I attract flat tires

I finally realized this weekend I attract flat tires. That's right. I said flat tires. Last year alone I had 3-4 flat tires, two of them I had to replace with new tires.

This weekend I went to Boone, NC to hang with my wife's family and spend sometime in seclusion in the mountains. It was beautiful (I'll post pictures later). I didn't drive but don't worry that didn't stop my magnetism to nails, particularly roofing nails.

We drove 6 hours down to the mountains of North Carolina and somewhere along the way we picked up a roofing nail and awoke the next morning to nothing but a flat tire on my in-laws car. My brother-in-law politely told me that I wouldn't be able to ride in his car, ever, in fear of flat tires. However, we got it plugged that morning and enjoyed the rest of the weekend.

Well the saga continues ... I made it just over 2 months without having a flat tire on my car. My last one was on December 28th and I had to buy a new one ($137) because there was a wire sticking out of the side of my tire, therefore "unpluggable". This morning, I awoke to ANOTHER flat tire, also unpluggable (so says Sears) because the tread on the tire was too worn. I suppose I needed a new tire anyway, but I could have at least waited another 3-6 months. Who really needs tread anyway? It's not like we have snow!!

Yay for $137 tires!