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   Xeno to Michael Trew   
   Re: "Google Wallet may be making a retur   
   07 May 22 14:48:57   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 7/5/2022 1:50 pm, Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 5/5/2022 18:47, Lewis wrote:   
   >> In message  Alan  wrote:   
   >>> On 2022-05-04 4:47 a.m., Lewis wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> MOST vehicle *never* travel on gravel roads   
   >>>>   
   >>> I beg to differ.   
   >>>   
   >>> I live a very urban life in my BMW...   
   >>> ...and yet I still occasionally encounter gravel roads.   
   >>   
   >> that's nice for you, it is still not the usual. And a whole lot of   
   >> people will simply NOT drive on gravel or dirt roads at all.   
   >>   
   >> Again, just because one person does something, it does not make it   
   >> usual.   
   >   
   > I don't see how anyone could entirely avoid gravel roads.  A friend   
   > might have a gravel drive way to pull into; if nothing else.  I drive   
   > urban and rural, and many side streets that sometimes have to be used if   
   > a road is blocked, are at least partially gravel roads.   
      
   You must live in a distinctly rural area. Where I live (country city) I   
   need never see a gravel road I am forced to negotiate.   
      
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