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From: donn@sdchema.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Little tiny pebbles.....
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Date: Fri, 8-Jul-83 04:38:02 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  8 04:38:02 1983
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Little tiny pebbles bouncing off the rear ends of gravel trucks are not
just hard on the paint.  Three weeks ago my younger brother drove from
Mountain View CA to NIH in Bethesda MD in his Beetle and chanced to
come up behind a gravel truck somewhere in NV (California, National
Institutes of Health, Maryland, and Nevada, for those who hate
acronyms).  A rock bounced off the truck and trashed his windshield.
Thanks to the miracle of safety glass, his windshield merely became
semi-opaque with zillions of tiny fractures instead of falling on his
lap (and eyes and throat and other interesting areas).  Being reckless,
feckless and of few financial resources, he chose to drive the rest of
the way to Bethesda with a semi-opaque windshield, and I'm surprised he
survived much less escaped getting a ticket.

Donn Seeley  UCSD Chemistry Dept. RRCF  ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdchema!donn