Re: Help functions nonexistent :-(

From	Bob Henson <rh547477@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Help functions nonexistent :-(
Date	2016-10-12 16:41 +0100
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On 12/10/2016 4:06 pm, The Real Bev wrote:

>> It's new technology and its adoption has outpaced its development.
>> Sooner or later things will get better, the '53 Ford I used to have
>> didn't have airbags, had a bumper you couldn't dent with a hammer,
> 
> This was a GOOD thing.  They were designed to, well, BUMP without 
> damaging anything useful.  Given the frequency of tiny bumps vs bumps 
> that deploy the airbags, not a bad tradeoff.   Most of us survived.
> 

I was in a shunt once. A Triumph sports car stopped suddenly at a
junction in the rain. I stopped quite easily too in my oldish Ford
Anglia. An old Ford Popular with the iron bumpers referred to just
stopped behind me, only to be rammed into me by a brand new Ford Corsair
(being delivered to a customer) which hit him from behind. An old Austin
van ran into the back of the lot. I had a badly bashed in boot (trunk -
US?), the new Corsair was a total insurance write off, the Austin had a
wrecked radiator, and the old Ford with it's iron bumpers sat in the
middle of it all without a scratch on it. Naturally we all checked on
the damage, and there weren't even any marks to speak of on the chrome
of his bumper.

I don't dare think of what would happen in a crash these days in cars
like the one I now have - or I would not go out in it. The crumple zones
don't even start to make me feel safe. The exploding bags of gas don't
do it for me either - although I do like seat belts.

-- 
Bob
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England

Wife - a woman who has ceased to be your girlfriend but resents anyone
trying to fill the vacancy.

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        Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 04:18 -0600
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            Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-12 11:40 -0400
            Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( Bob Henson <rh547477@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 16:41 +0100
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          Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-10-12 17:40 +0100
          Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-10-12 17:52 +0000
          Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2016-10-13 09:41 +0300
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      Re: Help functions nonexistent :-( Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-10-11 18:39 +0100
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