Let me just say it: today was not a good day. It started with my sleeping in (I relied on my roomie's rising at 6:00 but he dozed through his alarm), then discovering not only that breakfast wouldn't be served until 8:00 (not that I was necessarily going to eat it - I usually forego the extra expense and make my own from items bought at the store), but that those who had stored their bikes in the restaurant wouldn't be able to retrieve them until then as well. Fortunately I had left my bike locked outside so that didn't affect me; unfortunately, when I went to leave I discovered my tire had gone flat overnight. Even worse, the cause was a failure of the rim tape (the strip of material on the inside of the
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