you considered having a custom tailored bubble wrap suit made?   
   >   
   >https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/5acu7m/elderly_woman_got_   
   ut_of_car_wearing_a_bubblewrap/   
      
   I had one of those, but I couldn't stop myself from popping the bubbles.   
   After a 3-hour trip, all I had was a droopy raincoat.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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