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Flat July 21,2011

Blowouts are an unusual exprience in this day and age.

I am driving along in the center lane of I-695 at 70 miles an hour. Miles Davis Quintet – the old one, from the fifties, with John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Jo Jones – is playing Surrey With A Fringe On Top on the car radio. I am thinking about whether I want to grill a chicken breast or a couple of polish sausages for supper. Suddenly I sense, rather than hear, “POP!” followed by “chu-chu-chu-chu-ch...