Someone must be watching over us.

In spite of quite a few things in our life that have knocked us back over the years, there must be someone that is still watching over us. Some non-corporeal entity that on occasion may actually be taking pity on us.
Why, you ask?

I had new tires put on my truck a few weeks ago. No big deal, right? Have driven the vehicle on interstate highways at or above the 70mph speed limit. Everyday, a trip into town, again at relatively high speeds. Day before yesterday, I felt as though something might be wrong as there was a strange feel coming through the steering wheel. Eh, maybe I just lost a wheel weight and need to have the garage recheck the balance.

Yesterday, on the way back home, we had to make a stop that was not planned. Pulling into the parking area, I felt like we had a flat tire. Very bad feeling as the truck went over a few bumps. Parked the truck and got out to look. The left rear tire was at an angle......only one lug nut out of five was holding it on, the other four were gone. Had we not stopped, we would have lost the tire on the way home, probably doing about 60mph.

Of course, the garage is taking full responsibility, finding me a new tire rim to replace the one that the lug nut holes are completely wormed out. And thankful that we didn't suffer any further damage.

Any one else have one of those " someone must be watching over me " type incidents?

 

WOW that was very lucky TimW.

Not off hand that I can remember right this minute but I would have had something that caused me to thing that wow that was lucky.

 

Garage owners adult son did the tires. Probably put that wheel's lug nuts on and got distracted and forgot to recheck them. The garage owner is a super good dude!! Good mechanic and has always treated everyone very fairly. We don't blame anyone as it is a fairly common thing. Not that you want this to happen on an regular basis mind you. He will make it right by us.

The thing is, as Augie said, sometimes things come out of the blue and save your butt!! Had we not stopped in to get a pack of smokes, we may have been toast.

 

You are really lucky Tim. I'm glad you have a guardian angel.

I can relate to your story. Exact! same thing happened to me. I took my van to Pepboys (last time for that) and got the oil changed and the tires rotated. I picked it up. The next day my girlfriend and I were driving to go somewhere. The car didn't feel right. I called Pep Boys and they told me that since they patched a hole with a plug, that's what I was feeling and it would wear down.

So we get to where we were going. On the way home, the feeling is getting worse and worse. Same feeling...like the tire was flat or something. It got so bad that I pulled into an Electricians office building...a mile from my house!

I got out and looked and the lug nuts were really loose. I go to the guy there and ask if he has a wrench and tell him what's happening. He told me that that wouldn't do any good. Guy takes us to the back of the building (I will not lie when I say I was not comfortable) and proceeds to jack the van up and tighten the nuts with an electric thing. Tells me that I was lucky the wheel had not fallen off. I was so grateful and even felt bad for being nervous about going behind the building LOL.

My husband was pissed. He calls Pep Boys and they try to blow it off. He told them that we were not driving the car and that they better either pay to have it towed or to come pick it up.

OH, and when I had pulled away from our parking spot, there was a puddle of oil. :mad

Turns out, the guy was in a hurry to go out that night and forgot to tighten pretty much everything back up.

 

I wasn't suggesting that a name be put to it, just that there are times when things happen that make you believe in Divine Intervention, Karma, Guardian Angel, etc. ( Didn't really mean this to go religious ).

 

Indeed, you must have an angel out there somewhere watching over you. Or just plain lucky!! So glad you are okay!!!

:grouphug

 

Back when my twin-sister was in her Sophomore year, I was driving her back to the small college after a holiday break. The last leg of the trip was traveling a winding 2-lane Rural Route referred to as "The 7 Mile Stretch". I was familiar with the road, and knew that we were about to top the last hill before the road levels out to about an eighth of a mile straight-a-way to the campus... when the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I felt a weight of pressure on my right shoulder, like the placement of a hand, and The Gentle but Strong Voice whispered "Get Over!". Although we were several car lengths from the crest, I obeyed - crossing over into the opposite lane which caused my sister to gasp loudly and brace herself for the possible headon collision with another vehicle. As we topped the hill... a young boy was crossing the road, pushing his bicycle --- and had just entered my proper lane...I missed him by a couple of feet by being in the wrong lane - at 55mph.

dr.m

 

@hrlow2 --> Yes, it was an aluminum alloy wheel and does need to be replaced ( on them ).

@Bazz --> You do have to wonder what might have happened had they been there!! It's like the person who is all ticked off because their flight was overbooked and they had to wait on another flight, only to find out the flight they should have been on went down in the jungle!!

@motc7 --> As was stated, a rose is still a rose regardless. All I can say is that we are grateful that we didn't have a major crash. What name we put on it is not important. ( If you want to say it was one of the Divine Prophets, thats fine, as I happen to think that ALL of them were right. )

@Emma --> Yes, I do believe there is an angel watching over us. Just as I hope there is one watching over you and all the rest of us.

 

Not sure there is one looking over you, Rikky!!! :-D:-D

 

Someone give poor Rikky a bone!! He needs to gnaw on something!! :-D:-D

 

I have told you before to stop betting on the ponies!!!! roflmao