"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> > wrote:
>
>> Yesterday turned out to be an expensive day for me, I went to my
>> dental appt, I needed a crown. In the midst of my dentist working on
>> me somone asked if that Landcruiser out front was mine... it has a
>> flat tire. Well fortunately the Mavis Tire center is right next door
>> so after my dental work I drove very slowly across the parking lot to
>> Mavis. They inspected the tire and determined it not repairable, and
>> also all the other tires were about ready to go from dry rot, even the
>> spare that lives underneath, that's an original from 1989. I told
>> them to replace the five tires and do an alignment. My wife came to
>> pick me up and I left my car. This morning Mavis called to say my
>> rear shocks are leaking, I told them to replace them. The car repairs
>> added insult to injury, as if the $1,300 crown wasn't enough, I also
>> got a $1,500 repair bill. Oh well I'd rather have all new tires,
>> don't need tire problems in winter. Now that I'm crowned call me King
>> Popeye. I still need to return in 2 weeks for the permanent crown.
>
> Look at the bright side. Those are the last tires you will probably
> ever need for the Landcruiser. Anybody else think like that? I believe
> I've bought the last furnace, roof, vehicles and probably tires that
> I'll ever need. It's liberating in a way. YMMV.
>
> leo


Oh yeah! When we buy big ticket items now, we always assume it'll
probably be the last time we have to spring for them.

Cheri