changing tyre

I ran over a loose screw somewhere and my left back tyre went flat. I was
going out to do some groceries shopping tonight when i discovered the flat.
So i searched for all the tools, jacked up my car and began unscrewing the
tyre bolts. Only i turned the wrong way (clockwise) and tightened one bolt
instead of losening it to get out the flat tyre. Later when i tried to
loosen that bolt it reached a certain point where it wouldn't budge. So i
leaned my body weight against the spanner and snap! the bolt broke off with
part of the tyre screw embedded within. Tomorrow i will have to go and see
the workshop people and ask if they can replace that broken-off tyre screw.
It's the screw which is actually on the tyre rim thingy, it's part of the
car. The other 3 screws i have bolted down with the spare tyre and the car
will run on three screws, but i need to either get a new bolt which will
only half tighten since part of that screw broke off, or the workshop guys
can replace the broken off screw with a new screw. i'm hoping it's the
latter.

changing tyre is a very good lesson in life. It builds character.

"Pierre" <limpvy@streamyx.com> wrote in message
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>I ran over a loose screw somewhere and my left back tyre went flat. I was
>going out to do some groceries shopping tonight when i discovered the flat.
>So i searched for all the tools, jacked up my car and began unscrewing the
>tyre bolts. Only i turned the wrong way (clockwise) and tightened one bolt
>instead of losening it to get out the flat tyre. Later when i tried to
>loosen that bolt it reached a certain point where it wouldn't budge. So i
>leaned my body weight against the spanner and snap! the bolt broke off with
>part of the tyre screw embedded within. Tomorrow i will have to go and see
>the workshop people and ask if they can replace that broken-off tyre screw.
>It's the screw which is actually on the tyre rim thingy, it's part of the
>car. The other 3 screws i have bolted down with the spare tyre and the car
>will run on three screws, but i need to either get a new bolt which will
>only half tighten since part of that screw broke off, or the workshop guys
>can replace the broken off screw with a new screw. i'm hoping it's the
>latter.
>
> changing tyre is a very good lesson in life. It builds character.

Pierre, I know we're strangers and I have no right to be proud of you, but
as a fellow mental patient I am. My reaction to what you described would
have been to blame my tormentors for manipulating me into turning the screw
the wrong way and rage at fate for making me their chewtoy. You seem to have
handled the situation calmly and rationally. And that's what it's really all
about for us--not bothering ourselves with useless knowledge that doesn't
help us and we can't do anything about. I can't do anything about my
tormentors using me as their chewtoy or God using my unhappiness as the
pepper he sprinkles on the omelette of souls he breaks and scrambles like
eggs for breakfast every morning. It's useless to know that God is evil
because He can't be defeated. But what we can do is be practical and go to
the body shop to get the f***ing screw fixed. So that's what we should all
be concentrating on.

I am concerned, tho, about auto body repair being very modular these days.
Around here the days are gone when you could go to a body shop and expect
them to just torch off a broken bolt and weld on a whole one. Usually body
shops will replace the whole front panel and charge you $2,000 for it,
because that's how auto mechanics works nowadays. I don't mean to alarm you,
but be ready for something like that in case it happens.

SirFoldalot

On Aug 14, 2:20 am, "SirFoldalot" <em...@munged.com> wrote:
> "Pierre" <lim...@streamyx.com> wrote in message
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> >I ran over a loose screw somewhere and my left back tyre went flat. I was
> >going out to do some groceries shopping tonight when i discovered the flat.
> >So i searched for all the tools, jacked up my car and began unscrewing the
> >tyre bolts. Only i turned the wrong way (clockwise) and tightened one bolt
> >instead of losening it to get out the flat tyre. Later when i tried to
> >loosen that bolt it reached a certain point where it wouldn't budge. So i
> >leaned my body weight against the spanner and snap! the bolt broke off with
> >part of the tyre screw embedded within. Tomorrow i will have to go and see
> >the workshop people and ask if they can replace that broken-off tyre screw.
> >It's the screw which is actually on the tyre rim thingy, it's part of the
> >car. The other 3 screws i have bolted down with the spare tyre and the car
> >will run on three screws, but i need to either get a new bolt which will
> >only half tighten since part of that screw broke off, or the workshop guys
> >can replace the broken off screw with a new screw. i'm hoping it's the
> >latter.
>
> > changing tyre is a very good lesson in life. It builds character.
>
> Pierre, I know we're strangers and I have no right to be proud of you, but
> as a fellow mental patient I am. My reaction to what you described would
> have been to blame my tormentors for manipulating me into turning the screw
> the wrong way and rage at fate for making me their chewtoy. You seem to have
> handled the situation calmly and rationally. And that's what it's really all
> about for us--not bothering ourselves with useless knowledge that doesn't
> help us and we can't do anything about. I can't do anything about my
> tormentors using me as their chewtoy or God using my unhappiness as the
> pepper he sprinkles on the omelette of souls he breaks and scrambles like
> eggs for breakfast every morning. It's useless to know that God is evil
> because He can't be defeated. But what we can do is be practical and go to
> the body shop to get the f***ing screw fixed. So that's what we should all
> be concentrating on.
>
> I am concerned, tho, about auto body repair being very modular these days.
> Around here the days are gone when you could go to a body shop and expect
> them to just torch off a broken bolt and weld on a whole one. Usually body
> shops will replace the whole front panel and charge you $2,000 for it,
> because that's how auto mechanics works nowadays. I don't mean to alarm you,
> but be ready for something like that in case it happens.
>
> SirFoldalot- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

Thanks SirFoldalot, i have gotten the tyre screw replaced for only
about US$2+. I went to the car workshop and they told me to get it
fixed at the tyre shop nearby. So i drove over to the tyre shop but it
was before 9am so they were closed. i had a leisurely drink at a stall
nearby and waited for about 10 mins then the tyre shop opened. The
worker there just took one look, got on his motorbike to a spares
shop, came back in about 5 mins with a new screw and bolt, replaced
the broken-off screw and fixed my tyre back on. I had earlier gotten
the tyre patched up, it was pierced by 2 screws in 2 separate places.
The patch-up job cost me like US$2 only. The tyre shop work was all
done in a matter of 20 mins and the whole thing cost me less than US
$5.

I was worried that they wouldn't be able to replace the broken off
screw, but it looked so easy when they replaced it just now. Matter of
fact, i can even do it myself at home. I leanred something new
today : )

<pvylim@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Aug 14, 2:20 am, "SirFoldalot" <em...@munged.com> wrote:
>> "Pierre" <lim...@streamyx.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:46c07bb9$1_1@news.tm.net.my...
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>>
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>> >I ran over a loose screw somewhere and my left back tyre went flat. I
>> >was
>> >going out to do some groceries shopping tonight when i discovered the
>> >flat.
>> >So i searched for all the tools, jacked up my car and began unscrewing
>> >the
>> >tyre bolts. Only i turned the wrong way (clockwise) and tightened one
>> >bolt
>> >instead of losening it to get out the flat tyre. Later when i tried to
>> >loosen that bolt it reached a certain point where it wouldn't budge. So
>> >i
>> >leaned my body weight against the spanner and snap! the bolt broke off
>> >with
>> >part of the tyre screw embedded within. Tomorrow i will have to go and
>> >see
>> >the workshop people and ask if they can replace that broken-off tyre
>> >screw.
>> >It's the screw which is actually on the tyre rim thingy, it's part of
>> >the
>> >car. The other 3 screws i have bolted down with the spare tyre and the
>> >car
>> >will run on three screws, but i need to either get a new bolt which will
>> >only half tighten since part of that screw broke off, or the workshop
>> >guys
>> >can replace the broken off screw with a new screw. i'm hoping it's the
>> >latter.
>>
>> > changing tyre is a very good lesson in life. It builds character.
>>
>> Pierre, I know we're strangers and I have no right to be proud of you,
>> but
>> as a fellow mental patient I am. My reaction to what you described would
>> have been to blame my tormentors for manipulating me into turning the
>> screw
>> the wrong way and rage at fate for making me their chewtoy. You seem to
>> have
>> handled the situation calmly and rationally. And that's what it's really
>> all
>> about for us--not bothering ourselves with useless knowledge that doesn't
>> help us and we can't do anything about. I can't do anything about my
>> tormentors using me as their chewtoy or God using my unhappiness as the
>> pepper he sprinkles on the omelette of souls he breaks and scrambles like
>> eggs for breakfast every morning. It's useless to know that God is evil
>> because He can't be defeated. But what we can do is be practical and go
>> to
>> the body shop to get the f***ing screw fixed. So that's what we should
>> all
>> be concentrating on.
>>
>> I am concerned, tho, about auto body repair being very modular these
>> days.
>> Around here the days are gone when you could go to a body shop and expect
>> them to just torch off a broken bolt and weld on a whole one. Usually
>> body
>> shops will replace the whole front panel and charge you $2,000 for it,
>> because that's how auto mechanics works nowadays. I don't mean to alarm
>> you,
>> but be ready for something like that in case it happens.
>>
>> SirFoldalot- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
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> Thanks SirFoldalot, i have gotten the tyre screw replaced for only
> about US$2+. I went to the car workshop and they told me to get it
> fixed at the tyre shop nearby. So i drove over to the tyre shop but it
> was before 9am so they were closed. i had a leisurely drink at a stall
> nearby and waited for about 10 mins then the tyre shop opened. The
> worker there just took one look, got on his motorbike to a spares
> shop, came back in about 5 mins with a new screw and bolt, replaced
> the broken-off screw and fixed my tyre back on. I had earlier gotten
> the tyre patched up, it was pierced by 2 screws in 2 separate places.
> The patch-up job cost me like US$2 only. The tyre shop work was all
> done in a matter of 20 mins and the whole thing cost me less than US
> $5.
>
> I was worried that they wouldn't be able to replace the broken off
> screw, but it looked so easy when they replaced it just now. Matter of
> fact, i can even do it myself at home. I leanred something new
> today : )

Lol the sequence of obstacles you encountered, such as having to go to a
different shop and then having to wait for it to open sounds like our
tormentors were seriously trying to mess with your self-control. In your
place I would have been enraged but remained peaceful. The expression on my
face might have frightened some women, tho, since, when I'm mad or lost in
ugly thoughts, I have a mean and cruel aura that completely belies my wimpy
body. You are an example to me. It sounds like I'm overstating things and
being melodramatic, but I'm serious. Please keep posting stories of how you
deal with life's little obstacles and setbacks because they teach me a lot.

A country in which you can still get a broken automotive screw replaced for
$2 sounds like some pastoral idyll to me. If I ever manage to turn pro as a
poker player I'm definitely emigrating to England.

SirFoldalot

Miki,

A friend of mine, his brother-in-law, finished like 15th or 16th in the last
World Series of Poker. Of course he has money to burn being a
multi-millionaire already, so things like entry fees are nothing to him.
Anyways, he took home $400,000 and made it onto the ESPN TV show.

Jim

> If I ever manage to turn pro as a poker player I'm definitely emigrating
> to England.
>
> SirFoldalot
>

Mega-kewl, Jim. But howcum it's only the rich guys who win the big money?

SirFoldalot

"Soul Doubt" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Miki,
>
> A friend of mine, his brother-in-law, finished like 15th or 16th in the
> last World Series of Poker. Of course he has money to burn being a
> multi-millionaire already, so things like entry fees are nothing to him.
> Anyways, he took home $400,000 and made it onto the ESPN TV show.
>
> Jim
>
>> If I ever manage to turn pro as a poker player I'm definitely emigrating
>> to England.
>>
>> SirFoldalot
>>
>
>