This week I kept getting a warning when I start T-Hoe to check my left front tire pressure. I do. It's 26 pounds. Should be 35. I know that cold weather has an effect on tire inflation. By the time I get home from town, it's up to 29. The warning goes off. But it still should be 35. The right front tire has a couple more pounds than the left. I don't know about the back, because the sensors don't work. Surprise.
Anyhoo... We had a day in the upper 40s, and I told Farmer H he should put some air in my tires before the REALLY cold weather got here on Friday. He said he would. But then he wouldn't, when I reminded him on Thursday evening.
"It'll be fine. You won't be going anywhere."
"I will on Tuesday, maybe, if the roads get cleared. Or a couple days later. I don't want to drive on a flat tire."
"It won't be flat. I don't know if I have any air in the compressor."
The compressor that sits in the garage between T-Hoe and A-Cad, a shin-knocker out to get me if I walk down the middle to get something out of A-Cad, or get in when Farmer H backs in so I don't have to walk across the moss and the gravel on the carport to get in A-Cad for a trip. The compressor that Farmer H takes to the BARn to fill with air from his big compressor that he traded from a former neighbor.
"Well, I don't want to have a flat tire, or be trapped at home when I can get out."
"It'll be fine. If nothin' else, I'll drive it to town and put air in it."
"On FLAT TIRES?"
"They won't be flat, HM. They'll be fine."
So he sayeth, so it must be...
8 comments:
Fingers crossed that Hick knows what he's talking about. Has it started to snow yet? I haven't checked the weather lately but will now after writing this. Hope you are okay and staying warm. Ranee
Why can't he just drive T-Hoe to the BARn and use the big compressor to inflate the tyres? Or get the garage compressor working and use that without all the "drive to town" nonsense? His brand of "logic" is completely befuddling to anyone else. And those sensors really need to be fixed, all of them not just the tyre ones.
P.S. I wish I could magic a generator battery into existence for you. Farmer H appears to be like the man who never fixes a leaky roof because it's raining and he can't do that in the rain, then when it's fine he thinks the roof doesn't need fixing because it isn't leaky because it isn't raining.
Rae,
The snow ended this afternoon. We have about 9 inches. Our Auxiliary Heat is keeping the Mansion at 70 degrees. So far, so good. Temps will be in the 20s until the weekend, so I don't expect much melting.
River,
He has done that before, and could have done it on Friday. But then the snow came. I don't want T-Hoe (or Farmer H) stranded in the field in the snow. Farmer H is definitely not known for his logic or common sense.
River PS,
So far, there have been no power outages. I will definitely harp some more about getting a generator battery.
I am an expert nagger. That is what The Man said anyway. Not that id does any good ..... I feel your ire!!
Kathy,
Thanks for feeling my ire. Of course you are an expert nagger. Practice makes perfect.
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