Hopefully the reinflated tire will hold up. I’m going to see what I need to do about it next week, plus check the car out mechanically, just in case. Time for its checkup, as is.
We also just heard from Joan, who’s just returned from a second round of surgery, this one successful: she’s feeling so good she swears she’s going to attend tomorrow night.
I think I’m going to cook spaghetti and chili tonight: good basic food instead of the fare we’ve had down at the arena area. If I can find some jalapenos, that is. I could swear we had some in the pantry, but so far no good.
I third the small air compressor,I had one up on the mountain. Mine plugged into the cig-lighter. I highly recommend one. Keep it in the trunk,they
are very small.
Since we are talking about air compressors, and there are many science-fiction fans on here, I have to say that I find the inflatable hospital that they are setting up down in Haiti to be really futuristic. Just the thought that you can have fully-functioning hospital (with ER, operating rooms, ICU, etc.) set up in three days is just amazing to me. I do note that it is taking them 3 days to do this, and not the hours that it takes in the few stories I’ve read that had inflatable buildings. Although some of that time is to run water and electricity, so if the building didn’t need that, you could probably get the shell up in a day or so.
They may be limited by the size of the compressors. It’s doubtful they are using the big industrial compressors that are used for powering jackhammers for street demolition. They might also be taking time to check for air leaks. Nothing worse than being in the OR treating a patient and have the roof fall down on you.
I’ve got a small air compressor in my trunk, too. I am a bit leery of using the fix-a-flat, as mechanics really hate it when they aren’t told that stuff was used in the tire.
Anyway, CJ, I hope you get there and back safely and that the tire holds up until you can get it replaced.
Thank you. I think that is a really good thing to have on hand.
Re the future-construction thing: I think it’s marvelous. And as with most buildings, the connecting stuff really does operate on its own schedule.
You’ll note in Regenesis I have a notion of foamed construction that can set up a very permanent structure given only a set of interchangeable forms, can be broken down again and recycled, no wood, no beams, no metal, just the inherent strength of a foam structure. The upper floors of modern apartment buildings are ‘foamed concrete’ http://www.foamedconcrete.co.uk/foamed.php that is much lighter, while being very strong. And my low-g structures are built around inflatable bubble forms, again, with the architectural strength of an egg plus foam.