Thursday, December 1, 2011

Grumble, Grumble...

The Queen: Honey, I'm sorry to bother you, but I have a flat tire.

Me: Where are you? [location received...close by fortunately] Okay, I'll be there in a few minutes.





...frickin'...grumble, grumble...tire sized chunk of asphalt...$$*I&%$#$@!!...missing from the side of the road....grumble, grumble...and The Queen manages to hit it...[snort, spit]...at 50 miles per hour...D'oh....

Great. Just what we needed. I would have felt better about a nail or something like that because I keep a plug kit in the car.

Fortunately, The Queen was safe and close to home so that I could assist quickly. The bonus, see there is a silver lining, is that she was able to pull over in a very wide median cross over which gave me a safe place to work.

13 comments:

  1. i am so glad that she was safe and that you were able to do the repairs in a safe place...jeesh eh?

    your friend,
    kymber

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  2. kymber, me too. Now I just have to figure out how much it's going to cost to get the rim unbent.

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  3. Good evening :) Thanks for joining The Feral Irishman, I appreciate it!

    Cheers :)

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  4. PISSED, thanks. I followed the link to your blog from the black list, you made me laugh, and the rest is history.

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  5. Ooops hit enter to fast, I wanted to say that the Queen must be awful sweet because she said "Honey, I'm sorry to bother you" and didn't BLAME you for the flat...LOL :D

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  6. PISSED, you have no idea. She is the sweetest woman I know. Besides, it's hard to blame me when she was the one who nailed the missing section of road.

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  7. I'll add you to the blog roll and will stop back :)

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  8. Look at the bright side, technically it's only flat on the bottom...

    Hope you find a reasonably inexpensive solution...

    Dann in Ohio

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  9. Dann, believe it or not, it wasn't completely flat when I pulled up next to The Queen. I said, "It just needs air." That's when she explained about the thumping noise. Uh oh. Pull the wheel...hello Mr. Bent Rim. $125 to repair or $137 if I just want to swap for a "new" one.

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  10. I've seen that happen on a curb. That sucks, not just a tire but a wheel replacement. ouch.

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  11. 45er, fortunately the tire is intact. The rim was bent just enough to break the seal on the bead.

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  12. If that is an Aluminum spun or cast wheel spend the extra to buy new...

    The Queen is to valuable to you to risk a repair to non Ferrous metal, that stuff just doesn't respond to molecular movement that well...LOL

    Glad the Queen was alright that could of got ugly real fast.

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  13. Mr. Daddy, good point. That was my argument to The Queen for not trying to beat the dent in the rim out with a hammer. I will probably go ahead and order the new one as I found one for only a little more than the repair cost.

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