scary encounter.

What does this have to do with professional wrestling: your new passion?

Callistus Valerius said:

Doing a 90 mile ride, me and my friend stopped to fill our water bottles
at a water fountain. A fellow walked up to us, and informed us of a new
invention. The automobile, he said. It really kind of shocked me of how
ignorant really the general public is of cycling. We are so immersed in it,
we start assuming everyone knows what ultegra is. A wake-up call, a scary
one.

Callistus Valerius said:

Doing a 90 mile ride, me and my friend stopped to fill our water bottles
at a water fountain. A fellow walked up to us, and informed us of a new
invention. The automobile, he said.

That's almost as original as "Hey mate, did you know your wheels are
going round?"

what an a-hole. it amazes me how far out of their way some ppl will go to
inconvinience bikers. mu gf and her cousins were biking through town once
and some guy heading the opposite way in a car just had to yell out
something stupid. he was actually [censored] that they were biking! what the
hell! they weren't blocking traffic or anything..

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Doing a 90 mile ride, me and my friend stopped to fill our water

bottles

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at a water fountain. A fellow walked up to us, and informed us of a new
invention. The automobile, he said. It really kind of shocked me of how
ignorant really the general public is of cycling. We are so immersed in

it,

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we start assuming everyone knows what ultegra is. A wake-up call, a scary
one.

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what an a-hole. it amazes me how far out of their way some ppl will go to
inconvinience bikers. mu gf and her cousins were biking through town once
and some guy heading the opposite way in a car just had to yell out
something stupid. he was actually [censored] that they were biking! what the
hell! they weren't blocking traffic or anything..

to many people, different is dangerous. one person, after much debate,
finally admitted to me, what he feared the most is that he would be forced
to ride a bike. most people are extemely lazy, and the fact they might have
to exert some energy scares the hell out of them. it's a shame because I
think if most gave it a try, they would enjoy it also.

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what an a-hole. it amazes me how far out of their way some ppl will go

to

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inconvinience bikers. mu gf and her cousins were biking through town

once

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and some guy heading the opposite way in a car just had to yell out
something stupid. he was actually [censored] that they were biking! what

the

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hell! they weren't blocking traffic or anything..

to many people, different is dangerous. one person, after much

debate,

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finally admitted to me, what he feared the most is that he would be forced
to ride a bike. most people are extemely lazy, and the fact they might

have

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to exert some energy scares the hell out of them. it's a shame because I
think if most gave it a try, they would enjoy it also.

agreed. they have a very small comfort zone that they can't get out of.
it's crazy how lazy some people are though. even when faced with an early
death due to inactivity, they would still rather sit in front of the tube
all day...

Zog The Undeniable said:

Callistus Valerius said:

Doing a 90 mile ride, me and my friend stopped to fill our water bottles
at a water fountain. A fellow walked up to us, and informed us of a new
invention. The automobile, he said.

That's almost as original as "Hey mate, did you know your wheels are
going round?"

What about "Get off and milk it!"?

JT

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agreed. they have a very small comfort zone that they can't get out of.
it's crazy how lazy some people are though. even when faced with an early
death due to inactivity, they would still rather sit in front of the tube
all day...

I know, I use to be one of them. I got into cycling by accident. I
wanted to get to know this girl from one of my classes better, and she was a
cyclist. As it turned out, I got no where with her, but I got hooked on
cycling.

"> What does this have to do with professional wrestling: your new passion?

I said I would "watch" wrestling, not "participate" in wrestling. I
don't think, with my 155 lb frame I could hold my own in the ring.

hahah! good for you! good thing you got the guts to try it eh? if only there
was a way to make people realize that exercising and sweating are natural
and good for you...

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agreed. they have a very small comfort zone that they can't get out of.
it's crazy how lazy some people are though. even when faced with an

early

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death due to inactivity, they would still rather sit in front of the

tube

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all day...

I know, I use to be one of them. I got into cycling by accident. I
wanted to get to know this girl from one of my classes better, and she was

a

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cyclist. As it turned out, I got no where with her, but I got hooked on
cycling.

Most people are horribly lazy, fat marshmallows who will go through
taco bell drive-thrus and even drive up to their mailboxes to get the
mail out before getting out of the car. They will drive in circles
around the walmart parking lot for ten minutes just to find a spot 25
paces closer. And of course, there's the ignorance factor causing
anything different and unknown automatically to be wrong and/or
frightening. To them, we belong on the road about as much as men on
the moon. You've got to be careful, though, it *can* get downright
scary. I don't enjoy mingling with vehicular traffic, so I pick small
county roads with smooth pavement and as little traffic as possible.
I've been messed with twice in the last two months. This is North
Texas, by the way, Dallas area. One time, they shouted something nasty
100% unprovoked, and the other time they threw an object and hit me in
the back (different a-holes in each case.) What bothered me was that
the second time they drove by me soooo fast and waaaaay too close for
comfort, I guess so I couldn't catch the license plates. Both times, I
invited them to stop and discuss the issue, but the brave hearts
wouldn't, of course. Now I ride with a can of pepper spray in the
jersey pocket (works on dogs too), a knife in the camelback pocket,
and I'm considering a small gun, just for those that think they can
[censored] with the unfuckable from a safe distance. Just wait, you thought
the dude who slashed 2000 car tires was crazy...

I'm considering a small gun, just for those that think...

If would have to be small, a bike isn't the most stable gun platform
that I can think of.

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I'm considering a small gun, just for those that think...

If would have to be small, a bike isn't the most stable gun platform
that I can think of.

I dunno, mount a BAR barrel and action along the top tube. :0

Ron

Callistus Valerius said:

I'm considering a small gun, just for those that think...

If would have to be small, a bike isn't the most stable gun platform
that I can think of.

Maybe a small Ruger .25 five shot which fits nicely in a
jersey pocket. HItting anything with that would take a
miracle though.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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From: A Muzi

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Maybe a small Ruger .25 five shot which fits nicely in a
jersey pocket. HItting anything with that would take a
miracle though.

Hitting comes from practice. Stopping a charging bull redneck with that popgun
would def. call for divine intercession.

Reality reference:

<http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/ccw/selection.htm>

I've known a couple of cycling policemen who could "no problem" carry and use
guns who didn't. Of course, they are practiced in various interpersonal skills
as well as effective firearm use. --TP

Tom Paterson said:

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From: A Muzi

Hitting comes from practice. Stopping a charging bull redneck with that popgun
would def. call for divine intercession.

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I've known a couple of cycling policemen who could "no problem" carry and use
guns who didn't. Of course, they are practiced in various interpersonal skills
as well as effective firearm use. --TP

Interpresonal skills with livestock? Even here in the "Dairy State" our
police don't get that type of training! Where do you live? :-)

--

-John ([email hidden])

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From: John Thompson

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Interpresonal skills with livestock?

(I wrote):

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charging bull redneck

not "charging redneck bull". Horse's asses, you have a case there. --TP

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Tom Paterson said:

Hitting comes from practice. Stopping a charging bull redneck with that popgun
would def. call for divine intercession.
I've known a couple of cycling policemen who could "no problem" carry and use
guns who didn't. Of course, they are practiced in various interpersonal skills
as well as effective firearm use. --TP

John Thompson said:

Interpresonal skills with livestock? Even here in the "Dairy State" our
police don't get that type of training! Where do you live? :-)

A 'redneck' is not a dumb animal. Or is he?

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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I've been messed with twice in the last two months. This is North
Texas, by the way, Dallas area. One time, they shouted something nasty
100% unprovoked, and the other time they threw an object and hit me in
the back (different a-holes in each case.) What bothered me was that
the second time they drove by me soooo fast and waaaaay too close for
comfort, I guess so I couldn't catch the license plates. Both times, I
invited them to stop and discuss the issue, but the brave hearts
wouldn't, of course.

I've been riding in North Texas for over 20 years. I've been buzzed
and had obscenities shouted at me numerous times. Heck one time I
was at the side of the road changing a flat tire on my car and
several passing cars shouted obscenities (wide shoulder and I was
well off the road so there was no way I was inconveniencing them).
There are some folks who can only feel good about themselves when
they put someone else down. Cyclists may be an easy target but
they aren't the only one.

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Now I ride with a can of pepper spray in the
jersey pocket (works on dogs too), a knife in the camelback pocket,
and I'm considering a small gun, just for those that think they can
[censored] with the unfuckable from a safe distance. Just wait, you thought
the dude who slashed 2000 car tires was crazy...

There are a lot of people who get their jollies messing with you but
few who want to escillate it to a mortal battle. Texas does allow
concealed carry so it is certainly within your right to pack here.
Do remember that carrying a weopon is a huge responsibility. I've
read a lot of articles both pro-handgun and anti-handgun as well
as looking at various statistics and the best I can tell a handgun is
more likely to get you into trouble than get you out of trouble. If
you do find yourself in the very unlikely situation where you have to
defend yourself against someone who intends to kill or maim you a
handgun can be very handy otherwise it is more of a liability.

While North Texas is an area more bike hostile than most I've done
just fine ignoring abusive drivers. Inviting them to stop and
"discuss" the situation is asking for trouble. I've certainly felt
threatened many times while riding but nothing ever came of it.
After the driver was out of sight and my adrenaline stopped coursing
through my veins I was none the worse for the wear.
--
Bruce Jackson

Something I've been considering is to carry a notepad, pen and cell phone. If accosted on the road, do nothing to acknowledge the drivers presence since it's almost always a case of a coward looking for attention. Try to observe the vehicle make, model, license plate, location and direction of travel. Then when they're out of sight call the local cops and report a driver speeding, wreckless, littering, assault and any other violations that may apply. Some places will act on and write citations on a call in, but I don't know if that's true everywhere. They may even look a little harder if you throw in the suggestion that, "he must be drunk".