Given the age of the pump and the fact it would typically only be used in the event of a puncture, they were shortening...
Pffft (see what I did there?), I was just trying to make you feel good about it. :)
@Oliver Schick started
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Given the age of the pump and the fact it would typically only be used in the event of a puncture, they were shortening...