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Old 04-07-05 | 08:11 PM
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traffic cone to the head.

OOOOOOK...so I don't post new threads very often, but tonight i just felt like i had to share, so I am biking home tonight in brooklyn on myrtle ave and i see some kids holding a traffic cone. the thought crosses my mind..."hmm, that would be f*@#ed if they tried to throw that at me" and sure enough, before i know it a traffic cone is being hurled at me. i tried to swerve and miss it, but alas i ducked and it hit me, and for once i can actually say yeY! for helmets cause it really wouldve hurt probably had i not had one on, so that is another reason to wear helmets: crazy traffic cone throwing kids. thank god it didnt get jammed up in my front wheel. so that is my story...waht is wrong with kids these days. I didn't throw cones at bikers when i was a kid...oh well, i'm fine, my bike is fine...all i could do was yell "f%#k you!"(first thing that came to me)..and then laugh it off.
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Old 04-07-05 | 08:15 PM
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yeah the kids around clinton hill are little bastards. nothing better to do but start sh*t with people. This is a big reason i don't usually take myrtle. it's also littered with rocks and glass.
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Old 04-07-05 | 09:32 PM
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probably were asking for it.
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Old 04-07-05 | 09:36 PM
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probably were asking for it.
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i know i know, my fashion always puts me at fault.

...if i saw me, i guess i'd throw a cone too.
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Old 04-07-05 | 09:39 PM
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Last time kids threw things at me (a bunch of glass bottles, one after another), I swung around and rode straight at them, shouting. Gave them a good scare - they scattered, and I know a couple of them were still hiding under a car about 20 minutes later when I passed by again. I don't think they'll do it again anytime soon!
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Old 04-07-05 | 09:43 PM
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Old 04-07-05 | 09:46 PM
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Last time kids threw things at me (a bunch of glass bottles, one after another), I swung around and rode straight at them, shouting. Gave them a good scare - they scattered, and I know a couple of them were still hiding under a car about 20 minutes later when I passed by again. I don't think they'll do it again anytime soon!
thats what i shoulda done! like i say, all that came out was "f*#k you!"...next time though, next time...
grrrrrrrr
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Old 04-07-05 | 10:23 PM
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I hate when I get knocked about the head with cones. Oh wait, depends on the cones.
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Old 04-07-05 | 10:42 PM
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Don't worry about them, they will get done sooner or later if they keep it up. These things have a way of coming around.
Still nothing changes, and still Clinton Hill is gonna be part sh*t-hole because of it.

Place sure has changed since I went to school there tho.
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Old 04-07-05 | 10:52 PM
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Old 04-07-05 | 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by necklous
thats what i shoulda done! like i say, all that came out was "f*#k you!"...next time though, next time...
grrrrrrrr
Dunno. Afterward, all I could think about was how stupid I'd been... most kids in that neighborhood are probably armed to the teeth, and here's my skinny white ass coming at them with nothing... I was probably lucky to ride away intact!
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Old 04-07-05 | 11:01 PM
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yeah...i'll never be the aggresive type. anyone could beat the poop outa me. to be honest afterwards i was like, eek, maybe i shouldn't have said f*#k you. just gotta ride on. be the bigger person. or something.
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Old 04-08-05 | 12:25 AM
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Before I even noticed where this happened, I thought of Clinton Hill. It's probably the only place in New York I've ever had kids screw with me repeatedly. One time they rolled a razor scooter at me in the road.

Looking back I probably should have kept the razor scooter. It would really increase my transportation options - I could lock up my bike on the corner, and ride the scooter down the block to work.
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Old 04-08-05 | 12:34 AM
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I hate when I get knocked about the head with cones. Oh wait, depends on the cones.
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Old 04-08-05 | 12:49 AM
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Old 04-08-05 | 03:52 AM
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Originally Posted by hyperRevue
probably were asking for it.
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damn. them are fighting words.
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Old 04-08-05 | 06:40 AM
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Old 04-08-05 | 08:29 AM
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damn. them are fighting words.

he's my best friend.
i was just messing with him.
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Old 04-08-05 | 08:33 AM
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are you sure it wasnt these kids they seem pretty hardcore.
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Old 04-08-05 | 12:09 PM
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HA! yup, it was definitly those hooligans.

by the way, i've never met hyperrevue in my life, what a jerk...i mean seriously!
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Old 04-08-05 | 12:24 PM
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i was biking downn my street one day when i felt something whiz past my head and then heard a 'ping!' on the fence nnext to my head.. i looked across the street and some kids had shot a pellet gun at me.. those lil.... i didnnt stop.. they aer all in the shady apartment with older brotheres that would hurt me bad
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Old 04-08-05 | 12:42 PM
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a pellet gun?!
and necklous is whining about a rubber cone??
what a wuss.
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Old 04-08-05 | 12:53 PM
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Now I have a snappy comeback when someone gets hurt.
"Well, it beats a traffic cone to the head"

Enjoy
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Old 04-08-05 | 12:55 PM
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Old 04-08-05 | 01:23 PM
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i sent this thread to my friend who lives around there and he wrote back:
i got pelted with eggs on that same street a year or so ago, theres a few project buildings there, i guess those kids really dont like bikers, also that's the same place where a guy got shot in front of my car.
time to take another street, guys!
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