Once Upon a Time....Part 2

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.....Mom eventually gave up on the wretched bike and bought the patient boy a new one. He was so happy and loved peddling it up and down the street. Once or twice. Then the chain fell off. Dad put it back on and it immediately fell off again. Let me add at this point that the eldest daughter's bike is sitting on the porch with the chain off. That's OK, her bike is old, she needs a new one anyway. Also, the neighbor just borrowed mom's bike, and returned it with a BROKEN chain. The oldest son's bike is also sitting on the porch with the chain off. No big deal, he has out grown it, and just had a birthday, so they bought him a new bike. They unloaded the shiny red bike from the van and noticed the tires should be pumped up a bit before he rode it. Dad pumped up the back tire and removed the pump from the stem and the stem just broke right off the tire and the tire immediately went flat. So mom went back to the store the next day and had to leave it for a WEEK to get it fixed for free. This has been going on for SEVEN months and there is still not a single working bike in the family. What's a girl gotta do?