The Boy on Top
Aah yes. Yet another unsolved puzzle to go to the Great Book of Conundrums in the Sky.
Life is riddled with them.
Too true, too true. What would life be without this little annoyances to fill it up (other than a lot more enjoyable...) TB
Hark at the Wise Woman Geena!
It is the sort of peculiar thing that happens sometimes - or it could have been some wretched kids on the last day of the holidays, spiking as many random cars as possible in the station car park.
Annoying anyway, but could be worse, at least the nail stayed in so it was a slow puncture and you didn't find yourself changing the tyre by the roadside.
Ha! Yes, there is always a silver lining in even the most minor inconvenience! TB
Quandaries.
I twice had similar exploits with my tyres. At £160 a throw it became decidedly 'unfunny'.
I tried this on my motoring correspondent....was it a rear-wheel puncture? He says that not infrequently the front wheel passing over a nail in the road will tip it up just enough for it to catch the back wheel point first. That's the reason for advice to drive very slowly over ground that's likely to have loose nails or screws on it, to give the chance for any disturbed nail to fall down flat again.
Also, it's quite difficult deliberately to drive a nail into a tyre (the sidewall would be easier). Stupid kids spiking your tyre would be more likely not to have a club hammer and to have to try to balance it delicately behind the wheel so you would reverse out over it, in which case I can't see why they wouldn't put the point of the nail into the tread.
We once lost 3 rear tyres in a month, which is probably why he he has considered this issue in such detail. The front wheel/rear wheel thing is also a known risk for motorbikes.
Well well, a new thing for my knowledge base. Two follow up points for the consultant to consider. Unless there was some random nails about (possible) I don't believe I've been remotely close to a construction site recently. More importantly, there was a distinctive ring around the nail that had the multiple impression look of a hammer. I am no forensic scientist, its just what made me most suspitious. Still, the info is interesting! TB
I feel your frustration. We currently have a midnight lurker who throws one used baby diaper (nappy) into our yard every night. Why, we wonder? Although I will go ask idots with booming speakerboxes to please (I'm always polite with these jerks...they are bigger than me) turn the bass down, I have never asked anyone to shut their kid up. Never.
A used diaper? How weird is that? There are some very strange people in this world. TB
Well, you do get random nails in the road, or in our case (one of 3 I mentioned) a bloody great screw. The hammers marks I can't help with!
Lovely place, North Surrey. Used to live in Tadworth and before that Sutton. In the latter we got keys down the side of the car, but it was a bit flash for where it was parked (where we lived - car upgrade preceeded house upgrade). Couple of years ago we left a very unflash hire car parked round the back of Sutton Station and returned to find the wing mirror dismantled. Gone downhill, Sutton.
To be less than eloquent: that sucks! To look forward to getting things done only to be faced with a most unexpected and thankless chore!
Indeed, I went through the day annoyed. Such a waste. TB
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