First, congrats on the new best, I love those!

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... so I had to call in sick as we are on mandatory overtime and all annual leave requests were being denied.

That is the way to go, do they think you are a slave or a person?
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I changed to the spare on the side of the road avoiding the death run of mad semi drivers. I called my wife and she located the nearest Discount Tire store and luckily they had a tire.

Sounds like your wife is better than On-Star! LOL
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Getting to Chandler was no easy feet and I had to weave in and out of many rurel communities without a GPS and trying to read my Mapquest instructions, which seemed like they were written in Greek.

Well, that is close. They are written in computer GEEK.
What did people do before all these gadgets? Oh, I remember and still don't need that stuff. LOL
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I was called to the front of the line and met the tech guy from hell. He put me through the ringer for a good half hour before releasing me so I could finish tech.

If it took him a half hour, he must not know what he is doing. Just a bad apple in my book. The car is either good or not, it shouldn't be a half hour torment from hell.

1993 Daytona, 5.50 at 130mph (1/8) 1.19 sixty ft (PG). Link to 572 B1 - Part 1