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John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 3 Apr 2025 at 22:41:19 BST, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-04-03 03:43, badgolferman wrote:
>>> Last Saturday I went on a motorcycle ride with my friend.  On the way
>>> home I told him to lead and I would follow from this point on.  We were
>>> on a four-lane highway separated by trees in the middle and were
>>> traveling 80mph when suddenly I saw something small and black bouncing
>>> on the ground between us.  I barely caught a glimpse of it and
>>> suspected it might be a mobile phone.
>>> 
>>> I tried flashing my lights and honking at my friend so he would slow
>>> down but he didn't notice, so I was forced to go even faster to catch
>>> up to him.  When I pulled up alongside him, I motioned him to pull
>>> over.  I asked him if he had lost his phone and after checking it for
>>> it he indicated indeed he had lost it.  We doubled back 3-4 miles and
>>> turned around back into the same direction we had been traveling when
>>> he dropped his phone.
>>> 
>>> Eventually I noticed two black items on the side of the road and pulled
>>> over.  He got off his motorcycle and walked over to pick up the pieces.
>>> A few seconds later my phone rang with his name coming up on the
>>> display!  His phone had survived bouncing across the road at 80mph and
>>> potentially other cars rolling over it!  There were two pieces because
>>> one of them was the protective case which had finally come off.
>>> 
>>> Later on I asked him if he had any damage to the phone.  He told me his
>>> Pixel 9 Pro had no damage and that the Peak Design case had some
>>> abrasions on the shoulder.  Nothing more.  I'm still quite impressed
>>> that the case absorbed so much force from the repeated impacts of
>>> bouncing on the road and that the phone survived the whole ordeal.
>> 
>> Do you have a point?
> 
> Well, *I'm* impressed.

I’m impressed that mobile phones have been engineered to take such vicious
abuse these days. It used to be a drop from six inches would shatter the
glass on my iPhone. 

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bouncing phone "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-04-03 10:43 +0000
  Re: bouncing phone Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-03 14:41 -0700
    Re: bouncing phone Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-04-03 22:47 +0000
      Re: bouncing phone Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-04-04 08:59 +0200
    Re: bouncing phone John Hill <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2025-04-04 06:55 +0000
      Re: bouncing phone Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-04-04 09:00 +0200
      Re: bouncing phone badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-04-04 09:31 +0000
        Re: bouncing phone Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-04 08:21 -0700
          Re: bouncing phone Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2025-04-04 15:52 +0000
          Re: bouncing phone "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-04-04 17:12 +0000
            Re: bouncing phone Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-04 11:14 -0700
              Re: bouncing phone badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-04-04 20:29 +0000
                Re: bouncing phone Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-04 15:28 -0700
                Re: bouncing phone sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2025-04-05 08:29 -0700
                Re: bouncing phone Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-04-05 18:11 +0200
                Re: bouncing phone badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-04-05 18:03 +0000
                Re: bouncing phone sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2025-04-05 23:45 -0700
                Re: bouncing phone Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-04-06 07:23 +0000
                Re: bouncing phone Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-07 08:58 -0700
                Re: bouncing phone Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-04-11 17:01 +0200
                Re: bouncing phone Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-05 09:41 -0700
                Re: bouncing phone badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-04-05 17:59 +0000
                Re: bouncing phone Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-05 11:12 -0700
                Re: bouncing phone "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-04-05 19:31 +0000
                Re: bouncing phone Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-05 18:55 -0700
                Re: bouncing phone badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-04-06 02:57 +0000
                Re: bouncing phone Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-04-06 05:40 +0000
                Re: bouncing phone Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-07 14:54 -0700
                Re: bouncing phone Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-04-05 17:05 +0000
                Re: bouncing phone badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-04-05 18:06 +0000
                Re: bouncing phone Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-04-05 18:32 +0000
        Re: bouncing phone sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2025-04-04 10:56 -0700
          Re: bouncing phone Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-04-04 20:49 +0000
          Re: bouncing phone Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-04-05 08:58 +0200
      Re: bouncing phone Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-04-04 08:20 -0700
    Re: bouncing phone Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-04-04 08:59 +0200

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