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   Alan to Andy Burnelli   
   Re: "Google Wallet may be making a retur   
   07 May 22 21:52:53   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2022-05-07 9:50 p.m., Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   > Michael Trew wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Instead of exiting the highway and then jamming on the brakes and   
   >>> HOLDING them there in that spot (while they're red hot) waiting at the   
   >>> light, you apply the brakes earlier and slow down more gradually and   
   >>> then you stop the vehicle well before the light.   
   >>   
   >> I always brake this way either way.  It wigs me out when I ride with   
   >> people who slow down quickly.  Perhaps because I'm used to old beaters   
   >> with less reliable braking systems, but I always take it easy and   
   >> pulse the brakes when slowing down.   
   >   
   > Good. Almost nobody knows that the key is to brake harder earlier, rather   
   > than braking harder later, and, most importantly, NOT leaving your foot on   
   > the pedal at the stop.   
   >   
   > I've never met a person in my life who was adamant that his rotors warped   
   > who had ever measured the warp they're so very certain happened, that   
   > didn't.   
   >   
   > It's one more case of how shockingly stupid most people are.   
      
   How shockingly stupid you are...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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