Thursday, January 22, 2015

League Deinflation

While the American Soccer scandal mildly may be diverting,  the case of under inflated footballs is moot.  Moot.  Cold air brings compression.  Air recedes, compresses, and decreases when cold.  Your tire pressure will diminish when cold.  Only I know of this because my mother's "under inflated" beacon began to illuminate on her Honda when it got cold.  I was an ass.  I did not take the threat too seriously, but I did vow to check the tire pressure on our three motor vehicles.  I did.  With a small air compressor purchased from Harbor Freight I righted the wrong.  I in the darkness of our driveway did the check the air pressure of our three vehicles on a Tuesday in the cold.  It seems the measure was low.  The thirty pounds-per-square-inch measure severely was under.  The pounds were low.  Thirty was twenty.  Twenty.  Dangeroso.  It took me thirty minutes at least to check the tire pressure in twelve tires, and with a little Harbor Freight air compressor re-fill their cavities with the recommend air pressure.  (Namely thirty pounds)  A Honda, a Toyota, and a Nissan all suffered the same fate.  Ten pounds less of air due to the cold weather.  (Let's say I am like a ship floating off some coast never to be found.  Let's say I am a ship never that will reach a port, if I stay alive)  Remedied pound pressure.  Ten pounds down.  Let's let the NFL live in peace.  Their balls were deflated.  Mine have been for two year.  What I know is when my basketball was deflated at OSU, my basketball skills increased exponentially.  Well not may exponentially but they were way better tendering that heavy sack.  I became a class "A" basketball player one summer,after General Exams swimming each day after not completing the D.M.A. degree in music composition.  It was glorious.  A hoop, asphalt, and a metal backboard.  These were my companions for one glorious summer of non-DMA completion.  I long for the same today.  A "swishing" net, a metal pole, and asphalt turf.  "Slowly I turn....."