Poor Larry....

He went to(ward) Dallas to visit a church member in the hospital today.  In Terrell, his tire blew out, so he got on the phone & called our Roadside Assistance folks that we pay for through Alltel (cell phone company).  He would change the tire himself, but he was attempting to not get all nasty & sweaty since he's in nice clothes & is on the way to visit someone in the hospital.  They called him back a few minutes later & said they don't change tires.  What?  Isn't that what "roadside assistance" is for???  He was irritated & plans to call & cancel our roadside service package now.  Anyway, so he gets out of the car & begins to change it himself, but quickly realizes that the lug nuts are cross-threaded & he can't physically get the tire out (his back wouldn't allow him to bend the right way to get to the little bar he needs to twist to get it off---it's the kind that is mounted underneath the truck).  So he got back into the truck & turned on the A/C while he called for a tow truck.  While he was sitting there waiting, he realized that this is the same tire he JUST had fixed on Tuesday.  They claimed to have plugged & patched it, but in the process they cross-threaded the lugnuts.

The tow truck came & took him to a tire shop & he got it all fixed.  He told the guy that he'd just had the tire fixed.  When they took it off his truck, they said there is NO evidence of a plug or a patch to that tire.  Now he's really mad.

He's back on the road toward Dallas now, but he's already called & fussed at the guy at our usual car fixing place about the tire.  He says he'll "make it right" by paying the tow bill & replacing the tire.

Larry's just irritated b/c he now won't be home in time to go to Meet the Teacher w/ us tonight for Samuel.  And to top it off, he's hot & sweaty & dirty now and he's still got to make it to Dallas & back tonight.  It's nearly 5pm now.  Ugh....  I think it'll be a late night.