5th June 2024
Always expect the unexpected, they say, well we do, and we did.
We were setting off to do our shopping, Kelli could hear a “tick, tick” from the driver side wheel, she pulled over and I got out to look.
Embedded in the tire was a large industrial fastener, I was amazed that it hadn’t gone flat.
We decided to drive on carefully to do our shopping.
Once that was done we drove back, unpacked and had some lunch, then I set off to get the tyre fixed. We had been running around for a while without a spare, due to another puncture, but I planned to have the front tyres replaced, now I had no choice and to get it done.
I got to the tyre centre and was served by a cheerful black guy called Ben. He had braided hair tied in a bun. I explained the issue, so he came out to inspect the vehicle. He looked at all the tyres and informed me that they were seven years old, and there was normally a ten year life. The spare was the one with the fastener in it was twenty four years. After a bit of a discussion, and a bit of bartering I agreed to have all the tyres replaced, you can’t put a price on safety.
There was supposed to be a buyer for the small dresser turning up whilst I was gone. I had moved it out of the storeroom to outside the garage to await them.
However that didn’t happen, Kelli called me to say she had a call from the buyer saying that she didn’t realise how far away we were. What a load of crap, she lived in bloody Zeeland!!
Needless to say she has been blocked from ever seeing our stuff in the future, we don’t need those lightweights.
Another Lifetime to go 