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Subject:Subject: Re: Trip Contingencies
From:Don Hanson
Date:Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:05:50 -0700

Nothing against Jake here but

  The stuff that is 'verboten by the US legal system and 'no longer done'
because 'Our Insurance won't allow it'..Most of it really makes me laugh
when I hear people 'Parrot' what some beaurocrats and lobbiest and special
interest lawmakers have decided is good to "save us".  Totally "Overkill".
and CYA..(Cover Your own A**)    It's so American to tell us stuff
like.."Hey, it's unsafe to fix a nail hole in a tire, so we're gonna "save
you" by passing a law against it" and yet allow, for instance, a drug
company to sell some new drug without testing until thousands die and they
"take it off the market"
  Yeah, someone sometime may have had a second flat after plugging a hole in
a tire...but Jeeze!  If you are careful and want to "take responsibility for
yourself" and plug a hole in your tire, I'd bet your chances of being
'unsafe' are about like getting hit on the head by a falling satellite...
  Don Hanson

From:    Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>

Since its no longer legal for tire stores to plug tires, I doubt its too
smart to do your own that way except in extreme emergencies.

On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Roger Whittaker
<rogerwhitt1@gmail.com>wrote:

> dear alll with tires
> carry a small compressor and a radial tire  plug kit
> as well as a pair of strong needle nose pliers to remove object -
> most tire repairs can be done on a tubeless radial right on the spot
> small compressor to pump up and back on the road again
> yours
>