Subaqua Sternal Rubs

In the never ending car saga, it seems we managed to put holes in two tires. Starting a couple days ago, the passenger side rear tire has had a slow leak, so that we've had to put air into it multiple times. Last night as we were trying to go to dinner, one of my roommates and I noticed that the front tire was completely flat. We managed to get the spare "donut" on, but that wasn't much better, as it too was pretty much flat. As our car was OOS, my parents, who were concluding their visit, had to take a taxi to the airport this morning. I wish them a safe trip home, but I won't actually know if they made it on the plane or not, since they still live in the Stone Age and don't have cell phones.

We managed to get the car to a tire repair place (well, really more of a shed on the side of the road). The proprietor was very nice, and managed to find a nail in the rear tire, so maybe it punctured the front one, and after falling out, punctured the rear one. Anyways, the guy didn't have any other tires in the size we needed, so he "double-patched" our original tires with some rubber cement and told us they were "for temporary use only." Which means we will have to go into town tomorrow to get some replacement tires. That's the one thing about living on an island with limited imports: You usually have to make multiple trips to get anything done, as we will have to search tomorrow to see if there are any shops on the entire island with the right size tires in stock. The good thing is that today's patching only cost $8US, and new tires should only be $35US each, with used tires less than that. The bad thing is all the wasted time, as it still took over an hour to do the patching today, because even on a Sunday there were always 3 or 4 cars lined up for tire repair at the shop. The roads in St. Vincent must hate everyone else too, and not just me…

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