Rainy Day Blues

7am.....halfway to work.... "Bang... THUMP"...... My little Honda is pulling to the right.   SWEET!   It's raining outside.... Its cold too.   I pulled over to inspect the tires.... Left front is flat.   Call work... Get out the jack and spare and proceed to get wet!  
Eventually my little spare donut tire is installed and I go to Discount Tire where I'm shown a sidewall puncture.... Not repairable.   So now I get to buy Two tires..... Yippee!   It's an odd size... (sparse availability and expensive)  yippee........
So I go home,  start calling around.... Find some in stock..... Drive there.... The guy Jacks up the price.... I let him know that I don't like being cheated and walk out.  
  So I'm back at Discount Tire.... Trying to get used to the concept that even two cheap tires can still run a few hundred smackers......
   This day isn't going well..... I need sympathy and a good hot burger! 
   

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