Mrs. Charm needed to move some bags of mulch and potting soil around to the back forty and didn’t want to bother me, apparently, so she went and got the wheel barrow out of the tool shed. She noticed it was a little hard to push but only when she got to the driveway did she notice that its tire was flat.
Now this is one of those fat tires that could, possibly, support half of a Piper Cub. We thought about using Mr. B.’s basketball pump to inflate it, but no, it has a real tire valve. So she thought why not take it off the barrow and take it up to the gas station to inflate it? Could not get the bolts off the barrow that keep the tire on it. She suggested putting the barrow in the CRV, but it wouldn’t fit. She suggested putting the seat down so it would fit, but that’s where I drew the line. I carried the bags.
Then I put the barrow back in the shed. What else? I need a torque wrench to get those bolts off. But I don’t want to buy one. Maybe a little WD-40 and more elbow grease? Why did I ever buy such a complicated wheel barrow? I was moving sand to build Mr. B. a sandbox back in ’03. Which reminds me, I need to dismantle the sandbox one of these years. It’s only a haven for ant colonies, now.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
Man, go buy one of those cheapo Black & Decker air compressor inflater deals. I bet you’d use it 100 times in a year, covering your 75 cents per inflate at the gas station.
It would make Obammy happy to know you have your tires on that CRV properly inflated, too.
I was thinking about some aerosal can dealie I saw once, but this sounds much better. Thanks. I’ll check it out.
Oh the joys of property…
They can be peculiar, yes.
They can be peculiar, yes.
I have a better idea: throw out that barrow. I bet you will use it no more than one time in the next 10 years. The capacity of these sheds for all kinds of junk one almost never uses is overwhelming.
I have a better idea: throw out that barrow. I bet you will use it no more than one time in the next 10 years. The capacity of these sheds for all kinds of junk one almost never uses is overwhelming.
It is a thought. You’re probably right. But your average property owner is a pack rat, and I am no exception.