New Shoes in the Rain

Just a brief but heartfelt message to all of you today: I want to wish everyone who visits this space the very happiest of holiday seasons, whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukah or Kwanzaa or even Festivus (note:  every time our president comments about one of his many objects of scorn, I'm compelled to think of the Festivus airing of grievances...). I hope that the weather allows you to see those you love during this season, and that if you're traveling, or they are, that their travels are smooth and uneventful. I hope that we can all reflect on the good things we have in our lives, and can toast each other's good fortune in the process. I hope that 2020 brings you health and prosperity, however you happen to define it. And I hope to see you again in the new year!  

Good morning to all.  Hope it's not too cold where you are! No particular subject or theme today, so here goes... I had a pretty strange experience over the weekend, so I'll see if I can outline this in brief but still convey the entire situation: - My wife offered to run an errand for me Saturday afternoon, dropping off dry cleaning - She returned to the house a short time later and told me she had a flat tire, which she drove on from the cleaners to the house - She took my car on her next trip and I moved the car into the garage - Her temporary spare was also flat, so later in the evening we took it to inflate it - I located tires at Costco and set an appointment for noon Sunday to buy and install them - When I left the house Sunday the temporary spare was still inflated, but within a few miles it lost its air and was flat again - I called three places before finding a towing company that could come to get the car - I called Costco and they told me they would hol