Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What they do with truck tires in Africa is re-tread them, but only as camouflage, not as functional tires. Then one blows up on you at high speed. Happened to us, front wheel of a bus going over a bridge. Dangerous. I'll dig out the negatives. It was scary. Might be getting to old for this. On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Daniel Ridings <daniel at dlridings.se> > wrote: > >> Man, there were a lot of treads left on that tire to be used as a >> plaything in Africa :-) >> >> I recognize it so well. >> > > Yes, I remember when a certain son of mine (very responsible, now that he > is > grown) took a curve too fast and damaged nearly every body surface on our > Honda Civic. ?None of the six (YIKES!) kids inside were injured. > > It came just short of being a total; thank goodness, as I had just that > week > put four new tires and new shocks on it. ?Maybe that's what kept it from > being a total! > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >