tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652113856727227960.post825257213824497363..comments2024-03-28T05:11:05.361-04:00Comments on What about your saucepans?: Yet another punctureLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10032023667222395286noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652113856727227960.post-3770740193280771002012-10-25T14:34:57.556-04:002012-10-25T14:34:57.556-04:00Never happened to me either until I came here. Now...Never happened to me either until I came here. Now is almost every time I drive the car! Easier to walk or get the bus me thinks.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032023667222395286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652113856727227960.post-34923323428844331932012-10-25T14:33:04.904-04:002012-10-25T14:33:04.904-04:00I am sure you are right Gordon. It costs about 40 ...I am sure you are right Gordon. It costs about 40 - 50 US$ for a tyre so assume that is a re tread. No one has ever offered me a new tyre! I will check out your posts - thanks.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032023667222395286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652113856727227960.post-23207606574224069372012-10-25T14:31:48.624-04:002012-10-25T14:31:48.624-04:00Yes there are other blogs by foreign women married...Yes there are other blogs by foreign women married to Dominican men and vice versa. Check out my blog list and you will find them there. Thanks for reading the blog.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032023667222395286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652113856727227960.post-16983664092872115812012-10-25T07:38:00.052-04:002012-10-25T07:38:00.052-04:00My thoughts exactly, those tyres must be retreads....My thoughts exactly, those tyres must be retreads. I have been driving for over 20 years and never had a puncture in one of my cars...touch wood! But once on holidays in the Azores islands we rented a car and had a puncture, but someone was kind enough to stop and help my husband and I. Lucky that the Dominicans are so friendly and eager to help with the all those punctures!Samihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06467163627586022816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652113856727227960.post-78642215445931776402012-10-24T21:34:02.814-04:002012-10-24T21:34:02.814-04:00From the photos it looks very much as though the t...From the photos it looks very much as though the tyres were "retreads", and pretty amateurish ones at that: strips of rubber glued on top of the old rubber! Tyres can actually be softened considerably by being driven on rough roads, to the point where even a sharp stone can pierce the rubber. In my travelling days my VW Beetle suffered terribly from bad roads, and required to be pumped up every couple of days. I tell the story of how they got that way, in my blog-post of 23 January this year ("Halfway to Mt Ararat"), and at the end of "The German Lesson" (1st May) I report how they were finally fixed, in the USSR.<br /><br />You could tell us something about the roads you travel on in DR! Gordon Barlowhttp://barlowscayman.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652113856727227960.post-70095028474626975442012-10-24T17:51:55.997-04:002012-10-24T17:51:55.997-04:00I have reading your blog for a time but never comm...I have reading your blog for a time but never commented, I'm Dominican living in NY, do you know about any other foreign women married to Dominican men who blog like you? or foreign men to Dominican women? Especially if they live in RD. I just could find you by making some Google search.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652113856727227960.post-83934446362085066312012-10-24T15:19:45.160-04:002012-10-24T15:19:45.160-04:00Ooooh thank you so much. I have read what I have t...Ooooh thank you so much. I have read what I have to do now so will get on with it! Seems a little complex for a blogger of little brain as Pooh would say but am sure I will crack it!<br /><br />Thanks again.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032023667222395286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652113856727227960.post-10075522864666087902012-10-24T15:05:02.923-04:002012-10-24T15:05:02.923-04:00I do hope that you will accept the brand new Blog ...I do hope that you will accept the brand new Blog of the Year 2012 Award which I have bestowed upon your blog – you can read my award ceremony post here ‘Blog of the Year 2012 Award’ http://algarveblog.net/2012/10/24/blog-of-the-year-2012-award-its-award-time/ Thank you for entertaining and informing me this year – and Congratulations! Alysonhttp://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652113856727227960.post-31715231670078906062012-10-24T13:11:29.814-04:002012-10-24T13:11:29.814-04:00I am glad it is not just me and my driving then! V...I am glad it is not just me and my driving then! Very wise to check the spare tyre too. I bought my jeep and didn't realise there was no jack and the spare tyre was flat. Only found out when I had a puncture!Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032023667222395286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652113856727227960.post-32276547508217549202012-10-24T12:59:05.859-04:002012-10-24T12:59:05.859-04:00Every time I rent a car there I at least have 1 fl...Every time I rent a car there I at least have 1 flat if not more!!<br />my hubby even rented me a car ( he worked for a rental car company) and the spare tire had a "teta" in it from some other person!! I lit into him for not checking the tire and he said his co-worker had checked the car over so he said he didnt need to,, I have learned my lesson, I now take the spare tire out and check it and all the other tired before i rent!!Cindinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652113856727227960.post-18020463020805296042012-10-24T12:14:34.058-04:002012-10-24T12:14:34.058-04:00You are right Gerry. It is almost worth having a p...You are right Gerry. It is almost worth having a puncture as you never know who will come and help you, but you can be sure that someone will stop within seconds.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032023667222395286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-652113856727227960.post-39737519016680996502012-10-24T11:58:18.241-04:002012-10-24T11:58:18.241-04:00Way back in 1986 I rented a car in Sosua to drive ...Way back in 1986 I rented a car in Sosua to drive to Samana. I asked for the "Full" coverage. We always laugh at the play on words when you hear a Dominican say "full" it sounds like "fool" and that's the coverage we need "fool's" coverage. Interesting enough the exception to full coverage was the tires. We found out soon enough why that was :( To add insult to injury the spare although full of air did not actually fit the car. We did have to failures so we quickly learned of the genuine friendliness of all Dominicans while they helped get us back on the road we were invited to eat with them water was offered etc. etc. That was my second of now more than 40 visits and Dominicans have never let me down with regard to their genuineness and hospitality.Gerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339112391627566487noreply@blogger.com