A driving disaster area
I got a flat on the way to work this morning. Now for most people getting a flat tire is nothing special. Not so for me.. last time I just happened to be dressed up as a budget porno version of Legolas and the time before that it was in a middle of a blizzard. I bet some people are starting to think I'm making these things up.. so this time.. I have photographic evidence (please pardon the crappy cell phone camera). That's right.. I had a wrench stuck in my tire. How? Why? Is it physically possible? Who knows! However it did happen while I was driving at around 60 miles an hour.. so it was not someone's poor idea of a joke.
The guy at the tire store (I had to have the tire replaced, no way could anyone fix that hole) was positively giddy..
"Did you *see* what happened?"
"Yah, it was hard to miss.."
"wow, you just had to drive over that *just* right!"
"no kidding.. I took a picture"
"wow!"
See, I am *not* making these stories up.. I truly am a walking (or driving as may be the case) disaster area.
I also did some damage to my sandal-clad foot as I tried to loosen the lug-nuts all by myself (by jumping on the tool-thingy, how else? It was very humid and my foot slipped almost impaling itself on the tool).. being the wimp I am I called my brother for help. He's the blurry thing (the blurry smudge really, you can't see a person, don't expect it) in the picture above.. I'd take a picture of the nasty black-and-purple bruise on my foot but I don't think anyone really wants to see that.
Comments
I am very impressed.
Posted by: Josh W. | July 18, 2005 08:58 PM
What "picture above" contains your brother?
Posted by: Jeremy Zawodny | July 18, 2005 09:04 PM
I edited for person-like-expectations.. it doesn't look like a person, more like a smudge.
Posted by: kasia | July 18, 2005 09:12 PM
So, geek's technical know-how doesn't extend outside of computers (to, say, like cars)?
Posted by: mike | July 19, 2005 01:21 AM
Seems to be a common problem just recently...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkilbride/25983460/
Posted by: Michael Randall | July 19, 2005 08:52 AM
mike: actually I that is a standard girl thing. Unless you are a "wimpy" guy geek and just don't care about cars...
Posted by: fadumpt | July 19, 2005 01:06 PM
erm...that's an "i think that is a" :-/
Posted by: fadumpt | July 19, 2005 01:07 PM
Damn, that's impressive.
Posted by: Gregory Blake | July 19, 2005 01:14 PM
So it's genetic then? :P
Posted by: mike | July 19, 2005 02:46 PM
I didn't know you could *do* that with a wrench...wow...
Posted by: fadumpt | July 20, 2005 03:32 PM
(this not being able to edit my posts is killing me, maybe I should try that preview feature)
But anyway, Google's ads on the side of the page are 3/4 about Tire Repair and tightening right now.
"tighten lugnuts with..."
"lug nuts"
and "tire repair manuals"
See, google is here to help you Kasia
Now we just need the "Accepted Wrench Removal and Repair Techniques" link and we'll be good to go.
Posted by: fadumpt | July 20, 2005 03:36 PM