How we can develop "Spare Tires" easily in Louisiana with all of the good food, but also a warning about what may NOT be in your trunk!
Pic: Clip Art - Jartos, Public Domain
With all of the great eating (even during Lent!) we get around these parts of Louisiana, you know we can be prone to developing "Spare tires!"
I'm also trying to knock down the little paunch that I have - it probably started at first as they used to call a "beer belly" from too many Dixie's!
The 5K Runs that I occasionally participate in do help, but the Fat Boy Race in the Spring certainly adds to the stomach's extension, as is it so much fun with sausage, beer, donuts, moon pies, etc. awaiting you as you finish!
But one useful bit of info that I may share about this topic is roadworthy: some newer cars don't have a spare tire! No kidding.
I found out from a friend that some new cars don't even have those tiny spare tire wheels anymore - in the spare tire spot in the trunk, you will only find a DC-powered compressor and the container of tire sealant!
Someone I know discovered this after they had a blow-out on the road, but the sealant surely didn't help much with that situation.
So the moral of the story: the next time you head to your watering-hole/poboy shop, be sure to take your own spare tire with you - no, not the one with a portly circumference!
After never having a spare tire (because I never drank beer like my brothers did and did) I've been developing one of late. It came in handy last year when a squirrel ran me off the street and into the only sharp curb in the city that nearly cut my tire in half. After some tugging and pulling and calling for instructions, we got that little sucker out and yet carried me all the way to get retired.
With all of the great eating (even during Lent!) we get around these parts of Louisiana, you know we can be prone to developing "Spare tires!"
