interesting encounter

"JD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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So, I decide that active rest was to run downtown on the
cruiser today to accomplish various tasks. At one point I
used a left turn lane and made a safe left turn onto a
sidestreet from a main artery. Well, after I finish my
turn some goatee-wearing putz passenger in a black pickup
yells at me in passsing to get out of the street. I can
hear the traffic slowing for a signal the direction the
offensive creep is headed, so I decide to cut down an
alley to see exactly what his malfunction is. The truck
was stopped at the light and I slid right up next to it
and yelled into the face of the goatee punk, "YOU GOT
SOMETHING TO SAY (insert expletive here)?!?!?" A look of
disbelief is the first thing out of him as he stared
blankly into the face of the [censored] bicycle rider who
was obviously much bigger than he. Then his look turns to
smug as he rolls the window up, saying "Huh?" at the same
time. "Just what I thought, you're a (insert expletives
here)." Of course, the fat [censored] (who was also wearing a
goatee) who was driving decided to not give chase, as I
gave them plenty of opportunity to do so as I rode off.
Some people's kids...

Heheh..

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Originally posted by Jd
So, I decide that active rest was to run downtown on the
cruiser today to accomplish various tasks. At one point I
used a left turn lane and made a safe left turn onto a
sidestreet from a main artery. Well, after I finish my turn
some goatee-wearing putz passenger in a black pickup yells
at me in passsing to get out of the street. I can hear the
traffic slowing for a signal the direction the offensive
creep is headed, so I decide to cut down an alley to see
exactly what his malfunction is. The truck was stopped at
the light and I slid right up next to it and yelled into the
face of the goatee punk, "YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY (insert
expletive here)?!?!?" A look of disbelief is the first thing
out of him as he stared blankly into the face of the [censored] bicycle rider who was obviously much bigger than he.
Then his look turns to smug as he rolls the window up,
saying "Huh?" at the same time. "Just what I thought, you're
a (insert expletives here)." Of course, the fat [censored] (who
was also wearing a goatee) who was driving decided to not
give chase, as I gave them plenty of opportunity to do so as
I rode off. Some people's kids...

JD

A real bad ass would have punched the guy out through the window.

Thanks for sharing.

See you in a couple of weeks?

Ken

JD said:

So, I decide that active rest was to run downtown on the
cruiser today to accomplish various tasks. At one point I
used a left turn lane and made a safe left turn onto a
sidestreet from a main artery. Well, after I finish my
turn some goatee-wearing putz passenger in a black pickup
yells at me in passsing to get out of the street. I can
hear the traffic slowing for a signal the direction the
offensive creep is headed, so I decide to cut down an
alley to see exactly what his malfunction is. The truck
was stopped at the light and I slid right up next to it
and yelled into the face of the goatee punk, "YOU GOT
SOMETHING TO SAY (insert expletive here)?!?!?" A look of
disbelief is the first thing out of him as he stared
blankly into the face of the [censored] bicycle rider who
was obviously much bigger than he. Then his look turns to
smug as he rolls the window up, saying "Huh?" at the same
time. "Just what I thought, you're a (insert expletives
here)." Of course, the fat [censored] (who was also wearing a
goatee) who was driving decided to not give chase, as I
gave them plenty of opportunity to do so as I rode off.
Some people's kids...

JD

You're obviously in the right. I've had similar encounters
(without the size advantage). Just remember that some right
people get shot in such encounters. My brother's had a gun
flashed at him in a similar situation.

Matt (prefers to take my chances offroad)

JD said:

So, I decide that active rest was to run downtown on the
cruiser today to accomplish various tasks. At one point I
used a left turn lane and made a safe left turn onto a
sidestreet from a main artery. Well, after I finish my
turn some goatee-wearing putz passenger in a black pickup
yells at me in passsing to get out of the street. I can
hear the traffic slowing for a signal the direction the
offensive creep is headed, so I decide to cut down an
alley to see exactly what his malfunction is. The truck
was stopped at the light and I slid right up next to it
and yelled into the face of the goatee punk, "YOU GOT
SOMETHING TO SAY (insert expletive here)?!?!?" A look of
disbelief is the first thing out of him as he stared
blankly into the face of the [censored] bicycle rider who
was obviously much bigger than he. Then his look turns to
smug as he rolls the window up, saying "Huh?" at the same
time. "Just what I thought, you're a (insert expletives
here)." Of course, the fat [censored] (who was also wearing a
goatee) who was driving decided to not give chase, as I
gave them plenty of opportunity to do so as I rode off.
Some people's kids...

JD

Nice,

Tom

"JD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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So, I decide that active rest was to run downtown on the
cruiser today to accomplish various tasks. At one point I
used a left turn lane and made a safe left turn onto a
sidestreet from a main artery. Well, after I finish my
turn some goatee-wearing putz passenger in a black pickup
yells at me in passsing to get out of the street. I can
hear the traffic slowing for a signal the direction the
offensive creep is headed, so I decide to cut down an
alley to see exactly what his malfunction is. The truck
was stopped at the light and I slid right up next to it
and yelled into the face of the goatee punk, "YOU GOT
SOMETHING TO SAY (insert expletive here)?!?!?" A look of
disbelief is the first thing out of him as he stared
blankly into the face of the [censored] bicycle rider who
was obviously much bigger than he. Then his look turns to
smug as he rolls the window up, saying "Huh?" at the same
time. "Just what I thought, you're a (insert expletives
here)." Of course, the fat [censored] (who was also wearing a
goatee) who was driving decided to not give chase, as I
gave them plenty of opportunity to do so as I rode off.
Some people's kids...

JD

Had a lady cut us off on a Sunday Road ride. Cut's in front
and starts yelling at us about how we should get the _uck
off the road and such. Why is that funny? Well, she lives
two doors down from where she cut us off. There was about
thirty riders. And we all know what roadies are like hehe!

Shaun Bell

JD said:

after I finish my turn some goatee-wearing putz passenger
in a black pickup yells at me in passsing to get out of
the street.

The goatee made him do it.

--
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address, at least)

"JD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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So, I decide that active rest was to run downtown on the
cruiser today to accomplish various tasks. At one point I
used a left turn lane and made a safe left turn onto a
sidestreet from a main artery. Well, after I finish my
turn some goatee-wearing putz passenger in a black pickup
yells at me in passsing to get out of the street. I can
hear the traffic slowing for a signal the direction the
offensive creep is headed, so I decide to cut down an
alley to see exactly what his malfunction is. The truck
was stopped at the light and I slid right up next to it
and yelled into the face of the goatee punk, "YOU GOT
SOMETHING TO SAY (insert expletive here)?!?!?" A look of
disbelief is the first thing out of him as he stared
blankly into the face of the [censored] bicycle rider who
was obviously much bigger than he. Then his look turns to
smug as he rolls the window up, saying "Huh?" at the same
time. "Just what I thought, you're a (insert expletives
here)." Of course, the fat [censored] (who was also wearing a
goatee) who was driving decided to not give chase, as I
gave them plenty of opportunity to do so as I rode off.
Some people's kids...

JD

Great story. I used to have a real short fuse and I would
fight anyone who started in with me. One time I was on a
motorcycle and a similar situation happened to me. Except
when the window got rolled up I put my fist through it and
grabed they guy around the neck. He clawed at my face and I
slammed his head down into the broken glass. I let go and he
drove off.

I have since learned that isn't the right thing to do. Ya I
got away with it and maybe the guy learned from the
experience too. Maybe he never antangonized a stranger
again. But there are people who would go to far (even beyond
what I did) and getting shot or worse ain't worth it.

Loomer "glad to have survived my 20's" Boomer

Shaun Bell said:

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JD

Had a lady cut us off on a Sunday Road ride. Cut's in
front and starts yelling at us about how we should get
the _uck off the road and such. Why is that funny? Well,
she lives two doors down from where she cut us off. There
was about thirty riders. And we all know what roadies are
like hehe!

Shaun Bell

Shaun! You're alive! Where have you been hiding? Oh, and
How's the Bobblehead thing going?

miles

MattB said:

JD said:

So, I decide that active rest was to run downtown on the
cruiser today to accomplish various tasks. At one point I
used a left turn lane and made a safe left turn onto a
sidestreet from a main artery. Well, after I finish my
turn some goatee-wearing putz passenger in a black pickup
yells at me in passsing to get out of the street. I can
hear the traffic slowing for a signal the direction the
offensive creep is headed, so I decide to cut down an
alley to see exactly what his malfunction is. The truck
was stopped at the light and I slid right up next to it
and yelled into the face of the goatee punk, "YOU GOT
SOMETHING TO SAY (insert expletive here)?!?!?" A look of
disbelief is the first thing out of him as he stared
blankly into the face of the [censored] bicycle rider who
was obviously much bigger than he. Then his look turns to
smug as he rolls the window up, saying "Huh?" at the same
time. "Just what I thought, you're a (insert expletives
here)." Of course, the fat [censored] (who was also wearing a
goatee) who was driving decided to not give chase, as I
gave them plenty of opportunity to do so as I rode off.
Some people's kids...

JD

You're obviously in the right. I've had similar encounters
(without the size advantage). Just remember that some
right people get shot in such encounters. My brother's had
a gun flashed at him in a similar situation.

I've started to keep that in mind the last few years. I've
had lots of similar encounters, and JD's got about a foot on
me. Even so, they've always backed down with the same
reaction. Never gone after a pickup with a gun rack though.
(Well once, but that was a long time ago, and I wasn't
riding alone :-) )

Shawn

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malfunction is. The truck was stopped at the light and I
slid right up next to it and yelled into the face of the
goatee punk, "YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY (insert expletive
here)?!?!?" A look of disbelief is

What an impolite gesture! I can't believe you would invade
someone's personal space to berate them over such a
trivial matter!

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

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Had a lady cut us off on a Sunday Road ride. Cut's in
front and starts yelling at us about how we should get
the _uck off the road and such. Why is that funny? Well,
she lives two doors down from where she cut us off. There
was about thirty riders. And we all know what roadies are
like hehe!

Shaun Bell

hehehe... I'm picturing 30 Lycra clad [censored] having a
pissing party on her lawn/bushes.
--
Slacker

Loomer said:

Loomer "glad to have survived my 20's" Boomer

Man, ain't that the truth. Staring down the barrel of a gun
is no fun; I've experienced it once. Sure, the guy probably
wasn't going to use it, but people make mistakes.

Was I in "the right"? Hell no! My only excuse was that I was
young and very, very drunk, and part of a large group that
was doing pretty much the same thing*. Why the driver picked
ME to point that gun at, I'll never know.

Sure did settle everybody down, though.

* It was at Talladega; anyone familiar with NASCAR night-
before parties knows what we were doing. We were just
following tradition!

--
-BB- To reply to me, drop the attitude (from my e-mail
address, at least)

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Had a lady cut us off on a Sunday Road ride. Cut's in
front and starts yelling at us about how we should get
the _uck off the road and such.

Why

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is that funny? Well, she lives two doors down from where
she cut us

off.

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There was about thirty riders. And we all know what
roadies are like

hehe!

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Shaun Bell

hehehe... I'm picturing 30 Lycra clad [censored] having a
pissing party on her lawn/bushes.
--
Slacker

How'd you know? Think I saw some guy in a lab coat testing
the grass for EPO lol.

Shaun Bell

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Loomer said:

Loomer "glad to have survived my 20's" Boomer

Man, ain't that the truth. Staring down the barrel of a
gun is no fun; I've experienced it once. Sure, the guy
probably wasn't going to use it, but people make mistakes.

yeah, me too. Ain't no fun looking down the business end
of a .357!

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Was I in "the right"? Hell no! My only excuse was that I
was young and very, very drunk, and part of a large group
that was doing pretty much the same thing*. Why the driver
picked ME to point that gun at, I'll never know.

Sounds alot like some situations I used to be in. Jumping
off cliffs indeed!

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* It was at Talladega; anyone familiar with NASCAR night-
before parties knows what we were doing. We were just
following tradition!

Being from these parts, and being on the infield many
Saturday nights myself 😉 I think I've got a good idea.
Talladega has always been a favorite, but I hated the 5 hr
ride back to ATL.

Dave (Besides, it's just not the same without the
Intimidator around anyway)

"JD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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So, I decide that active rest was to run downtown on the
cruiser today to accomplish various tasks. At one point I
used a left turn lane and made a safe left turn onto a
sidestreet from a main artery. Well, after I finish my
turn some goatee-wearing putz passenger in a black pickup
yells at me in passsing to get out of the street. I can
hear the traffic slowing for a signal the direction the
offensive creep is headed, so I decide to cut down an
alley to see exactly what his malfunction is. The truck
was stopped at the light and I slid right up next to it
and yelled into the face of the goatee punk, "YOU GOT
SOMETHING TO SAY (insert expletive here)?!?!?" A look of
disbelief is the first thing out of him as he stared
blankly into the face of the [censored] bicycle rider who
was obviously much bigger than he. Then his look turns to
smug as he rolls the window up, saying "Huh?" at the same
time. "Just what I thought, you're a (insert expletives
here)." Of course, the fat [censored] (who was also wearing a
goatee) who was driving decided to not give chase, as I
gave them plenty of opportunity to do so as I rode off.
Some people's kids...

JD

When I lived in a certain SoCal city a few years ago, I did
a 16 mile trek back and forth to work a few days a week.
Encountered enough [censored] on that route on a consistent
basis that I started carrying three 1/4 pound steel hex nuts
with me, just to feel like I had the power to do something
about it. One jerk slows down one morning as he sees me
coming in the bike lane, like he's about to turn right, but
waiting for me to get through the intersection (he's
actually turned around looking at me approaching for several
seconds). As soon as I get within a car length, he guns it
and swerves the car across my path, almost costing me a bike
and a lot of medical attention. My reaction? I spider-webbed
a good section his rear window with one of the
aforementioned steel nuts. My narrow escape in the ensuing
chase (by maneuvering, not speed) convinced me that the most
entertaining resolution isn't always the best one.

-Chuck

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You're obviously in the right. I've had similar encounters
(without the

size

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advantage). Just remember that some right people get shot
in such encounters. My brother's had a gun flashed at him
in a similar situation.

I've had many, many encounters riding to and from the trail.
Two times I

was big enough to pound me into the ground but he wimped
out, and the last time a few weeks ago it was just a couple
of lazy, ugly, fat cows in a huge pickup in Laughlin that
were probably in a hurry to get home to beat up their
husbands and that's what I casually told them at the signal.

1st, middle of winter, passenger in car passing the other
way hit me with a water balloon, froze my ass off, and it
left a nasty grapefruit-size.

2nd, after a 6 hour ride in hot and smoggy weather we were
riding back to our cars on a busy street when someone
sprayed me with silly string. It freaked me out and I
almost swerved into a parked car. I was complete toast at
that point but my buddies almost caught the car at the
next signal.

3rd, some fascist high school football player looking dude
decided to impress his girlfriend by acting like he was
going to run over the hippie on the mtn bike. I caught them
at the next signal and sprayed them with my water bottle. I
jumped up on the sidewalk next a signal pole in case he
tried to run me over. He stopped, his girlfriend was goading
him to get out and kick my ass, but he took off.

4th, I was afraid that these two bruisers of women weere
going to get out

Those are the incidents that stand out.

Greg

"Chuck W" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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When I lived in a certain SoCal city a few years ago, I
did a 16 mile trek back and forth to work a few days a
week. Encountered enough [censored] on that route on a
consistent basis that I started carrying three 1/4 pound
steel hex nuts with me, just to feel like I had the power
to do something about it. One jerk slows down one morning
as he sees me coming in the

bike

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lane, like he's about to turn right, but waiting for me to
get through the intersection (he's actually turned around
looking at me approaching for several seconds). As soon as
I get within a car length, he guns it and swerves the car
across my path, almost costing me a bike and a lot of
medical attention. My reaction? I spider-webbed a good
section his rear window with one of the aforementioned
steel nuts. My narrow escape in the ensuing chase (by
maneuvering, not speed) convinced me that the most
entertaining resolution isn't always the best one.

-Chuck

I don't understand these types of people. Even though I was
prone to violence when I was younger I never started
problems I just wouldn't back down when I was younger. I can
understand the water ballon pranks and such.. but... Hey I
am American and a VFW but you gotta go Sweden, Denmark,
Holland, etc. and ride there. Those people are more
civilized.

I want to retire in Denmark and ride my bike and watch the
purty women there. American knuckleheads get to me
sometimes.

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You're obviously in the right. I've had similar encounters
(without the size advantage). Just remember that some
right people get shot in such encounters. My brother's had
a gun flashed at him in a similar situation.

Flashing a gun would have been a grave mistake by these
putzes, especially at 7th and North in heavy traffic. It was
a Witness-O-Rama and even gun-toting chickenshits aren't
that dumb. I had the license plate tattooed in my brain
before I even yelled at the doof and felony menacing in
Colorado=time.

JD

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news:RXrac.44468> I've had many, many encounters riding to
and from the trail. Two times I

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was big enough to pound me into the ground but he wimped
out, and the last time a few weeks ago it was just a
couple of lazy, ugly, fat cows in a

huge

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pickup in Laughlin that were probably in a hurry to get
home to beat up their husbands and that's what I casually
told them at the signal.

1st, middle of winter, passenger in car passing the other
way hit me with

a

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water balloon, froze my ass off, and it left a nasty
grapefruit-size.

2nd, after a 6 hour ride in hot and smoggy weather we were
riding back to our cars on a busy street when someone
sprayed me with silly string. It freaked me out and I
almost swerved into a parked car. I was complete

toast

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at that point but my buddies almost caught the car at the
next signal.

3rd, some fascist high school football player looking dude
decided to impress his girlfriend by acting like he was
going to run over the hippie

on

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the mtn bike. I caught them at the next signal and sprayed
them with my water bottle. I jumped up on the sidewalk
next a signal pole in case he tried to run me over. He
stopped, his girlfriend was goading him to get

out

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and kick my ass, but he took off.

4th, I was afraid that these two bruisers of women weere
going to get out

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Those are the incidents that stand out.

Greg

Wow all those on a bike?

I had a weater ballon incident too but since they missed I
thought it was funny...

Actually I had a carload of high school girls whoop
sugestivley and compliment my legs and but last year! That
was the first time ever. I am married with a family and that
NEVER happened to me when I was single.

It's karma or something but I don't understand why life is
like this. For instance now that I am bald, married and
older.. (and have a lot more cash) can I buy and have things
happen to me that never would have when I was young broke
and single. Go figure....