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Show My i nil ws By MARK KIMBALL A flat tire is not the n est of evils in this world. 1 " on a car that is living or, b lTlf rowed money and time and i not so much as a solid l handle, it can mean utter: r tress for the most imagie j driver. WEDNESDAY morning i :,ir, was unstrapping myself $ Jj my elderly auto (it is so: Early Stagecoach) I hear; '.' hissing noise that had tt '.' either a snake or a itk inner tube. Not seeing i j wo former, I assumed the lata ; remounted and headed fori 1 corner service station e pjl my fears were reinforce; i ; the beast that once passed f a Chevorlet hobbled to a ;:i -jil Sl The attendant was busyrer. a ing his morning paper, so :t i decided to change the tire nr -il tin self. Now, my equipment woullSonn never qualify to be used in ifc; pits Indianapolis, but now W not sure it would be safe t m change the spokes on a Iricyd , with it. iilW WHILE I WAS slipping a jack under the front burr,p?r p thought I heard it chuckle, I went bravely on. I Pir stoutly and the bumper ra:i the car didn't budge, but bumper raised up easily. M off the car, in fact. I il Clearing the air with X fanity, I managed to w the jack to something - U, substantial and got the"'' W far enough to remove J ; U jured tire with a b; Y loss of skin off yM S (They look like I e;' petting Pyhna-) would have worked ou sf ff idly had I gotten t e ; W straight and put ' t.'M BUT A CROOKED, ;jr s better than none, 'No, it is not. At lt t 101 if the wheel .is roun However, with the attendant and the a half I ga ' Chevy was allow : another quart of L clumsily on its V- - I SHOULD not, i "v , ls ovh? this smeZl penence. After never promise It J V car, the bum per , x guaranteed to stay , v SwLlaSfornotr,- infnaSptff spare tire. buM t (0 nocently mute , should it make g a loudmourt who drives Iie -: v. uke an oversexea |