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   Xeno to Andy Burnelli   
   Re: "Google Wallet may be making a retur   
   01 May 22 08:12:26   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 1/5/2022 5:53 am, Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   > Ken Olson wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>> What do you make of that gov study on a 95% nitrogen mandate in car   
   >>>>> tires?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I want to try nitrous oxide in mine.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Ha! It is to laugh!   
   >>   
   >> If you're feeling down, get out your balloon!   
   >   
   > That link supplied to the government PDF is a nice find because it shows   
   > NHTSA found no practical advantage to nitrogen in tires, just as CR did.   
   >   
   > It's a gimmick.   
   >   
   > More to the point, only people with abnormally low IQ fall for paying extra   
   > for air that has a visible green cap but which has no practical value.   
      
   For what its worth, using nitrogen in tyres is just another way to suck   
   people into a *regular subscription payment* when they top up their tyres.   
      
   --   
   Xeno   
      
      
   Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.   
          (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)   
      
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