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michaelgpearce

What is wrong with 30...

Feb 21, 2006 02:30

I have this bike that i bought from my roommate sara - its pretty much a piece of crap. But that's okay - i kind of like crappy stuff. I still haven't gotten the bike to the point of being 100% ride-able. The last time carlos rode it, he told me the tire was flat. Sure enough, the tire was flat. I tried to air it up, but it didn't seem to work ( Read more... )

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jadeblade February 21 2006, 06:02:25 UTC

uh, isn't a new tire tube like 3 bucks?

michaelgpearce February 21 2006, 11:58:39 UTC

Of course, there is an entire story about buying the wrong sized tube because i didn't know how to measure the tire, taking the tire back to the store and having this lady skip me in line 3 times, still not knowing which size tire to get because its a peugeot bike and didn't say the tire size in inches, deciding to just buy the patches instead, then only later seeing in really big letters "27 inches" on the tire. It goes on and on...

bomb_the_twist February 21 2006, 08:30:46 UTC

i think the hole was in the front tire, but i don't really remember, you probably could have used the pump and listened to where the air sounded like it was coming from or felt for it. there's a hole in mine but i've been too lazy to fix it, that plus having a girlfriend with a car hasn't really motivated me, but i'll probably do it soon.

michaelgpearce February 21 2006, 12:00:56 UTC

Generally speaking, i am annoyed with the bike. I've come to realize in my 30 years of life experience that i am not a "fixer-upper" kind of guy. I need to only get things that are 100% working - 'cause i don't like fixing things. I probably did try to fix the wrong tire! :)

missylaneous February 21 2006, 14:45:45 UTC

Ah mike.. welcome to your 30's. Now you can't make fun of me when I constantly lose my keys, my wallet (and my mind)

michaelgpearce February 21 2006, 14:47:58 UTC

I think when you are 30, you are too old to be mugged. My friend Brad, Ryan Mothball, Lisa Youn - all mugged in their twenties. I can't name a single person who has been mugged in their 30's. 30 is the "safe decade."

fishythree February 21 2006, 14:59:36 UTC

usually long lj entries suck but this one was hilarious!

thank you for being 30 and entertaining kids like me.

michaelgpearce February 21 2006, 15:07:36 UTC

Well, thanks for spending the time to read the entries. If my misery isn't your entertainment, then i don't know what it is for.

no_count February 21 2006, 16:50:03 UTC

Is that the folding bike that Sara brought to that bike shop that one day after I had passed out drunk on your couch and Arpin ate her vegy pizzas?