So,
I have a CT Scan to get too and, whoa! A very slow tire leak hath
possessed my left rear tire. But no worry, I had fortuitously
just
purchased a can of fix a flat
(Tire sensor safe!).
Screwed the nipple on (mmmmmm, nipple) and pressed the trigger.
KABLOWWY! The thing blew up in my face. Opening my right
eye just
enough to navigate, I made it into the kitchen and sprayed my face. I
wasn't blind, so there's that.
Back outside I turned on the compressor and pumped the tire up to 32
lbs, and took off. It was a slow leak after all. On
the off
ramp to the hospital I feel the wheels go squishy, and—yup—the sound of
flat tire. With a line of cars behind me, and the parking garage
just
a football field away, I went for it. KA-SLAPPETA KA-SLAPPETA
KA-SLAPPETA. I parked right in front
of the elevator in a do not park space, and made it with a minute to
spare. Shredded.
 Did
I say I don't have a cell phone? Don't want one. I did have my I
pad,
so I took a pic of my location and posted it on MoSup's Facebook page
(I don't do Facebook myself). A minute later I looked to see if it
posted, and my daughter had already commented "Jimi (my S-I-L) on the
way!"
To finish in as few words as possible... When I got to the car Jimi had
replaced the tire with the donut tire. But it was flat. We
drove to a
tire store with the rim and bought a new tire for $122.00. Went
back
in time to face the beach traffic. Got home. Did I say
MoSup had
warned me to get the leak fixed? She did not say a word.
She is a
saint.
- PS- If the fix a flat
people see this, I was blinded by their product and the
operation will cost $5 million.
- PPS - Within 5 minutes of that FB post I
received (on my iPad) a copy of his AAA card
from one son, and a "what can I do" note from another. It's good
to be a father.
- PPPS - God Bless You Jimi HAHA
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