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Subject: Re: bouncing phone
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2025 08:59:39 +0200
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On 04.04.25 00:47, Tyrone wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2025 at 5:41:19 PM EDT, "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?
> 
> I think its an ad for Peak Design cases.

WTF cares?

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