Thursday July 14 2011

close-up of dents

Right front tire replacement

Well, the further adventures of Rachel and her first car. The pic on the left is a close up of the dents sustained at the gas station. The pic on the right is of the used tire we had to buy at 5PM last night. Rachel and Steven went to the drive thru at BK, and suddenly a sound like a shot! The tire had a blow out at the drive thru. She was at a stop so thankfully didn't get hurt. A large chunk of tire blew out. It was about 3 inches around. An older man helped change the tire and told us a cheap place to get a used tire. It was only about a mile from my house. Luckily they had several in stock and for $35 mounted a nice one on the car. Now we just have to get it balanced. Oh, and who paid? Why me of course. WTF? This kid needs a better job so she can pay for her car repairs.
Neighborhood-wise, it has been busy. The ho's are still working the streets and the johns are still cruising day and night looking for them. It never seems to end. Sunday AM I saw a  girl on a bicycle and she was mighty miffed. She said she had been solicited 3 times just riding to the BP station. It is just wrong. The knuckleheads are still hanging out on the corner bright and early. By late in the afternoon it's so F'n HOT no one wants to hang, though. Yesterday the heat index was close to 120. The idiots would have gone into heat stroke if they stayed out there drinking. (Too bad,whoops did I say that out loud?)