{"id":27,"date":"2009-08-06T21:11:27","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T21:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jerrybegly.com\/superunleashedblog\/2009\/08\/06\/its_been_a_flat_year\/"},"modified":"2009-08-06T21:11:27","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T21:11:27","slug":"its_been_a_flat_year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jerrybegly.com\/superunleashedblog\/2009\/08\/its_been_a_flat_year\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Been a Flat Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

First I tried “Old McDonald Had a Farm”. It was OK.<\/span> Then I tried “The 1812 Overture”. That didn’t go so well. As my son, Caleb was threading the rubber plug material into the tire repair tool, I was playing songs on the tire with the air leaking out of the hole. It was his second repair in the last 10 minutes. And it’s only 7:30 am. We need to leave for work in a few minutes.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, we had a flat out in front of Walmart on the main road. I mean, where you couldn’t pull off unless you parked on the sidewalk like they do in Ankara, Turkey. I changed out the tire to the spare while the kids were in the store buying birthday presents and other necessities. ( Did you know that at Walmart a pair of pliers costs less than a box of Cheese Crackers?) It was 99 degrees out. Why did we come down out of the cool mountains, anyway?<\/p>\n

I’ve had so many flat tires this summer, that my wife and I can’t recount them all.. <\/p>\n

One memorable flat involved Big-O tires. To be fair, they have repaired about 10 of the flats- 9 of them for free. Nonetheless, I had a leak on the Suburban tire. The manager at Big-O said “It’s too big of a hole. We can’t fix it.” <\/p>\n

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“Can’t you put a patch or boot on the inside?” I asked.<\/p>\n

“No good. Eez too small,” I was assured by the repairman, as he held up a tiny round rubber disc. <\/p>\n

“Put it on, anyway,” I demanded.<\/p>\n

While the guy was starting the process, I ran next door to the auto parts store, grabbed a Tire Patch Kit with larger patches in it, waited patiently\/impatiently\/patiently\/impatiently in line, “Thanks for your patience” said the cashier, (also, see “Egyptian Jazz<\/a>” to see how patient I really can be), ran back to Big-O, and handed the largest patch to the tire repair guy. Heez eyes got real big, and he said “Where you git deeze?”<\/p>\n

“Next door, at the auto parts store” I replied.<\/p>\n

He ripped the small patch off, and put the bigger one on.<\/p>\n

Flat tires wouldn’t be such a problem if I didn’t live in such a remote area. 30 miles to town can be a problem, and why is it that you notice 50 percent of your flat tires in the evening, just as the repair places are shutting down for the night?<\/p>\n

My son and I can change a flat tire on a Subaru in under 3 minutes. I wish we were on an Indy pit crew, or racing in Dakar<\/span>, or Baja. I’d also like to meet Iron Man Stewart. He’s cool.<\/p>\n

So, I’m back at the 1812 Overture, and it’s sounding more like a party balloon in a Fraternity House member’s armpit. I think it would sound better if we pumped the tire up to about 50 lbs. pressure.<\/p>\n

Now we’ve got something going! Hey what’s that sound? Are those the cannons going off in the “1812”, or my other 3 tires exploding?…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cNo good. Eez too small,\u201d I was assured by the repairman…
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