Bee Story

Dear Claire: Please just relax and take your meds. Everything is
going to be all right.

Quoted message said:

Dear Claire: Please just relax and take your meds. Everything is
going to be all right.

Things a little slow in Palmdale these days?

Aren't they always??

You could always try cycling in the wrong direction on Highway 14.

Just a thought....

Claire Petersky said:

I read this over at a local board, thought I'd share:

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Woman friend I ride with got a bee down the neck of her jersey on a
desent. Amazing thing to see, she let go of the handlebars (at
30mph!) pulled the jersey over her head, and grabbed the bar again.
Flying down the hill with her [censored] hanging out and her jersey over
her neck and shoulders. At the bottom she braked to a stop, pulled
her jersey back on and said,"that was kind of refreshing, I should do
that more often". We were dumbfounded and she said that bee strings
affect her pretty bad.

Evidently! (I thought I had a bee in my jersey the other day, but whatever
it was either flew out or was crushed in my frenzied-- err, /calm and
calculated/ self flagellation.

Quoted message said:

The person who was most affected was the guy in the old pickup
driving up the hill when this shirtless amazon flashes by. Hard to
keep it out the ditch at times.

I can hear the call to the insurance company now! LOL ("I was just driving
along, and this topless woman on a bike riding no-handed..."😉

Ever see the "Seinfeld" episode with the bra-less wonder (heiress to a candy
bar fortune)? Elaine gives her a bra, and she wears it as a /top/, causing
Kramer to run off the road in Jerry's car. (Or something like that.)

Quoted message said:

I've never teased her except to walk up from behind and say....bzzzz

Ask her if there's a cover charge for her next ride! <eg> Two-Cytomax
minimum? <eg>

Bill "riding with the wrong crowd, gosh darn it" S.

"Sorni" wrote: Ask her if there's a cover charge for her next ride! (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Shouldn't that be an *uncover* charge?

Does she wear a Bee cup?

If I had been riding behind her, I would certainly have offered to help.

"Claire Petersky" wrote: (clip) Amazing thing to see, she let go of the
handlebars (at 30mph!) pulled the jersey over her head, and grabbed the bar
again. (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
In his post on "Darwin Candidate," Kristian Zoerhoff wrote: (clip) "there's
been a series of [censored]-for-tat motorist-vs.-cyclist editorials (clip).

Claire Petersky said:

I read this over at a local board, thought I'd share:

---
Woman friend I ride with got a bee down the neck of her jersey on a desent.
Amazing thing to see, she let go of the handlebars (at 30mph!) pulled the
jersey over her head, and grabbed the bar again. Flying down the hill with
her [censored] hanging out and her jersey over her neck and shoulders. At the
bottom she braked to a stop, pulled her jersey back on and said,"that was
kind of refreshing, I should do that more often". We were dumbfounded and
she said that bee strings affect her pretty bad.

The person who was most affected was the guy in the old pickup driving up
the hill when this shirtless amazon flashes by. Hard to keep it out the
ditch at times.

I've never teased her except to walk up from behind and say....bzzzz
---

Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/
See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky

A titillating story, but I've learned (the hard way) to keep jerseys zipped.

"Sorni" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Claire Petersky said:

I read this over at a local board, thought I'd share:

---
Woman friend I ride with got a bee down the neck of her jersey on a
desent. Amazing thing to see, she let go of the handlebars (at
30mph!) pulled the jersey over her head, and grabbed the bar again.
Flying down the hill with her [censored] hanging out and her jersey over
her neck and shoulders. At the bottom she braked to a stop, pulled
her jersey back on and said,"that was kind of refreshing, I should do
that more often". We were dumbfounded and she said that bee strings
affect her pretty bad.

Evidently! (I thought I had a bee in my jersey the other day, but
whatever it was either flew out or was crushed in my frenzied-- err,
/calm and calculated/ self flagellation.

I'm not allergic to stings, but ever since I got stung ON THE EYEBALL by
wasps, I avoid stinging insects assidouusly. The other day I was in a
paceline and we were cruising about 24 when a big bumblebee flew into my
helmet. I took my hands off the bars, got that helmet off and shook it out
and put it back on in less than half a minute. The adrenalin rush was
intense.

--
fnood fneep gnip gnop
http://greep.flood.nit
[email hidden]

Kevan Smith said:

I'm not allergic to stings, but ever since I got stung ON THE EYEBALL by
wasps, I avoid stinging insects assidouusly. The other day I was in a
paceline and we were cruising about 24 when a big bumblebee flew into my
helmet. I took my hands off the bars, got that helmet off and shook it out
and put it back on in less than half a minute. The adrenalin rush was
intense.

The wasps -- particularly yellowjackets -- are a serious issue for me. I
am allergic to them. I was stung on the cheek (face-cheek, not
butt-cheek; considering the general tenor of this thread, I need to make
that clear) and my eye was swollen shut for a week.

I now always wear a hat of some sort under my helmet, so that wasps flying
in there won't be as likely to get me. Head-sweats or do-rags are the
best for this.

--

David Johnson

Claire Petersky said:

I read this over at a local board, thought I'd share:

# Woman friend I ride with got a bee down the neck of her jersey on a
# descent. Amazing thing to see, she let go of the handlebars (at
# 30mph!) pulled the jersey over her head, and grabbed the bar
# again. Flying down the hill with her [censored] hanging out and her
# jersey over her neck and shoulders. At the bottom she braked to a
# stop, pulled her jersey back on and said,"that was kind of
# refreshing, I should do that more often". We were dumbfounded and
# she said that bee strings affect her pretty bad.

# The person who was most affected was the guy in the old pickup
# driving up the hill when this shirtless amazon flashes by. Hard to
# keep it out the ditch at times.

Quoted message said:

I've never teased her except to walk up from behind and say....bzzzz

Women seem to have this problem more than men, I suppose, because they
usually expose more skin than men, needing to bare their cleavage,
(vamping all the time). This takes some sympathy out of the event but
more technically interesting is that insects, having simple but
extremely fast mental processors, can turn their rear facing stingers
toward approaching threats in milliseconds regardless of direction.
It isn't as though bees were flying backward or being overtaken.

Jobst Brandt

Claire Petersky said:

I read this over at a local board, thought I'd share:

# Woman friend I ride with got a bee down the neck of her jersey on a
# descent. Amazing thing to see, she let go of the handlebars (at
# 30mph!) pulled the jersey over her head, and grabbed the bar
# again. Flying down the hill with her [censored] hanging out and her
# jersey over her neck and shoulders. At the bottom she braked to a
# stop, pulled her jersey back on and said,"that was kind of
# refreshing, I should do that more often". We were dumbfounded and
# she said that bee strings affect her pretty bad.

# The person who was most affected was the guy in the old pickup
# driving up the hill when this shirtless amazon flashes by. Hard to
# keep it out the ditch at times.

Quoted message said:

I've never teased her except to walk up from behind and say....bzzzz

Women seem to have this problem more than men, I suppose, because they
usually expose more skin than men, needing to bare their cleavage,
(vamping all the time). This takes some sympathy out of the event but
more technically interesting is that insects, having simple but
extremely fast mental processors, can turn their rear facing stingers
toward approaching threats in milliseconds regardless of direction.
It isn't as though bees were flying backward or being overtaken.

Jobst Brandt

Quoted message said:

Claire Petersky said:

I read this over at a local board, thought I'd share:

# Woman friend I ride with got a bee down the neck of her jersey on a
# descent. Amazing thing to see, she let go of the handlebars (at
# 30mph!) pulled the jersey over her head, and grabbed the bar
# again. Flying down the hill with her [censored] hanging out and her
# jersey over her neck and shoulders. At the bottom she braked to a
# stop, pulled her jersey back on and said,"that was kind of
# refreshing, I should do that more often". We were dumbfounded and
# she said that bee strings affect her pretty bad.

# The person who was most affected was the guy in the old pickup
# driving up the hill when this shirtless amazon flashes by. Hard to
# keep it out the ditch at times.

Quoted message said:

I've never teased her except to walk up from behind and say....bzzzz

Women seem to have this problem more than men, I suppose, because they
usually expose more skin than men, needing to bare their cleavage,
(vamping all the time). This takes some sympathy out of the event but

Wow, a little subtle hostility there, JB? How about the fact that women
have larger /breasts/ than men, and that means that there will be a larger
/opening/ in the jersey front in which a bug or bee can be trapped? (Not a
bad way to go, I must say.) Does one need to be a structural engineer to
grasp this rather obvious difference?

Quoted message said:

more technically interesting is that insects, having simple but
extremely fast mental processors, can turn their rear facing stingers
toward approaching threats in milliseconds regardless of direction.
It isn't as though bees were flying backward or being overtaken.

What are you smoking tonight, JB? It's easy to overtake a bee in flight and
run right into its stinger -- happened to me as a kid with a freaking
bumblebee that stung the bee-jeezus outta me right on the thigh. Thing
swelled up to the size of a football in about 2 seconds. (My thigh, I mean,
not the GD bee.)

Bees don't have to be "flying backwards" to sting a bicyclist. Just the
opposite.

HTH, Perplexed Bill

Quoted message said:

Claire Petersky said:

I read this over at a local board, thought I'd share:

# Woman friend I ride with got a bee down the neck of her jersey on a
# descent. Amazing thing to see, she let go of the handlebars (at
# 30mph!) pulled the jersey over her head, and grabbed the bar
# again. Flying down the hill with her [censored] hanging out and her
# jersey over her neck and shoulders. At the bottom she braked to a
# stop, pulled her jersey back on and said,"that was kind of
# refreshing, I should do that more often". We were dumbfounded and
# she said that bee strings affect her pretty bad.

# The person who was most affected was the guy in the old pickup
# driving up the hill when this shirtless amazon flashes by. Hard to
# keep it out the ditch at times.

Quoted message said:

I've never teased her except to walk up from behind and say....bzzzz

Women seem to have this problem more than men, I suppose, because they
usually expose more skin than men, needing to bare their cleavage,
(vamping all the time). This takes some sympathy out of the event but

Wow, a little subtle hostility there, JB? How about the fact that women
have larger /breasts/ than men, and that means that there will be a larger
/opening/ in the jersey front in which a bug or bee can be trapped? (Not a
bad way to go, I must say.) Does one need to be a structural engineer to
grasp this rather obvious difference?

Quoted message said:

more technically interesting is that insects, having simple but
extremely fast mental processors, can turn their rear facing stingers
toward approaching threats in milliseconds regardless of direction.
It isn't as though bees were flying backward or being overtaken.

What are you smoking tonight, JB? It's easy to overtake a bee in flight and
run right into its stinger -- happened to me as a kid with a freaking
bumblebee that stung the bee-jeezus outta me right on the thigh. Thing
swelled up to the size of a football in about 2 seconds. (My thigh, I mean,
not the GD bee.)

Bees don't have to be "flying backwards" to sting a bicyclist. Just the
opposite.

HTH, Perplexed Bill

Quoted message said:

Claire Petersky said:

I read this over at a local board, thought I'd share:

# Woman friend I ride with got a bee down the neck of her jersey on a
# descent. Amazing thing to see, she let go of the handlebars (at
# 30mph!) pulled the jersey over her head, and grabbed the bar
# again. Flying down the hill with her [censored] hanging out and her
# jersey over her neck and shoulders. At the bottom she braked to a
# stop, pulled her jersey back on and said,"that was kind of
# refreshing, I should do that more often". We were dumbfounded and
# she said that bee strings affect her pretty bad.

# The person who was most affected was the guy in the old pickup
# driving up the hill when this shirtless amazon flashes by. Hard to
# keep it out the ditch at times.

Quoted message said:

I've never teased her except to walk up from behind and say....bzzzz

Women seem to have this problem more than men, I suppose, because they
usually expose more skin than men, needing to bare their cleavage,
(vamping all the time).

.... and if you so much as make *one overture* toward squashing this
phenomenon ... you and I ... well ... we're gonna' have words, Mister

<grin>

Quoted message said:

Claire Petersky said:

I read this over at a local board, thought I'd share:

# Woman friend I ride with got a bee down the neck of her jersey on a
# descent. Amazing thing to see, she let go of the handlebars (at
# 30mph!) pulled the jersey over her head, and grabbed the bar
# again. Flying down the hill with her [censored] hanging out and her
# jersey over her neck and shoulders. At the bottom she braked to a
# stop, pulled her jersey back on and said,"that was kind of
# refreshing, I should do that more often". We were dumbfounded and
# she said that bee strings affect her pretty bad.

# The person who was most affected was the guy in the old pickup
# driving up the hill when this shirtless amazon flashes by. Hard to
# keep it out the ditch at times.

Quoted message said:

I've never teased her except to walk up from behind and say....bzzzz

Women seem to have this problem more than men, I suppose, because they
usually expose more skin than men, needing to bare their cleavage,
(vamping all the time).

.... and if you so much as make *one overture* toward squashing this
phenomenon ... you and I ... well ... we're gonna' have words, Mister

<grin>

Claire Petersky said:

I read this over at a local board, thought I'd share:

---
Woman friend I ride with got a bee down the neck of her jersey on a desent.
Amazing thing to see, she let go of the handlebars (at 30mph!) pulled the
jersey over her head, and grabbed the bar again. Flying down the hill with
her [censored] hanging out and her jersey over her neck and shoulders. At the
bottom she braked to a stop, pulled her jersey back on and said,"that was
kind of refreshing, I should do that more often". We were dumbfounded and
she said that bee strings affect her pretty bad.

The person who was most affected was the guy in the old pickup driving up
the hill when this shirtless amazon flashes by. Hard to keep it out the
ditch at times.

I've never teased her except to walk up from behind and say....bzzzz

Both my wife, and my son were stung by bees last week. My son got one
down his shirt while riding his bike and my wife got stung on the neck.
In the latter case, she was in a rowboat, as a passenger, and the wind
carried the bee to her. I'm not sure how many milliseconds it took the
bee to surn around, but I did see it do a little dance before she
brushed it off.

Anybody carry an epi-pen this time of year?

Sorni said:

[email hidden] wrote:

Quoted message said:

Wow, a little subtle hostility there, JB? How about the fact that women
have larger /breasts/ than men, and that means that there will be a larger
/opening/ in the jersey front in which a bug or bee can be trapped? (Not a
bad way to go, I must say.) Does one need to be a structural engineer to
grasp this rather obvious difference?

Quoted message said:

more technically interesting is that insects, having simple but
extremely fast mental processors, can turn their rear facing stingers
toward approaching threats in milliseconds regardless of direction.
It isn't as though bees were flying backward or being overtaken.

What are you smoking tonight, JB? It's easy to overtake a bee in flight and
run right into its stinger -- happened to me as a kid with a freaking
bumblebee that stung the bee-jeezus outta me right on the thigh. Thing
swelled up to the size of a football in about 2 seconds. (My thigh, I mean,
not the GD bee.)

Bees don't have to be "flying backwards" to sting a bicyclist. Just the
opposite.

HTH, Perplexed Bill

I've been stung twice by flying insects (one was certainly a wasp -
not sure about the other). Both times I'm certain I "overtook" the
insect in flight - I'm struggling with what's unusual or difficult
about that process. Both times the little bugger got in my jersey and
nailed me (didn't realize that the sting was supposed to happen on
impact - or am I missing something else?).

Put me down as perplexed too...

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $795 ti frame

Kevan Smith said:

I'm not allergic to stings, but ever since I got stung ON THE EYEBALL by
wasps, I avoid stinging insects assidouusly. The other day I was in a
paceline and we were cruising about 24 when a big bumblebee flew into my
helmet. I took my hands off the bars, got that helmet off and shook it out
and put it back on in less than half a minute. The adrenalin rush was
intense.

It won't prevent all stings, but your experience makes a good case for
wearing some kind of eyewear all the time. I started doing that after
getting a gnat stuck in my eye. I can't imagine how it would feel to
get a sting on your eyeball.

catzz66 said:

Kevan Smith said:

I'm not allergic to stings, but ever since I got stung ON THE
EYEBALL by wasps, I avoid stinging insects assidouusly. The other
day I was in a paceline and we were cruising about 24 when a big
bumblebee flew into my helmet. I took my hands off the bars, got
that helmet off and shook it out and put it back on in less than
half a minute. The adrenalin rush was intense.

It won't prevent all stings, but your experience makes a good case for
wearing some kind of eyewear all the time. I started doing that after
getting a gnat stuck in my eye. I can't imagine how it would feel to
get a sting on your eyeball.

There would ne no pain at all : the ball is just a big lump of jelly
isnt it? ...

Hadron Quark said:

catzz66 said:

Kevan Smith said:

I'm not allergic to stings, but ever since I got stung ON THE
EYEBALL by wasps, I avoid stinging insects assidouusly. The other
day I was in a paceline and we were cruising about 24 when a big
bumblebee flew into my helmet. I took my hands off the bars, got
that helmet off and shook it out and put it back on in less than
half a minute. The adrenalin rush was intense.

It won't prevent all stings, but your experience makes a good case for
wearing some kind of eyewear all the time. I started doing that after
getting a gnat stuck in my eye. I can't imagine how it would feel to
get a sting on your eyeball.

There would ne no pain at all : the ball is just a big lump of jelly
isnt it? ...

Yeah, but it's wrapped in a cornea and a conjunctiva that are
literally rife with nerve endings.

Don't do it. I don't know whether you were *thinking* about doing it,
but ... just in case ;-)