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   Michael F. Stemper to Dimensional Traveler   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   21 Jan 14 10:24:45   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: michael.stemper@gmail.com   
      
   On 01/20/2014 10:20 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:   
      
   > I've seen the tread of a truck tire on the trailer of a tractor-trailer rig   
   peel   
   > off on the highway.   
      
   I've never seen that happen. However, I've seen the treads of such tires   
   many, many times along the road. My (unconfirmed) speculation is that, due   
   to the cost of such large tires, they must often get them recapped, and the   
   job is often poorly done.   
      
   --   
   Michael F. Stemper   
   This sentence no verb.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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