Nana turns bad!

gplama said:

WTF?!?! I let out a ROFL, followed by some very loud questioning of her motives... She pulls a u-turn, downs her window and screams out "Follow the road rules next time" at me.

That one usually comes from people who haven't a clue about whatever the road rules are, or are prone to making stuff up to suit themselves. i.e.: a cheap shot.

Your anecdote reminded me of a less than pleasant encounter I had about 6-7 years ago in West Brunswick. Scenario: mid-morning, yours truly and pedally tootling along in the bike lane, no other soul or road user in sight. Until a old chap in a late model Stolen starts tailgating me. Then he draws up alongside, lowers the passenger side window and commences a puerile stream of, well lets just say, disgusting sexist remarks. Ok, hmmm, nothing uttered really burnt my delicate ears. Then the penny drops, he thinks I'm a *little girl*, and he's getting his jollies by doing this. Red mist descends and cfsmtb HQ goes to DEFCON 2.

I slow up, drift around the back of the car and draw up to the drivers side. Gentle tap on the window, "Hey mate ... "

Well lets just say this dirty old creep then realised I was several decades older than he initially thought, and the air turned a dark shade of blue after I finished venting ones spleen. He [censored] rather speedily too.

On Mar 22, 8:01 pm, gplama <gplama.2nu...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

Rolling home tonight after a nice hill training session, nana pulls out
across my path and cuts me off as I'm approaching Doncaster Rd/Balwyn
Rd lights. A near miss, but I saw it coming. I gave her a "Hey! C'mon
that wasn't very fair was it?"... I managed to keep it polite and
informative. Nana in her little white hatchback didn't even look
sideways at me as she pulled forward. No worries, nana must have
spacial awareness issues. Such are the breaks when riding on the roads
I thought.

I roll onto Kilby Rd, a fine well lit road with a nice bike lane.
Spinning along (yeah, on the SS 39/15) cooling down from the session.
Not a car in sight, a nice warm night... nothing could be better....
wait, what's that car doing tailgating me? BEEEEP BEEEEEP BEEEEEP....
I turn to see nana on the horn having some choice words to me. WTF?!?!
I let out a ROFL, followed by some very loud questioning of her
motives... She pulls a u-turn, downs her window and screams out
"Follow the road rules next time" at me. Again, WTF?! Those who know
me in person no doubt know I'm a loud mouth, and at 8:15pm tonight the
hills were alive with the sound of a bellowing lama! I asked her to
step of of the car if she wanted to make a point. Then inviting her
back for further discussion on the matter. I managed to keep from
using offending language all through the lung busting screaming session
- all while nana slowly rolled away with the window down. ok ok, I let
my guard down the very end where I was out of material and accused you
of being a lady of the night, maybe not in those words though.

Damn nana, if you want to pick fights with a man, how about you stand
and fight like a man? 🙂 From someone who cut me off then didnt
batter an eyelid, to going out of her way to chase me down and hurl
abuse at me? I bet she almost swallowed her false teeth when letting
out her creaky spray.

Anyways - I win. I love a good wake up call like that, bellowing at
max volume for a good cause. Nobody drug test me in the next day or
so, the testosterone levels may be a little high after that primal
screaming....

rrrrrroooooooarrrrrrrrrr!!! 🙂
lama

--
gplama

Haha, I guess now you know what spawned the local bogan lads. Egg her
house when they hoon.

Donga

On Mar 22, 9:01 pm, gplama <gplama.2nu...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote:

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Quoted message said:

I roll onto Kilby Rd, a fine well lit road with a nice bike lane.
Spinning along (yeah, on the SS 39/15) cooling down from the session.
Not a car in sight, a nice warm night... nothing could be better....
wait, what's that car doing tailgating me? BEEEEP BEEEEEP BEEEEEP....
I turn to see nana on the horn having some choice words to me. WTF?!?!

Maybe she doesn't like single speeders?

*ducks*

petulance said:

Maybe she doesn't like single speeders?

*ducks*

That's just silly, everyone loves single speeders. You're lucky you're not going to the Sydney 24hr... 😉

Parbs

cfsmtb said:

Well lets just say this dirty old creep then realised I was several
decades older than he initially thought, and the air turned a dark
shade of blue after I finished venting ones spleen. He [censored]
rather speedily too.

Ones like that should be reported to the police with rego number. They
are now big on pedophile action since Laura Norder started turning up to
vote.

Terryc said:

Ones like that should be reported to the police with rego number.

Yes, but how do you expain to them that a pedophile tried to accost your 40
something year old?

Quoted message said:

They
are now big on pedophile action since Laura Norder started turning up
to vote.

Who's Laura Norder? Ahh Law and Order. I still don't get it though.

Theo

gplama said:

Damn nana, if you want to pick fights with a man, how about you stand
and fight like a man? 🙂 From someone who cut me off then didnt
batter an eyelid, to going out of her way to chase me down and hurl
abuse at me? I bet she almost swallowed her false teeth when letting
out her creaky spray.

Anyways - I win. I love a good wake up call like that, bellowing at
max volume for a good cause. Nobody drug test me in the next day or
so, the testosterone levels may be a little high after that primal
screaming....

Better hope Nana isn't the mother of a well known Melbourne underworld
identity...

On Mar 23, 8:55 am, kanangara <kanangara.2nv...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

petulance said:

Maybe she doesn't like single speeders?

Quoted message said:

*ducks*

That's just silly, everyone loves single speeders. You're lucky you're
not going to the Sydney 24hr... 😉

Parbs

no, I won't be at the Sydney 24 Hour but I'm on the waiting list for
the Dirtworks Classic. Here's hoping they have removed last year's
"push your bike up a very long and steep path" at the start.

gplama said:

Rolling home tonight after a nice hill training session, nana pulls out
across my path and cuts me off as I'm approaching Doncaster Rd/Balwyn
Rd lights. A near miss, but I saw it coming. I gave her a "Hey! C'mon
that wasn't very fair was it?"... I managed to keep it polite and
informative. Nana in her little white hatchback didn't even look
sideways at me as she pulled forward. No worries, nana must have
spacial awareness issues. Such are the breaks when riding on the roads
I thought.

I roll onto Kilby Rd, a fine well lit road with a nice bike lane.
Spinning along (yeah, on the SS 39/15) cooling down from the session.
Not a car in sight, a nice warm night... nothing could be better....
wait, what's that car doing tailgating me? BEEEEP BEEEEEP BEEEEEP....
I turn to see nana on the horn having some choice words to me. WTF?!?!
I let out a ROFL, followed by some very loud questioning of her
motives... She pulls a u-turn, downs her window and screams out
"Follow the road rules next time" at me. Again, WTF?! Those who know

I once got something like this from a young italian lady in a 4WD who
swerved around me, ran a stop sign and got T-boned by another 4WD,
apparently it was all my fault!

Cheers

Joel

Theo Bekkers said:

Terryc said:

Ones like that should be reported to the police with rego number.

Yes, but how do you expain to them that a pedophile tried to accost your 40
something year old?

Quoted message said:

They
are now big on pedophile action since Laura Norder started turning up
to vote.

Who's Laura Norder? Ahh Law and Order. I still don't get it though.

In NSW, we have election after election (there is another one this
weekend) that feature "getting tough on crime when when coupled with the
usual hysterical one-eye brood mare always includes yet more harrassment
of suspected pedophile or (anyone talking to kids who you don't know).

So, if OP had wandered into constable plod and repeated what was said
and provided car rego number, I am sure constable plod would have been
around to knock on door of car owner and apply the evil eye.
would help wonderfully with their stats.

I guess the other way is to ring that national suspiscious activity
watchline (the one where you report all those broken fences) and dob in
the rego number as taking drums of somethin into the bush, etc.

petulance said:

I'm on the waiting list for
the Dirtworks Classic. Here's hoping they have removed last year's
"push your bike up a very long and steep path" at the start.

Yup that is gone, but be prepared for other surprises...

Parbs