Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I glanced at my left front wheel when I got to work this morning and guess what? One wheel nut is missing. I'm certain it was on there yesterday when I got back from the tire shop the second time. Good thing I kept my center caps at home and out of their hands because the loose nut would not have been apparent due to the plastic thread-on nut covers attached to the center cap. I checked the other five and they are tight. Sighh......
Aha! The infamous missing lug nuts! Both my older kids went though stages of wheels falling off their cars. No, really, they fell off. Why? Missing lug nuts. Thankfully the steering would get wonky and they would pull over and thats about when the wheel would depart. This happened on 2 different cars over 6 or 8 months and the sole common factor, out side of being worked on at the same 2 garages, (Waynes and mine!) was parking at my daughters apartment building. Once she moved, it ceased. Meantime we spent a lot of time buying replacement wheels, studs, lugs and paying a couple tow bills. Maddening. I can't imagine someone deliberately loosening lug nuts, but these days you never know.
Got up to find SWMBO goats out of the fence and in the apple trees. Goats and trees under 10 or 12 feet don't mix well. Goats and expensive apple tree seedlings is a deadly combination, eg- if I did what I wanted, my wife would kill me!
Suns out, hoping for a productive day.