So, today I said, "Hey, I think I'll go driving a blow a tire. That sounds like fun." No, I didn't really say that. But I sure did live it. Fortunately I was only going about 1 mile an hour since I was turning into the Kmart parking lot.
About a year ago, the place I always took my truck to for oil changes and tire rotation lost my wheel key and to pacify my anger they had their "top locksmith" remove all the lock bolts for me. So I thought. They left the one on the spare. I discovered this fact today after I unloaded the jack, tire iron, and spare tire cover in preparation to change the tire. I felt pretty unhappy at that point.
So, then I tried to call a friend who lives near where I was. I thought that I could at least get the blown tire off and go buy a new one. I couldn't get her at home or on her cell. There went that solution.
Just as I was getting ready to walk into Kmart to call a cab to take me and the bad tire to the tire store, not one, but two kind gentlemen pulled up to help me. And as it turned out I really did need help from both of them.
They saw that I was preparing to remove the bad tire, but that I hadn't taken the spare off the back yet. That's when I explained about the wheel lock. One of the men said he had a vice grip at home and offered to go get it. He was just a couple of blocks away. So, he left to get the tools he had at home and the other man went about getting the blown tire off the truck.
The tire was off and we were talking about driving me to the tire store after all, when the tool man came back with a hammer, a pipe (?) and the vice grip. I guess maybe the pipe and hammer were in case extra force was needed on the wheel lock. Apparently, all that was needed was the guy who took the other tire off. He strong armed with one good heave and off it came. Voila!
A few minutes later they were done and we were all on our way to our destinations. I got in my truck after saying about a million thank you's and headed off to Kmart, which is where I was going anyway.
I went to the pharmacy to drop off my prescription, hoping I wouldn't have as long a wait if they filled it while I did my other shopping. I should have known better, but that's no big deal. At least that time was spent in air conditioning.
Anyway, after I dropped off my prescription, I headed off past the patio furniture in search of coffee. To my surprise, I saw the man who provided all the muscle sitting there with his wife, testing out the rocking patio chairs. We smiled and commented on how much better it felt in there and that was that.
But all in all, even though I have to buy a tire, I think I had quite a big batch of good luck today, and for that I am very thankful.
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