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#murphyslaw Many of us have heard of "Murphy's Law." It says:
"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong at the worst possible moment!"
Yesterday morning I drove to the swimming pool to have my morning workout. I pulled into my parking place. I made an error that I have made many times before. My front tires went over the parking barrier. I backed up as I had done many times before. A fluke happened and my right front tire hit a sharp spot. It holed the tire. I had a flat tire. I quickly determined that my car did not have a spare tire. My swim friends urged me to do my workout and then deal with the flat tire. I followed their advice. After my workout, I called AAA to provide a wrecker to haul my car to a tire store. I had to do "the 800 number shuffle." I waited 45 minutes for a wrecker to arrive. The driver was a very competent man. He got my heavy vehicle loaded. He took me and my Tesla to Pacifica Tire and Service Center. I got the bad news that the flat tire was a write-off. A defect was detected in my left front tire. There was a serious chance of a blow-out in that tire. I had to replace a second tire. This will not be cheap. I go to pick my car up early this morning.