The old guy on High St Kew

"DaveB" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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There's an old guy in a wheelchair who sits at the bottom of the hill in
High St Kew opposite the cemetary and waves to passing cyclists. I've seen
him a few times and always wave back but was wondering if anyone has ever
stopped and spoken to him? I figured he's either a bit of a nutbag or
maybe an ex-cyclists or both. The fcat that he's at the bottom of the hill
makes me suspect everyone would just hoot past.

DaveB

It not just cyclists. He waves at trams too. Possibly just someone who
didn't plan his retirement well.

"Hmm...what to do today?"

I have wondered that myself! He seems a friendly fellow when I have seen him on weekends, but I haven't spoken to him... perhaps he just waves to everybody?

"DaveB" wrote in message

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There's an old guy in a wheelchair who sits at the bottom of the hill in
High St Kew opposite the cemetary and waves to passing cyclists. I've seen
him a few times and always wave back but was wondering if anyone has ever
stopped and spoken to him? I figured he's either a bit of a nutbag or
maybe an ex-cyclists or both. The fcat that he's at the bottom of the hill
makes me suspect everyone would just hoot past.

I ride that way often, and to be honest I've never noticed him.. then again
on my commute, I only see what's about 10m directly in front of me.. oh,
and sometimes a passing dutch and/or jazz..

cheers,
GPL

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There's an old guy in a wheelchair who sits at the bottom of the hill in
High St Kew opposite the cemetary and waves to passing cyclists. I've seen
him a few times and always wave back but was wondering if anyone has ever
stopped and spoken to him? I figured he's either a bit of a nutbag or
maybe an ex-cyclists or both. The fcat that he's at the bottom of the hill
makes me suspect everyone would just hoot past.

DaveB

It not just cyclists. He waves at trams too. Possibly just someone who
didn't plan his retirement well.

"Hmm...what to do today?"

Tee hee, there was a guy like that along Samford Rd at Enoggera. I ran
past him a few times, he's a definite nutbag though, and just a wee bit
scary.

Tam

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"DaveB" wrote in message

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There's an old guy in a wheelchair who sits at the bottom of the hill in
High St Kew opposite the cemetary and waves to passing cyclists. I've
seen him a few times and always wave back but was wondering if anyone has
ever stopped and spoken to him? I figured he's either a bit of a nutbag
or maybe an ex-cyclists or both. The fcat that he's at the bottom of the
hill makes me suspect everyone would just hoot past.

I ride that way often, and to be honest I've never noticed him.. then
again on my commute, I only see what's about 10m directly in front of me..
oh, and sometimes a passing dutch and/or jazz..

cheers,
GPL

I keep spotting people on that road (usually going the other way) and
wondering if they're anyone from here.

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I keep spotting people on that road (usually going the other way) and
wondering if they're anyone from here.

Yep, one of them most likely me.. Blue/Silver Limar 909, TFM green/black arm
warmers usually, and always Mascot Cycles knicks....

cheers,
GPL

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"Resound" wrote in message

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I keep spotting people on that road (usually going the other way) and
wondering if they're anyone from here.

Yep, one of them most likely me.. Blue/Silver Limar 909, TFM green/black
arm warmers usually, and always Mascot Cycles knicks....

oh, and you can't miss me, I'm in the wheelchair waving at anything that
moves...*

cheers,
GPL
*maybe in 40 years 🙂

DaveB said:

There's an old guy in a wheelchair who sits at the bottom of the hill in
High St Kew opposite the cemetary and waves to passing cyclists. I've
seen him a few times and always wave back but was wondering if anyone
has ever stopped and spoken to him? I figured he's either a bit of a
nutbag or maybe an ex-cyclists or both. The fcat that he's at the bottom
of the hill makes me suspect everyone would just hoot past.

DaveB

yeah, I see him quite regularly. So often that he tells me off if he hasnt seen me for a few days 😄

I always mean to stop and chat one day but as you said its at the bottom of a hill with another one coming up and the loss of momentum (especially if on the tail of a bus 😄) is too enticing.
I assume he's a sometime resident of the elderly care place (ugly single level brown place behind all the shrubbery there) a she's not there all year round and its a short term place for those not coping too well.

F"one day"Dutch

he's been a little more irregular of late... used to be out there every day last year but i don't see him anywhere nearly as often as i used to... shame - he's one of those nice 'traditions' on a daily commute.. A bit like running the Kew Junction gauntlet... 🙂

i've noticed too on reading these posts that we must all be running into each other along that route. feel free to say hi to me if you come across a guy on a green rigid mtb with TT bars. Must put more thought into the a.b. bike sticker idea..

Eddie.

Tamyka Bell said:

Tee hee, there was a guy like that along Samford Rd at Enoggera. I ran
past him a few times, he's a definite nutbag though, and just a wee bit
scary.

He peed on you? ;-)

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i've noticed too on reading these posts that we must all be running
into each other along that route. feel free to say hi to me if you come
across a guy on a green rigid mtb with TT bars. Must put more thought
into the a.b. bike sticker idea..

or some a.b jerseys! 🙂

cheers,
GPL

GPLama said:

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i've noticed too on reading these posts that we must all be running
into each other along that route. feel free to say hi to me if you come
across a guy on a green rigid mtb with TT bars. Must put more thought
into the a.b. bike sticker idea..

or some a.b jerseys! 🙂

You've got until May 13th if you wanna see it travel Europe. Get busy! :P

hippy
- GT EuroTourer RIDES!!

hippy said:

GPLama said:

"eddiec" wrote in message

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i've noticed too on reading these posts that we must all be running
into each other along that route. feel free to say hi to me if you come
across a guy on a green rigid mtb with TT bars. Must put more thought
into the a.b. bike sticker idea..

or some a.b jerseys! 🙂

You've got until May 13th if you wanna see it travel Europe. Get busy! :P

hippy
- GT EuroTourer RIDES!!

Hippy we'll mail you one. Just send us your credit card details 🙂

Marty

Old Bugger said:

Tamyka Bell said:

Tee hee, there was a guy like that along Samford Rd at Enoggera. I ran
past him a few times, he's a definite nutbag though, and just a wee bit
scary.

He peed on you? ;-)

Worse, he hit on me.

Actually, that's not really worse, is it. I have a mate who got peed on
outside a restaurant. She thought the sprinkler system had kicked in, but
then noticed it was warm...

Tam

DaveB said:

There's an old guy in a wheelchair who sits at the bottom of the hill in
High St Kew opposite the cemetary and waves to passing cyclists. I've
seen him a few times and always wave back but was wondering if anyone
has ever stopped and spoken to him? I figured he's either a bit of a
nutbag or maybe an ex-cyclists or both. The fcat that he's at the bottom
of the hill makes me suspect everyone would just hoot past.

DaveB

I live right round the corner and chat to him often. Lovely guy, but he seems to be discerning on who he waves to. Some cars/bikes just fly past, then others get the wave...weird.

DaveB said:

There's an old guy in a wheelchair who sits at the bottom of the hill in
High St Kew opposite the cemetary and waves to passing cyclists. I've
seen him a few times and always wave back but was wondering if anyone
has ever stopped and spoken to him? I figured he's either a bit of a
nutbag or maybe an ex-cyclists or both. The fcat that he's at the bottom
of the hill makes me suspect everyone would just hoot past.

DaveB

Seen him a couple of times last year on Saturday mornings as well. He'd be there at 6:30 am in the morning. He'd wave and I'd wave back. Haven't come across him for a long while now.

Marty said:

hippy said:

You've got until May 13th if you wanna see it travel Europe. Get busy! :P

Hippy we'll mail you one. Just send us your credit card details 🙂

Sure.. it'd be safe to post them here wouldn't it?

hippy

Walrus said:

I live right round the corner and chat to him often. Lovely guy, but
he seems to be discerning on who he waves to. Some cars/bikes just
fly past, then others get the wave...weird.

Hey I live around the corner too - if you see me (touring bike with
full mudguards or yellow road bike), let me know!

Andrew Reddaway said:

Hey I live around the corner too - if you see me (touring bike with
full mudguards or yellow road bike), let me know!

why? have you lost yourself? 😄😄😄

hope you 2 live around the corner and not across_the_road_from_there

F"thrillerrrrrr"Dutch