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In reply to the discussion: My car's got a blown head gasket, $1,500 to repair. Do I really give a shit who the Treas Sec is? [View all]Warpy
(111,255 posts)35. I had to put four new tires on my car yesterday
because one of them failed spectacularly. By that I mean I have never seen a tire do that, ever. When I finally got to a lot where I could put on the spare, there were only a few shreds of rubber clinging to the bare rim.
I just barely made it, too, the rim had some scuffs but was undamaged. For that much, I am grateful.
Still, one of the last things I thought about when I set off to get my eyebrows lowered yesterday was having to get 4 new tires on the car to make it home.
Ugly surprises, we has 'em.
At least blown head gaskets are usually easy enough fixes once they tear the engine down to it.
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My car's got a blown head gasket, $1,500 to repair. Do I really give a shit who the Treas Sec is? [View all]
Bake
Jan 2013
OP
It's hard to give a shit about who the Treas Sec is when you can't afford to fix your car
Bake
Jan 2013
#15
It means the mentionded political development is not relevant to solving the aforementioned issue
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#21
Good thing there's a Transportation Secretary helping providing support for mass transit.
brooklynite
Jan 2013
#3