Re: proper response?

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:04:54 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:37:52 -0700, Simon S Aysdie <gwhite@xxxxxx>
wrote:

On Aug 23, 5:10 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com> wrote:

I think it was the "pansies-in-spandex" that got their goat ;-)

lol.

I raced bikes for years, put thousands upon thousands of training
miles in, and have heard that sort of comment countless times.

Occasionally some knucklehead would act like you talk. They get
themselves yanked out of the window and their asses kicked. The
driver's crying apologies and begging are always the funniest part.
The cyclists actually don't really care what you say, they just like
to have an excuse for the fun of your beating. Good clean fun -- you
have to love it.

Depends! Around 1985 a bicyclist cut me off and I almost hit him. So
I chased him down, held him and called the cops. They cited him for
riding a bicycle under a pedestrian signal.

Twenty years later I'm seriously suffering from the combination of
childhood polio and arthritis. If a bicyclist thinks they can make me
cry they will have to do it while plugging their bullet hole with one
finger.... though a Glock generally puts one completely down ;-)

...Jim Thompson

I failed to mention, like Aysdie here, 5 of the 6 letter writers had
that assumption of bicyclist superiority, while the 6th said I was
"right on".

One said, "Old man, stop putting on your make-up, and pay attention to
the road".

Lemme see now, old man... one thousand one, one thousand two, one
thousand..., or dear, should I apply the brakes... oh dear, what is
that crunching noise ?:-)

Jerks! 3977 pounds plus me beats a bicycle every time ;-)


I used to drive a 73 Chevy stepvan for my personal vehicle. (Who
needs a wimpy SUV?) 6150 pounds empty, and I've had over 9000 pounds of
cargo in it. I just blew the horn, and let them decide to get out of my
way, or not. If some idiot sees a truck that big coming down the road
and thinks he can pull out in front of it and expect it to stop, there
isn't much loss to the gene pool. I never did install those air horns.
:(

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
.

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