It's only a cold drizzle down here in Shampoo-Banana... but I had my first commuter flat a mile out, and for the first time I FIXED A FLAT ALL BY MYSELF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I made sure I kept smiling and looking all composed so that nobody would be compelled to stop (I pulled off into a laundromat parking lot - it didn't start drizzling 'til I was almost done, and I was upside down with my tubes hanging out before it occurred to me that I probably could have gone *into* the laundromat anyway.)
It took about half an hour... a good 8 minutes of that spent trying to convert the pump from Presta to Schrader. Karma was with me becuase the tube was outright REFUSING to get on the wheel or into the tire... and I looked up and realized I was putting the OLD tube back in! ... I'll have it under 20 minutes in no time (and now I"m wishing I had practiced yesterday in my presentation).
And just after I got to work it started pouring...