Talk Is Cheap: My Patience Wears Thin With Ignorance
08-18-15, 02:51 PM
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Sometimes I think this behavior is just someone's way to draw you into a conversation, because by that type of approach they know they're bound to get some sort of reaction. They've likely done it before.
Sometimes I think this behavior is just someone's way to draw you into a conversation, because by that type of approach they know they're bound to get some sort of reaction. They've likely done it before.
08-18-15, 02:53 PM
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08-18-15, 02:58 PM
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08-18-15, 03:13 PM
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...I got my first PX-10 by taking it from a North Vietnamese infiltrator on the Ho Chi Minh trail in '69. He had it loaded down with four 30 kilo sacks of rice, so could not move all that quickly. I popped him at a thousand yards with a standard issue M40, then moved out and claimed my prize. It had been modified a little bit for use on the trail and heavy loads, but that's another story. 
08-18-15, 05:19 PM
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Glad you didn't have to use it. Once the adrenaline kicks in, things can go very bad, very quickly.
I pulled out my cell phone, to call the police. He immediately shot out his right hand, placed it near my phone and that was that. The phone went dead - instantly. That was when the other me took over.
I pulled my Olfa knife out of my apron, slid the blade out and warned the guy for the last time (Being pretty old and not much of a warrior, anymore, I was now feeling genuinely threatened). I was quite prepared to slash the son of a b and assumed an aggressive stance, in preparation to do so). He left.
Sorry, no pictures of this event, but it did happen.
I pulled my Olfa knife out of my apron, slid the blade out and warned the guy for the last time (Being pretty old and not much of a warrior, anymore, I was now feeling genuinely threatened). I was quite prepared to slash the son of a b and assumed an aggressive stance, in preparation to do so). He left.
Sorry, no pictures of this event, but it did happen.
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08-18-15, 07:52 PM
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i'd be absolutely sh*&ting myself. in my broke college years, i would walk from my local grocery store to my house. on one occassion I had a homeless guy follow me, cussing like a mad man, demanding food.
Scary how these guys are getting more and more forceful.
i'd be absolutely sh*&ting myself. in my broke college years, i would walk from my local grocery store to my house. on one occassion I had a homeless guy follow me, cussing like a mad man, demanding food.
Scary how these guys are getting more and more forceful.
08-18-15, 07:59 PM
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I'm all for freedom of choice, just don't endanger other people.
again, we're not arguing here about what someone may or may not do on an empty road. there was another cyclist and motorist around, so the situation is completly different.
and no one said any differently.
good you moved on, she doesnt sound very bright. neither action would be illegal, that's what the law refers to as mitigating circumstances.
again, we're not arguing here about what someone may or may not do on an empty road. there was another cyclist and motorist around, so the situation is completly different.
i had a gf once that was a stickler for the law. i posed her a couple questions she found difficult. one was whether to save a drowning dog in a lake with a 'no swimming' sign posted. the other was choosing to break the speed limit if a crazed trucker were chasing her. she had trouble. we didn't last very long.
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08-18-15, 09:34 PM
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So last week I'm downtown listening to street music and riding around town with the Colnago. This guy strolls up behind me, puts his hand on my shiny Cinelli (he didnt even say it properly) bars and starts with, "I got this beat". He starts rattling with his pedigree of racing accomplishments circa 1975. As he walks around the bike he tells me about his Paramount. Ok, decent bike but quite an argument saying it has my '77 Super "beat". He then nitpicks at every little thing he could think of. I remain silent. Nary a word. He then gives me the wrench "tip of the century". He spies the Campy BB and says "I hope you didnt remove the bearings". Huh?? He says the bearings wear into the cups a certain way and removing them will put them into a new break-in process thus ruining the entire BB. Pfffft. I told him not servicing the 38yr old BB would do the same.
After getting treated like I'm a complete dufus/noob I asked him "do you ride??". Nope, had a bad wipeout and wrecked his hip. Right. Of course. Fully expected that. He is about 65 and looks like riding wouldnt hurt him a bit. So he then shows me a fresh scar on his hand saying it was from a stick that impaled his hand....during....a....MTB ride.
Why does this bike incite such criticism? I dont get it. Are some people...strangers...this weird that they feel better doing such even when revealing their ignorance??
After getting treated like I'm a complete dufus/noob I asked him "do you ride??". Nope, had a bad wipeout and wrecked his hip. Right. Of course. Fully expected that. He is about 65 and looks like riding wouldnt hurt him a bit. So he then shows me a fresh scar on his hand saying it was from a stick that impaled his hand....during....a....MTB ride.
Why does this bike incite such criticism? I dont get it. Are some people...strangers...this weird that they feel better doing such even when revealing their ignorance??
08-18-15, 10:34 PM
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I'm thankful there are practically no other cyclists where I ride.
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Otherwise, ignore him. If you'd been toting a rifle he'd had told you about being a sniper in the 'Nam.
If you'd been wearing a Go Bo jersey, he'd have told you about being a placekicker for the Spartans.
If you'd been wearing an Eastern Mich hockey jersey, he'd have told you about fighting Gordie Howe.
If you'd been wearing a Go Bo jersey, he'd have told you about being a placekicker for the Spartans.
If you'd been wearing an Eastern Mich hockey jersey, he'd have told you about fighting Gordie Howe.
I met a cyclist a couple of weeks ago. He had a very expensive piece of shop equipment I wanted to buy. It was absolutely filthy and in very poor condition. When I communicated I was walking away and wasn't interested he reacted like a child. He proceeded to tell me how everything he owned was better than everything I owned, and how he only rides and owns the best. The guy looks like he didn't ride 1000 miles a year. I don't either, but still. The world is full of insecure that have "little" complex, and it usually isn't related to their willy or their height. Something about them makes them feel insecure and constantly have to announce that "my Dad could beat up your Dad" which is about as accurate of a categorization of what comes out of their mouths as anything.
To the OP, why didn't you just look him dead in the eye and say, "you're a complete tool." I guarantee you he wouldn't have held your gaze. He wouldn't have the innate self confidence to. Something about him compelled him to approach your bike and try to assert some narrative that what he had was better, that "he" was better. It would have been hilarious if you'd said also, "oh this, of course, this is just my beater bike for when I'm going to lock it up outside. I keep the good stuff at home." At least that would have left him thinking.
08-26-15, 06:38 PM
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Tonight there was an encounter with a man in a car that is the complete offset to the original intent of the topic.
My son joined me in an after dinner ride around town tonight. I was on the Colnago and my son was on his Raleigh Technium fixie on my back wheel. The speed limit is 25 and a car drew up on me but didnt pass. We were to the right of the fog line. He hung next to me just off to the rear of my saddle and I didnt want to turn and look at him to draw any attention. In a small town you know a lot of people so I looked and he slowly drove by. I asked my son if he had any clue what was up with that guy. My son said, "he was staring at your bike, dad". You just never know who is a vintage rider or one that doesnt ride but remembers those days. The driver is 65+ with long hair and beard. Maybe some day I'll meet him.
My son joined me in an after dinner ride around town tonight. I was on the Colnago and my son was on his Raleigh Technium fixie on my back wheel. The speed limit is 25 and a car drew up on me but didnt pass. We were to the right of the fog line. He hung next to me just off to the rear of my saddle and I didnt want to turn and look at him to draw any attention. In a small town you know a lot of people so I looked and he slowly drove by. I asked my son if he had any clue what was up with that guy. My son said, "he was staring at your bike, dad". You just never know who is a vintage rider or one that doesnt ride but remembers those days. The driver is 65+ with long hair and beard. Maybe some day I'll meet him.
