I was walking home late in the evening last year and I heard a car backfiring. Then a rather scared group of young men ran past me very fast and it occurred to me that I haven't heard a car backfire outside of a movie. I quickened my pace walking home.
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Date: 2008-02-11 05:12 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-02-11 05:28 am (UTC)I have. Not often, but I have. Sound is surprisingly similar to a gunshot (which I've also heard in a neighborhood close to where we lived).
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Date: 2008-02-12 01:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-11 05:28 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-02-11 05:05 pm (UTC)Though I don't think it's possible to have two backfires in rapid succession.
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Date: 2008-02-11 07:32 pm (UTC)