Woke up this morning to a flat tire on the van. Tina drove Thomas to school in the truck (otherwise known as “Old Shakey”) while I attempted to change the tire. After searching inside and outside the van for several minutes, I concluded that we had neither a jack nor a lug wrench. Evidently they had been burgled during one of the break-ins we’ve had. So when Tina got back with the truck, I used the jack and wrench from it. Unfortunately, the wrench was the wrong size and Tina had to call a neighbor to borrow one from them. Ten minutes later the spare is on and I’m waiting for everyone to open so I can get the tire fixed and buy a jack and lug nut wrench. While I’m at it, I suppose I’ll get an estimate on the motor mounts for the truck.
\nUpdate:<\/b> Had to wait over an hour to get the tire fixed but they did it for free. No time for motor mounts or purchasing.<\/p>\n
Bike odometer:<\/b> 5818 miles Evidently they had been burgled during one of the break-ins we’ve had.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[1561,1566,41,1567,1564,38,1560,24],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vital-statistics","tag-biking","tag-books","tag-cars","tag-games","tag-link","tag-poker","tag-sports","tag-television"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nCurrent reading:<\/b> Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now<\/a> by Barry Miles, 9-11<\/a> by Noam Chomsky
\nRecent viewing:<\/b> March Madness (all caught up)
\nRecent playing:<\/b> Poker Room<\/a>
\nRecently Accomplished:<\/b> changed a flat
\nImperative To Do:<\/b> Get tire fixed on van, get motor mounts fixed on truck, buy lug nut wrench and jack for van
\nCool link:<\/b> Bizarre Optical Illusion<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"