Originally posted by Pete Clark
I've been there, too; usually, I think the same thing, but people who see me are probably thinking, "That poor man riding his bike in the cold!"
Really, it's like I'm in another dimension. We may be only a few feet apart as I ride by, but I'm in a different world altogether.
Pete, you probably get this too in Georgia, where well-meaning officemates offer to give you a ride home "because it looks like rain!" I just have to politely decline, get on my bike, and chuckle to myself.