Important Stuff -- Or Not: Perfect Day

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Perfect Day

I walked out of work this morning to a perfect day. The sun was shining, birds singing, not a cloud in the sky. It was a perfect day -- for a FLAT TIRE! So, I wrestled the spare out of its tiny nook in the trunk. I was determined not to call AAA like I had to do the last time I had a flat, when I couldn't get the tire out. It took about 15 minutes, but I did it. Next problem was after I had removed all the lug nuts, I couldn't get the tire off. I tugged till I thought I'd pull the car off the jack, but it wouldn't budge. Time to call AAA. It seems every time I think about canceling my membership, something like this happens and I'm glad I didn't. The guy got there about 45 minutes later. Another reason to be thankful for XM radio. He started bashing the tire with a big mallet until it came loose. So, it took me only an hour and 20 minutes to get out of the parking lot. Then, I went to a tire place near my apartment. It took two hours before they even touched the car. I moseyed about a quarter mile down the road to an IHOP for breakfast. No busier place than an IHOP on a Sunday morning. But I had nothing but time on my hands, so I waited 20 minutes for a table. The bad news is, the tire ruptured from the inside and was irreparable. The good news is, it was still under warranty and I got $80 credit toward a new one. But it still cost me over $90. By the time I got home, it was 12:15, and I'd been awake more than 18 hours. I had two very annoyed cats sitting at the front door who proceeded to chew me out for neglecting to serve them breakfast. After feeding the cats and fish, I crawled into bed and listened to fire trucks passing by every hour. I contemplated calling in sick tonight, but exhaustion isn't really an illness. I'll just catch quick naps between suicide bombings.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: What kind of car do you have that makes it so difficult to get the spare out??

If I were a Lib, I'd suspect a conspiracy between the car maker and AAA. :); 2:10 PM
Lone Ranger said...: I thought you'd never ask. I drive this. The trunk is about the size of a large suitcase and it has one of those mini-spares jammed into one corner. My regular tire won't even fit in the trunk. I had to put it in the back seat to go to the tire store.; 2:15 PM
Anonymous said...: You thought I would never ask? Me, specifically? (LOL)

That's a mighty purty car--love the color. Probably a good thing it's a convertible so you only had to lift the regular tire over the side into the back seat.

So, can you fit a whole week's worth of groceries in your trunk? ;); 7:09 PM
Lone Ranger said...: No. Anybody. I never pass up a chance to post pictures of my car.

I go grocery shopping almost daily. Since I cook everything pretty much from scratch, I like fresh ingredients. Also gives me the chance to pick up what I forgot the day before.; 9:07 AM

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I don't use talking points, I create them.

1. Hate makes people stoopid.

2. There is nothing so impenetrable as a closed mind.

3. A stupid person is not someone who can't learn, but someone who refuses to learn.

4. It is a small mind that has no room for God.

5. You can take Stalin out of the gene pool, but you can't take Stalinism out of liberals.

6. The best way to sabotage a bad plan is to follow it to the letter.

7. The race card is the first refuge of people who have nothing to say.

8. Ignorance is the cornerstone of arrogance.

9. Which is more racist, to hate someone who is not white or to assume someone is racist because he is white?

10. Children are not stupid. If a child is taught, the child will learn. If a child is not learning, the child is not being taught.

11. To express righteous indignation, one must first be righteous. And that's a label that doesn't stick to liberals.

12. Profanity is ignorance made audible.

13. An open mind is a liberal's worst enemy.

14. Paternalism is the purest form of racism.

15. People who bend the truth, usually bend it in their favor.

16. If you always stand in opposition to liberalism, you will never be wrong.

18. Life is simple. People who make it complicated usually have an agenda.

19. Getting your news from the corrupt, liberal media is like sticking your head in the sand, except you don't get grit in your teeth.

20. Liberals' emotional development stops at the age of 16.

21. To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell the truth.

22. Idealism seldom matches up with reality.

23. Those who don't hate communism have never lived it.

24. This was a much more civil country when men walked about heavily armed.

25. This economy will never heal as long as Obama keeps picking at the scab.

26. Liberals don't think outside the box; they ARE the box.

27. You cannot change the hearts and minds of liberals, because they possess neither.

28. There is no such thing as a kind liberal.

29. Reading Democratic Party platforms is like reading the history of human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in this country.

25 Immutable Truths About Liberals

Over the years I've been writing this blog, I've been throwing out little self-evident truths that seem to have no exceptions that prove the rule. I've made a list of some of them and will add to it as I remember them or make up more. Most of this list I've come up with myself. A few I've borrowed from others.

1. Always expect the worst from a liberal and you will never be surprised.

2. Never try to reason with a liberal. They disregard any evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.

3. You can always tell what liberals are up to by what they accuse conservatives of doing.

4. Liberals don't debate, they argue.

5. The only standards liberals have are double standards.

6. Liberals feel, conservatives think.

7. Whenever you don't understand a liberal's motives, just look for the money.

8. Liberals cannot be embarrassed. They lack the gene to blush.

9. The Liberal Golden Rule is, "Do unto others but scream bloody murder if they do unto you."

10. Liberals don't have leaders, they have demi-gods.

11. There are no honest liberals. If they were honest -- especially to themselves -- they would be conservatives.

12. A liberal's business is nobody's business, but everyone's business is a liberal's business.

13. Liberals have an inflated sense of self-worth. They are like house flies that criticize the air-worthiness of a Stealth fighter. (Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, ad infinitum are morons.)

14. Liberals lack a sixth sense that conservatives have in abundance -- common sense.

15. Liberals never stop hating.

16. There are only two types of liberals -- the deceivers and the deceived. The difficulty is telling them apart.

17. Every time liberals get on their high horse, they get bucked off.

18. Liberal programs are so wonderful that they have to be forced on people.

19. Liberals always choke on their own medicine.

20. When given a moral choice, liberals always come down on the wrong side of the fence.

21. The only way liberals can build themselves up is by tearing others down.

22. Liberals not only refuse to learn from their mistakes, they refuse to admit them.

23. Liberals have only two political positions -- blind devotion and blind hatred.

24. Liberals are incapable of attacking the message, so they always attack the messenger.

25. Liberal diversity is only skin deep.