Well, this all started when I'd ended up with a small piece of wire through a rear tire. Come to find out, it was from one of those little orange flags, like what you use to mark off things in the yard and such. Would be a while till we went to town again to get a plug kit, so I just put a roofing screw in the hole to slow the leak. It actually held air for a while - so long that I forgot to fix the tire while the skeeters weren't bad. Thought we might luck out and they'd be nice all year. .....WRONG!
So get to town and....what's this? The only plugs I find are these wavy-shaped ones. What happened to the other plugs I been using since in diapers?!?!? Well, bought the new-fangled plugs and tried 'em out. First one broke in half. Tried another, this time with it slobbering rubber cement, plus the hole wallered out a hair. Ah, got it in. Then aired it up and let it sit till next day. Went out next day and it looked good, so got on and went fer a ride. Nope, flat again. #&@*^%$*( $&^@*U%&^%*$%!!!!!!!!
So then I get a bolt and a couple rubber patches I have. That'll git 'er fixed! Got the tire off (again) and then off the rim (again) and put the bolt in the tire, threads inside, with a patch on outside and a patch and washer inside. Tightened it down. Then went to put the tire back together. ...What's this? I tried every trick known in the former shade-tree/grease chimpanzee world, but for the life of me could NOT get the danged bead to set! ARGG!!
OK, I'VE HAD IT! I AIN'T WASTING NO MORE #*%$(%$# TIME ON THIS STUPID THING!!!!! ....Sorry for the mello-dramatics - that last jumble of characters was just the word "dang". *lol* So stormed into the house and said WOMAN, WHAT'D YOU DO WITH MY INNER TUBES??? ....Actually it was more like this: Ummm, honey? Have you by chance seen any inner tubes around here recently? Hmm?? (Yes, I value my life!) So she remembers, and so she tells me where the tubes are. I go out, find the tubes, but they're for the front tires. So I pull her away from what she's doin and explain that what I'm looking for is in a clear plastic bag. "Oh, I know where one is", she says, and goes right to it. Ok, now I have tube. I get the tube in and try to get the tire back on same as I just did it....what, yesterday? Yup, was just yesterday it went on slicker-n-.....well, you know! But now? That danged tire ain't fightin' fair. Then the skeeters decided to have carry out, and I WAS IT!! So now am just gonna relax for the night and have a nice dinner that the wife is making. BBQ chicken and some new taters concoction she's a-workin' on. Dang, I love being her guinea pig!!
Will worry about the stupid tire tomorrow. Maybe my last working brain cell will decide to wake up again.
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