Rain dances, spare tires, warning triangles, pregnant women and emergency rooms. - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

winmutt · #1 11-15-2007, 12:32 AM

What a shiet day. 5:30 my preggers wife calls me and the she has been in an accident on the interstate near our house. I fly out of work and get to the scene before anyone else does, they just start showing up when we are leaving. I did get to make good use of my warn dreiecke (I took it with me when I left, cant trust none of you 123ophiles

). We get to the hospital and wait. My friends show up and take the kid home. Then we waited some more.
And wait.
Mind you she is in alot of pain and I communicate that to the hospital (Crawford Long Hospital).
And wait.
And wait.
And wait.
(Mind you each wait is one hour).
I tell them we are leaving.
I get her home (stop at bar on way home for takeout food, brewskie). Eat food and go look at the car.
Now it hasnt rained around here in weeks, worst drought in 50yrs. But my dumb arse govenor picks yesterday of all days to have a prayer and do a little rain dance.
It rains.
I am now changing 2 tires on the 300TD in the rain on the side of the interstate in what is more or less a gully.
I drive the car home (steering wheel is all fubar to the left but amazingly enough it drives straight for its first time in the 3mos we have had it).

The Pirelli spare tires in the trunk that I had put on last thursday had delaminated as best as I can tell.

So check your spare tires, have your warning triangle on hand like a good boyscout, don't take your pregnant wife to Crawford Long Hospital and site in the emergency room, do go to the Flat Iron in EAV for good food, and who knew rain dances worked?