On your left – tales of woe
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June 28, 2012 at 3:17 pm #944413
consularrider
Participant@DavidAsch 23731 wrote:
How’s this for a twist! I commute regularly on the path through Rock Creek Park and always ding my bell when I pass runners. Yesterday when I dinged my bell, the runner said, “That was completely unnecessary.” I slowed down and asked what she meant. She said, “I am here. You are there. The bell is an annoyance.”
I’ve had this twice over the past year on the 4MRT between Walter Reed and George Mason, maybe the same runner? The first time was what I thought was a snotty remark about how he was an experienced runner (how can I tell the difference?) and the second was that one ding was enough (I almost always do a double ding). I think I’ve had somebody else refer to me as the “ice cream truck” when I had to pass a large group.
June 28, 2012 at 3:56 pm #944420KelOnWheels
ParticipantI was practicing being cheerful today on my commute and discovered that for bell-immune tourists an extra-extra-cheerful “Excuse me! Thank you! Good morning!” got good results
Some of them even said good morning back!
I had a good cyclist pass call ratio today too, so thanks to all of you that passed me and called it
June 28, 2012 at 7:34 pm #944480krazygl00
Participant@KelOnWheels 23765 wrote:
I was practicing being cheerful today on my commute and discovered that for bell-immune tourists an extra-extra-cheerful “Excuse me! Thank you! Good morning!” got good results
Some of them even said good morning back!
I had a good cyclist pass call ratio today too, so thanks to all of you that passed me and called it
Ugh. Being that cheerful would make me lose my breakfast.
June 28, 2012 at 7:58 pm #944484ShawnoftheDread
Participant@KelOnWheels 23765 wrote:
I was practicing being cheerful today on my commute and discovered that for bell-immune tourists an extra-extra-cheerful “Excuse me! Thank you! Good morning!” got good results
Some of them even said good morning back!
I had a good cyclist pass call ratio today too, so thanks to all of you that passed me and called it
That only works with the early-riser types (people who are out at 7:00 a.m. during vacation are nutso). Afternoon would yield much different results.
June 28, 2012 at 8:23 pm #944488KelOnWheels
Participant@ShawnoftheDread 23830 wrote:
That only works with the early-riser types (people who are out at 7:00 a.m. during vacation are nutso). Afternoon would yield much different results.
Oh yeah. No shot at that happening in the afternoon. I’m totes getting an Air Zound so I can just vaporize them with a sonic blast.
June 28, 2012 at 8:24 pm #944489KelOnWheels
Participant@krazygl00 23826 wrote:
Ugh. Being that cheerful would make me lose my breakfast.
Don’t worry, it wore off
June 28, 2012 at 8:32 pm #9444915555624
Participant@ShawnoftheDread 23830 wrote:
That only works with the early-riser types (people who are out at 7:00 a.m. during vacation are nutso).
Yeah, why wait that late?
Saturdays at 4:00 a.m. or so, I often get “good morning” comments from those I find walking on the trail.
June 29, 2012 at 1:35 pm #944537pfunkallstar
Participant@5555624 23839 wrote:
Yeah, why wait that late?
Saturdays at 4:00 a.m. or so, I often get “good morning” comments from those I find walking on the trail.
If you are down on the MVT you will often run into random Ft. Myer/Pentagoners jogging around at 5am or so, with that being their mid-morning run. Insane.
June 29, 2012 at 2:10 pm #9445445555624
Participant@pfunkallstar 23893 wrote:
If you are down on the MVT you will often run into random Ft. Myer/Pentagoners jogging around at 5am or so, with that being their mid-morning run. Insane.
Which is why I will shoot to be off the MVT by 4:30 a.m. or so tomorrow. (During the week I’m never close to being on the trail that late.)
July 25, 2012 at 9:16 pm #946955Dirt
ParticipantY’all think you have “On your left” problems? I think this might qualify as a “Tail of woe.”
Hope all is well with y’all. We’re having fun in Africa.
July 25, 2012 at 9:19 pm #946956dasgeh
Participant@Dirt 26479 wrote:
I think this might qualify as a “Tail of woe.”
Only if he didn’t call his pass. I can only assume the he didn’t have a bell. How ELITE!
July 25, 2012 at 9:22 pm #946958Dirt
ParticipantY’all think you have “On your left” problems? I think this might qualify as a “Tail of woe.”
Hope all is well with y’all. We’re having fun in Africa.
July 26, 2012 at 3:21 am #946981MCL1981
ParticipantI’d yield to that.
July 26, 2012 at 11:10 am #946988Dirt
ParticipantTo be fair, drivers don’t have it so easy around here either…
Nice doggie!!!July 26, 2012 at 1:02 pm #946992 -
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