A small cube of chalk
18:34 Friday 21 Jul 06
When I was a teenager, a puncture repair kit (from the local shop) consisted of 8 patches (2 large, 2 medium, 4 small), a tube of ‘rubber cement’, a square of sandpaper, a small wax crayon and a small cube of chalk. The box had a serrated area to create the chalk dust. If you spent a bit extra you got a couple of tyre levers. Quality little kit it was. I’ve had 2 punctures in 3 days – and the kits are crap.
4 patches only and they are very tricky to use with the thin film of cellophane on them. They also lack any stickiness themselves so they can’t stick until the cement has worked it’s magic. No sandpaper but you do get a viciously punched square of heavy foil to scrape the tyre with, no crayon (not that I ever used the one in the orginal kit but that is not the point) and no chalk. How am I to prevent tyre stickage now? So I get less kit, worse kit for a job that has not changed in forever. Maybe it’s because I’m not looking in the right place……
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I’ve thought…and am now typing.
Because of the name of your site, I am recommending a syndicated talk show host, Dennis Prager, whom you may already know. Every Friday, for one hour, he spotlights the subject of Happiness.
Blessings,
Shirley Buxton
http://www.writenow.wordpress.com
19:15 Friday 21 Jul 06
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Shirely – I assume that’s in the US? or on Cable? I’m in the UK and cable-free so I’ll not be able to see him.
19:37 Friday 21 Jul 06
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Buy the motorcycle patch kits Mark they tend to be better. I got through a fair few in the motorcross days.
21:03 Friday 21 Jul 06
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If you have the sort of patches I think you do – the trick is to stick them down with the cellophane still on and uppermost. Then once the glue has stuck (leave squashed under a stack of books for best results), fold the tube to break the cellophane across the back of the patch. Easier to do than describe… You can also get glueless patches – rubber plasters, which work well, though I do miss the smell of vulcanising solution :D .
23:02 Friday 21 Jul 06
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Did you not post about this a few months ago? I could swear you did….if you didn’t this is the second serious deja vu event in 24hrs for me :)
10:39 Saturday 22 Jul 06