Pardon me sir, can you help me get back to the freeway? in Everything
- July 3, 2014, 3:36 p.m.
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My car has been running a little rough or maybe I should say bumpy for the last few months. One of the joys of living in New England is/are Frost heaves. For those of you who don’t know, a frost heave is a bump that appears in the road during the winter months as the roads freeze over. Then as the weather warms the bump becomes a crater that you can actually see middle earth in. Well when you don’t see one and you hit it hard enough it can kind of f up your ride. Which I did, So I brought my car in to rotate the tires, balance and alignment. The tech told me that I dented the 2 rims on the right side of my car, hence the rough ride. I checked a few local junkyards and found a couple rims at one place south of Boston. It was only 50 miles from where I work but thanks to another one of the joys of living in New England it took me just over 2 hours to get there, I left work at 4:50 and followed the directions on my phone and pulled into their lot as they were closing at 7. Was still able to pick up 2 used rims. As I was leaving I tried to retrace my steps but because I was rushing so much to get there I made a wrong turn or two and I am definitely not on the good side of the tracks. The navigator app on my phone apparently didn’t understand me frantically yelling “get me the fuck outta the ghetto”! I was able to get out of there alive and well though, now I just gotta get the wheels put on, they are currently weight down my trunk.
I hope everyone has a happy fourth of July, and keeps all their fingers! Remember, light then run!
donut ⋅ July 04, 2014
We call those "potholes". And yeah, they SUCK.
Gurly239 ⋅ July 04, 2014
Hey! We have the same kinds of roads here! Sometimes I get mad at the city like "Why aren't you fixing the roads!?!?!" then I realize it's because they'd just have to do it every year anyway... and they only have about 4 months in which to get it done :P
Azrael ⋅ July 07, 2014
Haha well now I'm curious, where did you get lost?
pbrman Azrael ⋅ July 07, 2014
Brockton, not all that bad but.....
Azrael ⋅ July 08, 2014
Haha, I was thinking way worse!
Deleted user ⋅ July 08, 2014
You using iMap? Hahaha!! Glad you're safe. You need to post more.
Palmtreesandzebras ⋅ July 10, 2014
Sorry for the late reply, still getting a hang of prosebox! I didn't get the job. But cross your fingers for the others! Ohhh Boston. hahah. I'm glad you managed to make it home! And winter is hell on the cars! I lived about 45 minutes outside of Boston and some days the snow/ice was so bad there was no leaving my road!
Palmtreesandzebras ⋅ July 14, 2014
Hahah. Winfield is outside of Wichita and I'm pretty sure it has a a big old population of 12,000. My friend is out there for work for 6 months and figured missed her in Cincinnati might as well try now! Plus 12,000 is a lot compared to some of the other towns we passed through with populations of 11.