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I miss my 1989 Grand Marquis...

They should hang the guy that came up with the idea of the donut spare.

Sure. The usual stuff.

My firearms.
My knives.
My tools
My bicycles.
My clothes.
My boots and shoes.
My binoculars.
My 1835 odds and ends.
My modern camping gear.

Both Toyotas are paid off and start every time I turn the key. Are Toyotas EVER POSes?

I got two good dogs too.

All I have run for years now are Suburbans and 3/4 ton or heavier pickups. None come with a donut. All are 4 wheel drive, so the savvy traveler makes sure the spare is the same size as the primaries. I also carry a hi-lift jack, bottle jack, wood blocks, and a plug kit and air compressor. One can fix a lot of what ails a tire with a good plug kit and an onboard or plug in compressor.

Me either, but I fueled an outboard motor on two gallons of straight Coleman fuel one time. It was a really good motor up to that point.

Neighbor down the road has a junk yard. They put donuts on the quads they use to run for parts for customers. They have thousands of them, get a flat, put a new one on. They welded up some plates to mount on the quads to make them fit.

Never used one.

Speaking of non-POS items, a couple of years back I lost an exact copy of an early 19th Century “Cross L” British trade knife, made on order by a historical blade smith up in New England.

These mass-produced Sheffield “scalping” knives were the everyday knives in America long before Green River got up to speed in the 1850’s. Didn’t look like much; thin single-edged blade, but a good talking point before segueing into talking about Bowie knives at the Alamo. Lost it about two years back, fell out of its sheath. I was seriously bummed out, it weren’t the cost so much as it was the uniqueness of the piece and the difficulty of replacing it with another of like quality.

Pulled up the trunk floor mat Saturday morning and there it was laying next to the donut

I was happy.

Broke ass people start peculiar threads.

Birdwatcher's next one.

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1) Two pints grape tomatoes at $1.08 a pint. Two large handfuls of shredded Mozzarella cheese. Microwave in a covered dish for five minutes. Seriously good.

2) Seven or eight white corn tortillas to cover a 10” paper plate, cover liberally with shredded Mozzarella or Monterrey Jack, Break one organic free-range egg on the middle. Microwave under a cover for four minutes. Roll it up as soon as it ain’t too hot to touch. Bring it for lunch.

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What I do every week.

You're too old to ask this question.

Forgot to include, I got a thing for blueberries even since they were just what I needed one day when I was dragging on that 2,000 mile bike ride to NY. So if there in the store I’ll alway get at least a pint even tho we’re talking Chile or Peru much of the year. Whatever the cheapest bag of oranges is too.

In school I keep a stash of canned peas and cheap canned tuna in water. I used to eat canned sweet corn too but they add a lot of sugar. These things I will eat cold out of the cans if I get hungry; quick, no mess.

Works fer me.

You're gay.

We get it.

Thanks fer the video, but those guys are way-over complicating things.

Hell, just about every other car driven by a groid around here has a donut on it.

My last rental didn’t even have a spare. Just a compressor full of goop. Ford sucks...

"Hey the belts are poking through on my 15 year old Douglas All-Seasons. Who want some fugkin' blueberries?"

Can’t even remember the last tire problem I had, which is why I lucked-out with the donut still holding air after years of being forgotten about. Having a tread fly off was a first for me. I got lucky, it beat the crap out of the underside of the rear quarter panel but ya don’t see it unless you look under there.

Wheel well still intact, judging by the rubber marks on the side of the body I coulda broke a window too. I sure am grateful to Toyota for building stuff that lasts. They have saved me a bunch of money in these past couple of years of financial hardship.

Driving along doing 80 about 5am.....

BANGflopflopflopflopflop......

.....serious fishtailing too, I think I woulda lost it if it had been up front. The tire still held air on the bare chords so I limped it down the shoulder to the next exit.