Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Sometimes you don't get inspired, you just get lucky.
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The cop came up, asked what I was up to, and I explained the problem, showing him the bike. Whereupon he tossed the me and the bike into his patrol car, and drove to his brothers auto shop where after 2 hours of work and conversation we were back on the road.
FB, that's a great story. Love it. Was involved in a similar story once involving the Sheriff and a cyclist going from Toronto to Edmonton, and was privileged to be the one to help.
And I totally get it about wandering the aisles in the hardware store. It's like putting together a puzzle. One needs to absorb all the pieces and let one's mind figure out which ones can fit together into a solution.