I am sorry to report today.
Adventure has been abounding in our lives but we lack time to report.
However yesterday proved too much for my sensibilities.
First does everyone know what a car is?
If you don't, don't bother reading farther.
If you have a car, do you know where the tires are?
(I included this lovely diagram because it shows the spare tire floating in the middle of the car... even though the tires are not label. For those who still don't know where the tires are, they are the black circular bits near the bottom.)
Sadly I have some news about those circular black objects.
They can go flat.
Just like balloons.
In cases of this it is best not to panic.
(Remember Hitchhiker's Guide and DON'T PANIC)
Instead, remember what you are about to le arn.
A flat tire should be changed.
This can be done in a few ways:
A. Call AAA (or some other road service)
B. Change the tire yourself
I know this latter option sounds really scary, I mean, manual labor?!
But take a deep breath
(inhale, exhale)
you can handle this
Here is my Easy STEP BY STEP Guide to changing a flat tire. :)
Step 1: pull over to the side of the road and stop if you haven't already.
Step 2: turn off the car.
Step 3: get out of the car and look at the tire (just to check that it is indeed flat - that is, not fully round and plump)
Step 4. Take another deep breath
Step 5: open your trunk and look under the trunk floor to see if you have a spare tire.
Step 6: if you do, breath a sigh of relief
Step 7: take the tire out of the pocket
Step 8: look to see if you have a tire jack
Step 9: gather the appropriate tools - in the picture below we have the spare tire, the jack, the jack turner dohicky, and the wrench thingamabob
Step 10: If you managed to find all these things hanging out in the trunk of your car, rejoice! You are a third of the way through this ordeal.
Step 11: figure out which Side of the jack goes on the ground and put that side on the ground under the car next to the flat tire towards the middle of the car
Step 12: pump the Jack so that it gets bigger and lifts the car up
Step 13: use the wrench thingamabob to loosen the lug nuts (lefty 1oosey righty tighty)
Step 14: remove the lug nuts and remove the flat tire
Step 15: rejoice to be another third of the Way through!
Step 16: roll the spare tire to the spot and put it on
Step 17: put the lug nuts back on and tighten and tighten and tighten
Step 18: check that the lugnuts are tight
Step 19: look at the Spare tire and determine it it needs air - if it does go to Step 21
Step 20: otherwise, put everything back into the car
(Step 21: drive to the nearest gas station
Step 22: put air into tire)
Step 23: return to your life.
Step 24: rejoice in your new skill
Please Always Remember that you can do things too!
You don't always need a machine or someone else!
"Life will go on, I promise. Whether you are in it or not, well, that's between you and God."
Adventure has been abounding in our lives but we lack time to report.
However yesterday proved too much for my sensibilities.
First does everyone know what a car is?
If you don't, don't bother reading farther.
If you have a car, do you know where the tires are?
(I included this lovely diagram because it shows the spare tire floating in the middle of the car... even though the tires are not label. For those who still don't know where the tires are, they are the black circular bits near the bottom.)
Sadly I have some news about those circular black objects.
They can go flat.
Just like balloons.
In cases of this it is best not to panic.
(Remember Hitchhiker's Guide and DON'T PANIC)
Instead, remember what you are about to le arn.
A flat tire should be changed.
This can be done in a few ways:
A. Call AAA (or some other road service)
B. Change the tire yourself
I know this latter option sounds really scary, I mean, manual labor?!
But take a deep breath
(inhale, exhale)
you can handle this
Here is my Easy STEP BY STEP Guide to changing a flat tire. :)
Step 1: pull over to the side of the road and stop if you haven't already.
Step 2: turn off the car.
Step 3: get out of the car and look at the tire (just to check that it is indeed flat - that is, not fully round and plump)
Step 4. Take another deep breath
Step 5: open your trunk and look under the trunk floor to see if you have a spare tire.
Step 6: if you do, breath a sigh of relief
Step 7: take the tire out of the pocket
Step 8: look to see if you have a tire jack
Step 9: gather the appropriate tools - in the picture below we have the spare tire, the jack, the jack turner dohicky, and the wrench thingamabob
Step 10: If you managed to find all these things hanging out in the trunk of your car, rejoice! You are a third of the way through this ordeal.
Step 11: figure out which Side of the jack goes on the ground and put that side on the ground under the car next to the flat tire towards the middle of the car
Step 12: pump the Jack so that it gets bigger and lifts the car up
Step 13: use the wrench thingamabob to loosen the lug nuts (lefty 1oosey righty tighty)
Step 14: remove the lug nuts and remove the flat tire
Step 15: rejoice to be another third of the Way through!
Step 16: roll the spare tire to the spot and put it on
Step 17: put the lug nuts back on and tighten and tighten and tighten
Step 18: check that the lugnuts are tight
Step 19: look at the Spare tire and determine it it needs air - if it does go to Step 21
Step 20: otherwise, put everything back into the car
(Step 21: drive to the nearest gas station
Step 22: put air into tire)
Step 23: return to your life.
Step 24: rejoice in your new skill
Please Always Remember that you can do things too!
You don't always need a machine or someone else!
"Life will go on, I promise. Whether you are in it or not, well, that's between you and God."
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