Riding home in the dark last night (15 miles) and about 1/3 the way got my first flat in a long time. Was tucked in and coasting on a step downhill and noticed the bike feeling a bit squishy in the rear. Pulled over right away to check things out and noticed the rear tire was pretty soft but fortunately not low enough on air to suffer any rim cuts or rim damage.
The only thing around for quite a ways was Penn Cove Pottery, a small shop with a well lit front porch so I wheeled over and did a quick tube swap after digging a sliver of glass out of the tire.
Got to get a longer pump. Those little short stroke ones work and are handy to just toss in the pack but using them SUCKS!