[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

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In article <lifur8-lg01.ln1 at news.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul at sture.ch> writes:
>On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:50:10 +0000, VAXman- wrote:
>
>> In article <YM4l7cz+aWNh at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
>> koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>>>In article <00AB9D3B.D22D7731 at SendSpamHere.ORG>,   VAXman- 
>>>@SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>>>> 
>>>> Pocono Mts. of PA for me in a rear-wheel drive Mustang!
>>>
>>>   A Mustang II by any chance?  We discovered the front wheels stop
>> 
>> No, I said a Mustang!  There was no such thing as a Mustang II... just a
>> renamed Pinto.  It was a Yellow, 1972 Mustang Mach I... like this:
>> 
>> http://mustangattitude.com/mustang/1972/1972_00003_01.jpg
>
>Lucky git!  The car insurance rates for students in the UK were 
>prohibitive for machinery like that.
> 
>> 
>>>   before the rear brakes engage, leaving the rear wheels spinning on
>>>   the snow, rear end of the car slipping downhill off the street,
>>>   unless you really whale down on the brake pedal.
>> 
>> Dad told me to apply the parking brake lightly when heading downhill and
>> then to pump the brake pedal.  I never lost the rear-end in the snow.
>
>Way back when, one of the public safety slots on British TV had similar 
>advice for motor cyclists - apply the rear brake first.
>
>My father's advice on parking brake (Brit English: handbrake) usage in 
>snow was to apply it gently to avoid wheels spinning as you moved off, 
>particularly uphill.  I used to put a mixture of paving slabs and 
>sandbags in the trunk (boot) in the winter months to give better traction.
>Those with rear-engined vehicles such as a VW Beetle put weight in the 
>front to assist front wheel braking.

Or handbrake, if so equipped.  The problem here is that the inspection
stations in the proNJ insist on referring to it as the emergency brake.

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