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#1 2007-06-22 13:51:02

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

"bumper zone' for 'buffer zone'

I heard a co-worker say ‘bumper zone’ today, so I googled it and sure enough… Buffers and bumpers both prevent undesired contact. Examples:

A bumper zone, with no text or other pictures, must always be left… purpose of the bumper zone is to keep the logo and the motif clear …
www.feelmax.info/extra/tiedostot/cmyk/G … elines.pdf

... replaces it with an important bumper zone around stream beds to ensure water quality.
www.tnconservationvoters.org/legislatur … e%20Update

In addition, during the war we would need to immediatly create a bumper zone where all travel items get checked for nukes…
ftgforums.com/forum/general-non-game/mccarthy-the-genius-and-any-other-interesting-place-the-thread-leads/0/

But, he added, those wells are way, way up past the 200-foot “bumper zone” the zone between the coal company’s mining-permit boundary and …
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1571/is_33_18/ai_91475058

Larry Nye you propose this 100ft on the bumper zone. I don’t understand this bumper zone.
www.preble-ny.org/planning/planning-4-12-01.doc – Similar pages

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