An Argity Arggg Arggg type of day.
February 23, 2016 at 6:49 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2016 at 6:51 pm by Brian37.)
Ok, took my mom out to shop, that part was fine, went here then went there, had fun, then we stop at our last stop, Lowes Foods. She wanted to see if they had a new type of peanut butter chocolate type candy and I wanted some things too. So it starts to rain while we are in there, we pay and notice as we are coming out the door.
So she is in her electric chair and we didn't have the umbrella, so I tell her to wait and I pull up to the front instead of her getting wet crossing the parking lot. I pull up, and as I open the side door, I notice something grey in the rear tire tread. Most of the time it is just a rock stuck in the tread. NOPE, it was a screw, on top of the tire being low. And all I could think was "How long had I been driving on this"?
Well, that put me into slight panic mode. I wanted to get her home quickly, less than 2 miles away. But, in my rush I FORGOT THE STUFF WE BOUGHT in the cart! But, I did get her home. Came back to the store, it was still in the cart waiting where I had left it. Ok, now to focus on the tire. Gonna call NAPA on my cell, NOPE! Battery was dead! Plus I had the food I couldn't let stay in the van. So I had to go out of my way to get home, not that far, but still, finally got to NAPA, wasn't sure how long it would take because they were booked and had to work me in.
Didn't take long turns out, but they had offered me originally a 4pm apt at the time I walked in at 12:30pm. I was willing to wait because I didn't want to drive on that tire. But, only took an hour. It was important because I needed to go to traffic court tomorrow, couldn't drive that far 20 miles on a flat tire in any case. If I had gotten a flat and missed my case, oh boy, even more trouble.
So I get home, tire fixed, and everything is fine, the BOOM, power goes out, but comes right back on. EVERYTHING except my internet. Stayed out for 30 minutes. I can live without a lot of things, just not my internet. Turned out the power went out all over, not just me.
Well no, my house did not burn down and nobody died, but ARRRGGGGGGG!
So she is in her electric chair and we didn't have the umbrella, so I tell her to wait and I pull up to the front instead of her getting wet crossing the parking lot. I pull up, and as I open the side door, I notice something grey in the rear tire tread. Most of the time it is just a rock stuck in the tread. NOPE, it was a screw, on top of the tire being low. And all I could think was "How long had I been driving on this"?
Well, that put me into slight panic mode. I wanted to get her home quickly, less than 2 miles away. But, in my rush I FORGOT THE STUFF WE BOUGHT in the cart! But, I did get her home. Came back to the store, it was still in the cart waiting where I had left it. Ok, now to focus on the tire. Gonna call NAPA on my cell, NOPE! Battery was dead! Plus I had the food I couldn't let stay in the van. So I had to go out of my way to get home, not that far, but still, finally got to NAPA, wasn't sure how long it would take because they were booked and had to work me in.
Didn't take long turns out, but they had offered me originally a 4pm apt at the time I walked in at 12:30pm. I was willing to wait because I didn't want to drive on that tire. But, only took an hour. It was important because I needed to go to traffic court tomorrow, couldn't drive that far 20 miles on a flat tire in any case. If I had gotten a flat and missed my case, oh boy, even more trouble.
So I get home, tire fixed, and everything is fine, the BOOM, power goes out, but comes right back on. EVERYTHING except my internet. Stayed out for 30 minutes. I can live without a lot of things, just not my internet. Turned out the power went out all over, not just me.
Well no, my house did not burn down and nobody died, but ARRRGGGGGGG!
