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Originally posted by RogerR
hmmmmm, sounds interesting....
is it something that i'm going to wake up and read about in the paper tomorrow?
can't be too bad, you survived it (and can still type)...
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If by interesting, you mean scary, then it was probably the most interesting thing I've ever done. I managed to pull my car onto the shoulder before I hit anything and I rode it out, and when it slowed down to about 3 miles an hour, something in the brake kicked in and stopped it. Other than the pure fear when I hit my brakes and nothing happened, the worse part was waiting in the car (turned off because of burning smell) in 97 degrees (heat index about 107) for 40 minutes for my friend to get there (I was closer to her house than home). I know why the brakes went (and I'm sheepishly refusing to say why) and now I'm waiting to hear from the mechanic to see if there was any permanent damage done, so my fortune for today is:
"Even small errors can be very costly."
Heidi
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oh well, at least it answered one question I've always wondered about