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ive changed like a million tires and frankly i fucking hate it

The thrill is gone, the thrill is gone away.

the practical skills i'm most interested in cultivating are generally domestic, homesteading type stuff tbh -- sewing, cooking, baking, weaving, canning, etc

xpost Yeah but the shit job of changing a tire has to be better than like being stuck on the side of the road for god knows how long and then paying out the ass for something you can do yourself, no?

How to change a tire:

1. Curse repeatedly at tire.
2. Call my insurance co's Roadside Assistance.
3. Relax while tow truck dude changes my tire.

can change a tire, can't tie a tie

― everyone stop (dan m), Thursday, December 10, 2009 11:11 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Flip that for me. I had to tie a lot of ties in high school b/c I was in lol theatre/choir and had to get dressed up for shit like Cabaret Night or w/e. As for as changing tires go, it probably wouldn't be a bad skill to acquire, but judging by my aptitude for technical stuff like that, I'd probably just as soon call a tow truck.

(haha xpost)

Ha well I suppose if you don't really have to pay for it...xp

i ended up having to change a tire a few times and it was a lot easier than i thought it would be, even though i never had done it before until the first time i had a tire pop

most cars come with instruction manuals that tell you how to change the tire

men can't read

-dockers

IKEA furniture comes with instruction manuals, too. Just saying.

actually changing a tire is easier than putting something from IKEA together IMO

yeah changing a tire really seems like something u dont need to learn - its just obvious

Haha, maybe for you.

IKEA furniture comes with instruction manuals, too. Just saying.

Putting together furniture that comes with instructions may be time-consuming but it isn't that difficult! They tell you what to do, usually with diagrams showing how things fit together!

not trying to be superior manly here just curious what part was giving u trouble jaymc - the jack? the unscrewing the lugnuts?

i tried to change a tire once and the lugnuts were too tight so i had to call a two truck

Changing a tire, something I have only done a few times, is relatively easy; easier in my opinion than putting on most snow chains.

Lugnuts have kicked my ass on more than one occasion.

Personally I have to savor an accomplishment on the level of changing a tire for at least a week. Two, if it was on my wife's car.

I find that it's not always that intuitive, though. I get easily confused about whether something should be upside-down or right-side-up, which way to turn the screw, things like that. I had an IKEA sofa that sat half-assembled in my apartment for over a month because I couldn't figure out how certain parts fit together. It's immensely satisfying when I'm able to get it done, but it can also be pretty frustrating at times.

No one else is noticing that we're going around in circles?

right tighty lefty lucy

not trying to be superior manly here just curious what part was giving u trouble jaymc - the jack? the unscrewing the lugnuts?

I've never done it.

xxpost we'd pull over and ask for directions, but...

^^works for almost all screws/lugnuts

right tighty lefty lucy

Oh, I know. That was a bad example. Although sometimes when screws don't stick I wonder what I'm doing wrong.

if yr lugnuts are too tight you should wear boxers, maybe AYO

don't overtighten your lug nutz fellas

doh elmo beat me : (

I've never done it.

It's toally easy. And you'll feel like Mr. FuckMeNow when you do it successfully, even though it's not really that big of a deal.

Again, though, I feel we have covered all this before.

you think changing a tire is easy and yet using a level eludes you

ha m. bison's directions thing reminded me of my wife's totally maddening habit of not using GPS systems correctly because she is convinced that knowing how to read a map means she can navigate better than the computer; this was a real treat when we were attempting to drive in DC

Sometimes the guy who put the tire on got over-zealous with the air wrench.

This thought strikes me sometimes -- it's the things that are actually NOT all that hard that sometimes seem the most impressive to other people. The things you really struggle and sweat over, nobody else gives a shit.

Discuss.

And you'll feel like Mr. FuckMeNow when you do it successfully

what if you feel like this anyway, w/o needing to involve tyres?

she is convinced that knowing how to read a map means she can navigate better than the computer

she is RIGHT! whenever i navigate i always do it from a map and ignore the lying lies emanating from the gps

It's like, the system will be "turn right now" and she'll be staring at the map on her iPhone going "oh no that can't be right, keep going straight oh oops this actually goes one way the wrong way, time for a 7-minute detour"

I should probably not post on this thread anymore, or at least while we're still on this train of thought. In the past, it's gotten ugly.

oops this actually goes one way the wrong way, time for a 7-minute detour

^^ New DC motto

the thing is, if you take a wrong turn using gps, you end up not knowing where the hell you are, but if you accidentally misdirect someone while following a map, it's fairly easy to get back on track

I find that it's not always that intuitive, though. I get easily confused about whether something should be upside-down or right-side-up, which way to turn the screw, things like that. I had an IKEA sofa that sat half-assembled in my apartment for over a month because I couldn't figure out how certain parts fit together. It's immensely satisfying when I'm able to get it done, but it can also be pretty frustrating at times.

― Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:57 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

not to pick on you duder but i have a kneejerk rage for ppl w/o this kind of spatial reasoning. it's kind of jerky but i can't help it. no! rotate it...the other way! the other fucking way, just look at it! god!

YOUR OTHER RIGHT.

one should navigate london by consulting MES, imo

EXIT THIS ROMAN SHELL

Too many xposts

More like 6 minutes amirite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLUUpBphZps

Also I liked how, in driving down to DC, she made an executive decision to get off of the New Jersey Turnpike and directed us straight into traffic for a 76ers game.

ftr my one snafu happened because the actual street we needed to go down was blocked off and we had to navigate around some other ridiculous one-way-the-wrong-direction streets before we could circle back to our hotel

the thing is, if you take a wrong turn using gps, you end up not knowing where the hell you are, but if you accidentally misdirect someone while following a map, it's fairly easy to get back on track

I don't know, my GPS is very, very good about putting you back on track (although I do use the map on my phone to corroborate its instructions so I do get what you're saying)

you IKEA furniture, surrounded by hail!

i think one way streets should be 100% illegal

marketing of GPS systems --> triumph of male technology fetishism over stubborn self-reliance in not asking for directions. PROGRESS.

You guys who have probs w/loosening lugnuts need to learn to keep a can of WD-40 in your trunk. Works miracles.

xp I look it up on Google maps before I leave the house, and draw myself a little map sometimes.