I am in the process of having the snow tires taken off the cars. I had my “little car” scheduled for Wednesday morning. 8:00 AM.
I had a friend that offered to pick me up at Ray’s Tire while they did the change and we could go to the local gym to work out. Afterwards, I would be dropped off at the garage to pick up the finished car.
Not everything goes as planned. “Unbeknownst” to my friend, the ice storm over night had knocked off the power and the alarm clock was disabled. They didn’t show up. So I adjusted. I figured I would deliver the car at 8:00 AM and wait an hour or so until the tires got changed. No big deal. So I drove over to the garage in the ice storm.
I was at the garage for about 15 minutes and the power went out. That means that all work on my car stopped. Luckily, the snow tires were still on their rims but had been deflated. My choices were to re-inflate the tires and put them back on the car manually or wait until power was restored. I waited for about 45 minutes. Still no power so I had my snow tires re-installed. I left Ray’s Tire intending to repeat the drill next week. I was told Ray’s lost power all day so I made the right decision.
There is something sick about getting snow tires removed during a snow/ice storm. Then it dawned on me. I was getting a message from “above”. The Big Guy was telling me that winter weather is far from over and I should leave the “snows” on. It was a sign? Naw!
Sometimes things happen for a reason. The way things are going, I may keep the snow tires on all year.
Love,
Dad