Tired

Ok, it's been several days since the last post. And, guess what? I don't feel one damn bit better.
Grr...

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I was actually going to leave work early today, go home, and get some sleep to try to shake this thing, but then I realized that a tire on my auto was heading towards Flatsville and so I made a mad dash to reach the nearest Conoco to fill it up with good ol' Oklahoma air. After that, it was off to the tire shop to get it checked out. You do not want to drive on a tire that is heading to Flatsville on Oklahoma roads. The number of shredded tires along the highway is obscene.

I called a co-worker to come pick me up at the tire place and he told me to look in the back of his pickup. Sure enough, he'd been at the tire place earlier that day to pick up a new tire. His wife drove on one that was headed to Flatsville and didn't stop to add air or call him and it cost him $140 vs. the $20 it might have.

Ironically, my wife's car had a tire with a slow leak earlier this weekend and she was headed to the local tire joint today too. Ok, at this point you may be thinking that someone has it in for us. Quite possibly true, I suppose. However, in an attempt to avoid giving into the paranoia completely, as I usually do, you have to realize we recently moved into a new neighborhood where some new construction is occurring. Hopefully, this is the reason why this is happening all of a sudden.

What I'd really like to get on my car is a set of these:

Looks normal, right? Well, notice that you can see through the tires? No air required! How freakin' cool is that?

Here's an up close shot:

I do have to wonder if the ride is as smooth and if the tires will last as long. The bonus would be no more air valves, no having to deal air compressors at gas stations, etc. Also, they would essentially be immune to police stop sticks. Not that, I, well, need that feature too much. Ok, there was that one time, but that doesn't mean it will happen again.

-la