Emergency Repair

So the past few days riding with the wow in my rear wheel has been driving me nuts, itching to get a chance to try to fix it (earliest opportunity will be Wednesday). I was on my way to the bus stop, trying to get in a bit early to have a chin-wag with my "supervisor", when I hear 'ssssssSSSSSSssssssssssssSSSSSSSSSsssssssss' repeatedly. A tear had developed in my sidewall (thanks again to that pothole) and now the tube had ruptured there. Changing the tube would be pointless, so I hoofed it to O'Hagan's to get a new tire. No dice. All out of 26x1.5 tires, not just the slicks I wanted. No narrow 26"ers. A batch is arriving in the AM, but not much help now. I didn't feel like going a bit further on to S.Sry Cycles and trying my luck there as I would now only have enough time to effect some MacGuyvering, change tubes, inflate, and get on the bus (the earlier one I wanted to get pulled away just as I got to it on my way to O'Hagan's). I headed for the garbage cans by the bus stop for materiel. I was hoping for something like a plastic/foil wrapper. But before I got to the garbage, I found in the parking lot behind it a plastic cap from a bottled water carbuoy (an 18L jug). This was just the thing (well, maybe a little too skookum, but it would work). So after installing the new tube (as I always cary a spare), I wrapped the plastic strip around the tube at the point where the tire was ripped, and re-levered the tire into place. Re-inflated the tire to 40psi and headded for the bus. It arrived about 9 mins later. In Ditchmond, at a gas station, I put in another 10psi. Not as much as I would normally have in it, but it would not be good to have the full 65 in such a situation. Now I have TONS of bike stuff to do tomorrow!