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Re: California Stop?

To: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>,
Subject: Re: California Stop?
From: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:36:53 -0700
> Here on the 'right coast' (as opposed to the 'left coast') we use the
> phrase California Stop to indicate a mellow, laid-back kinda
> coasting-thru-the-intersection kind of manuever. 

That's the definitive "California Stop".

> Sort of seems that us
> stuffy-always-in-a-hurry Easterners are jealous of the California
> lifestyle.   {Well not all of us...}

Maybe not the lifestyle-but surely the weather!

Laura G. and Nigel
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Atwell Haines
> '79 Spitfire (with 57 HP, mellow and laid back is Normal) (Manual brakes
> help too!)


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