Date:         Wed, 28 Sep 94 09:43:22 CDT
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From:         "J. Walker" <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: stranded

On Wed, 28 Sep 94 08:44:29 CDT Gerald Skerbitz said:
>I've always found it humorous that with the thousands of things that can
>go wrong with a car that will put it out of commission, we carry spare
>tires.  I don't get it.  I've put on hundreds of thousands of miles in my
>life, and I've NEVER had a flat tire on the road.  It just makes me
>chuckle.

especially since the 'new' cars all seem to want to save 'weight' and have
those Weenie-Wheels as spares. :)   but we must have more crap on the roads,
cause i've had flats over the years ... never on the highways, though ...
always around town (nails, screws, etc.).

but i can still remember (oh, shit ... here he goes again!) back in the old
days, when we would drive 200 miles to florida, and every single time, we'd
have a flat tire. every time. never fail. of course, tires back then only
cost about $10 new, but they lasted maybe 12,000 miles if you were lucky.

but if i go to alaska (yeah, right: one of these days ...) i'm damn sure
gonna take me about THREE spare tires!!! and a couple of gas cans full of
fuel, too!! :)

joel