Word: mufflered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...franchise operations have popped up, many established chains have been enjoying explosive expansion. The number of Meineke muffler shops has jumped from 390 to 541 since the end of 1985, while Domino's Pizza has increased the size of its chain by 38%, from 2,839 to 3,921 restaurants. The Super 8 Motel network has grown from 323 locations to 446 during the same period...
...were on our way home from Montreal after a weekend of bilingual debauchery when the muffler--possibly out of mechanical outrage at my amateur outrage at my amateur treatment of the clutch--slammed onto the pavement, leaving the car sounding somewhat like a Cuisinart trying to eat gravel: "Rrrr--KKKKK--ponkataponkata--WhaP...
...muffler and the Moonies are still in New Hampshire...
...from New York, a city not noted for its gentle traffic manners, tells of the time he lost a muffler on Storrow Drive to a Bostonian aggressively merging onto that thoroughfare. The Bostonian, despite the fact that he shed his own bumper in the clash, never glanced to either side and sped on when the New Yorker pulled over to exchange insurance information...
Hopefully, the end of renovations will not mean the end of the five large speed bumps along the driveway out of the Quad Alley. Oh, sure, driving a low-riding car over them can be killers on your axles, not to mention your muffler. But they slow down the shuttle so you can catch up to it if you miss its departure, and the bumps make an otherwise-dull bicycle ride a fun-filled adventure...