[basil]

I'm so sad! I got all ready-signs made, etc and ran out to jump in the car, only to see that I had a flat tire! Hubby in Dallas in the other car, no neighbors around, and I can't get the lug nuts to loosen. Couldn't get a service guy out for at least 2 hours, so I missed the whole thing. BWaaaaa!

[Aarchaeus]

Hubby in Dallas in the other car, no neighbors around, and I can't get the lug nuts to loosen.

FYI, for future use. You can put the lug wrench firmly onto a lug, with the handle sticking out to the side so that it needs to go up to loosen the lug. Then place the jack under the end of the handle and start jacking it up. This will put enough pressure on the handle to loosen the tightest of lug nuts. Slow and tedious, and each nut will need same treatment, so it takes a while, but it will work. Good to know for emergency use.

[dsc]

"I missed the whole thing. BWaaaaa!"

That's a darned shame.

I'm afraid, though, that your note pushed my busybody button.

If it had been an emergency and you couldn't get the lug nuts off, there could have been consequences.

Why don't you get a big tire tool that will give you the leverage you need, and keep it either in the garage or in the trunk?

(Secure from busybody stations. Set the normal underway watch.)

[tarawa]

Today was my first day back at work. I got stuck in Dallas for an extra day, due to an emergency. Didn't get home from work until almost 7:30. I could access my home computer from Dallas, but unfortunately, not my work computer.

[razorback-bert]

A Texan without WD-40 in her purse?

[tgslTakoma]

I know how you feel, basil. I found out on Wednesday that Bubba had spoken to an audience of students and such at Georgetown, on Tuesday! And I missed my chance to FReep him. Grrr!

The guy won't go away, so I'm sure you'll get another chance.

[strela]

Hubby in Dallas in the other car, no neighbors around, and I can't get the lug nuts to loosen.

Everybody else has been weighing in on this one, so I guess I will too. Go to Chief Auto or Wal Mart today and buy a small bottle of penetrating oil. Then stick it in your trunk. Stuff works great (and not only for stuck lug nuts). Another piece of advice - throw that cheap little aluminum lug wrench that came with the car into the nearest trash can and buy a proper steel breaker bar, then stick it in the trunk too.

(Been there done that - I almost froze to death in the parking lot at work a few years ago when I couldn't get one recalcitrant lug nut off of a flat tire. It was sleeting. It was colder than a welldigger's ... heart. Everybody else had already gone home. My cell phone's battery was dead and I didn't have the car adapter. A rotten day all around.).

[TXBubba]

Bummer basil. Sorry to hear that. Are we all still on for March 1st?

[anymouse]

Don't worry Basil, the leftists are giving you a second chance to FReep them tomorrow, Saturday. Go to the Texas locale page to get the link to where the details are.