interesting encounter

Dave W

BB <bbauerAtitude@freeshell.org> had this to say
news:c4dfom$2ggndf$1@ID-130844.news.uni-berlin.de

> On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 00:19:23 GMT, Loomer wrote:
>
>> Loomer "glad to have survived my 20's" Boomer
>
> Man, ain't that the truth. Staring down the barrel of a gun is no fun;
> I've experienced it once. Sure, the guy probably wasn't going to use
> it, but people make mistakes.

yeah, me too. Ain't no fun looking down the business end of a .357!

>
> Was I in "the right"? Hell no! My only excuse was that I was young and
> very, very drunk, and part of a large group that was doing pretty much
> the same thing*. Why the driver picked ME to point that gun at, I'll
> never know.

Sounds alot like some situations I used to be in. Jumping off cliffs
indeed!

>
> * It was at Talladega; anyone familiar with NASCAR night-before
> parties knows what we were doing. We were just following tradition!
>

Being from these parts, and being on the infield many Saturday nights
myself I think I've got a good idea. Talladega has always been a
favorite, but I hated the 5 hr ride back to ATL.

Dave (Besides, it's just not the same without the Intimidator around
anyway)

G.T.

"MattB" <somedudeus@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:c4cvcn$2c3l08$1@ID-86156.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> You're obviously in the right. I've had similar encounters (without the
size
> advantage). Just remember that some right people get shot in such
> encounters. My brother's had a gun flashed at him in a similar situation.
>

I've had many, many encounters riding to and from the trail. Two times I
really wish I had caught up to the fuckers, another time I did and the guy
was big enough to pound me into the ground but he wimped out, and the last
time a few weeks ago it was just a couple of lazy, ugly, fat cows in a huge
pickup in Laughlin that were probably in a hurry to get home to beat up
their husbands and that's what I casually told them at the signal.

1st, middle of winter, passenger in car passing the other way hit me with a
water balloon, froze my ass off, and it left a nasty grapefruit-size.

2nd, after a 6 hour ride in hot and smoggy weather we were riding back to
our cars on a busy street when someone sprayed me with silly string. It
freaked me out and I almost swerved into a parked car. I was complete toast
at that point but my buddies almost caught the car at the next signal.

3rd, some fascist high school football player looking dude decided to
impress his girlfriend by acting like he was going to run over the hippie on
the mtn bike. I caught them at the next signal and sprayed them with my
water bottle. I jumped up on the sidewalk next a signal pole in case he
tried to run me over. He stopped, his girlfriend was goading him to get out
and kick my ass, but he took off.

4th, I was afraid that these two bruisers of women weere going to get out
and tag team me but they just flipped me off and said fuck you.

Those are the incidents that stand out.

Greg

Chuck W

"JD" <dij@usafcct.com> wrote in message
news:ebf270c9.0403301450.325565ed@posting.google.com...
> So, I decide that active rest was to run downtown on the cruiser today
> to accomplish various tasks. At one point I used a left turn lane and
> made a safe left turn onto a sidestreet from a main artery. Well,
> after I finish my turn some goatee-wearing putz passenger in a black
> pickup yells at me in passsing to get out of the street. I can hear
> the traffic slowing for a signal the direction the offensive creep is
> headed, so I decide to cut down an alley to see exactly what his
> malfunction is. The truck was stopped at the light and I slid right
> up next to it and yelled into the face of the goatee punk, "YOU GOT
> SOMETHING TO SAY (insert expletive here)?!?!?" A look of disbelief is
> the first thing out of him as he stared blankly into the face of the
> pissed off bicycle rider who was obviously much bigger than he. Then
> his look turns to smug as he rolls the window up, saying "Huh?" at the
> same time. "Just what I thought, you're a (insert expletives here)."
> Of course, the fat bastard (who was also wearing a goatee) who was
> driving decided to not give chase, as I gave them plenty of
> opportunity to do so as I rode off. Some people's kids...
>
> JD

When I lived in a certain SoCal city a few years ago, I did a 16 mile trek
back and forth to work a few days a week. Encountered enough assholes on
that route on a consistent basis that I started carrying three 1/4 pound
steel hex nuts with me, just to feel like I had the power to do something
about it. One jerk slows down one morning as he sees me coming in the bike
lane, like he's about to turn right, but waiting for me to get through the
intersection (he's actually turned around looking at me approaching for
several seconds). As soon as I get within a car length, he guns it and
swerves the car across my path, almost costing me a bike and a lot of
medical attention. My reaction? I spider-webbed a good section his rear
window with one of the aforementioned steel nuts. My narrow escape in the
ensuing chase (by maneuvering, not speed) convinced me that the most
entertaining resolution isn't always the best one.

-Chuck

Loomer

"G.T." <ethan_t@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:RXrac.44468> I've had
many, many encounters riding to and from the trail. Two times I
> really wish I had caught up to the fuckers, another time I did and the guy
> was big enough to pound me into the ground but he wimped out, and the last
> time a few weeks ago it was just a couple of lazy, ugly, fat cows in a
huge
> pickup in Laughlin that were probably in a hurry to get home to beat up
> their husbands and that's what I casually told them at the signal.
>
> 1st, middle of winter, passenger in car passing the other way hit me with
a
> water balloon, froze my ass off, and it left a nasty grapefruit-size.
>
> 2nd, after a 6 hour ride in hot and smoggy weather we were riding back to
> our cars on a busy street when someone sprayed me with silly string. It
> freaked me out and I almost swerved into a parked car. I was complete
toast
> at that point but my buddies almost caught the car at the next signal.
>
> 3rd, some fascist high school football player looking dude decided to
> impress his girlfriend by acting like he was going to run over the hippie
on
> the mtn bike. I caught them at the next signal and sprayed them with my
> water bottle. I jumped up on the sidewalk next a signal pole in case he
> tried to run me over. He stopped, his girlfriend was goading him to get
out
> and kick my ass, but he took off.
>
> 4th, I was afraid that these two bruisers of women weere going to get out
> and tag team me but they just flipped me off and said fuck you.
>
> Those are the incidents that stand out.
>
> Greg

Wow all those on a bike?

I had a weater ballon incident too but since they missed I thought it was
funny...

Actually I had a carload of high school girls whoop sugestivley and
compliment my legs and but last year! That was the first time ever. I am
married with a family and that NEVER happened to me when I was single.

It's karma or something but I don't understand why life is like this. For
instance now that I am bald, married and older.. (and have a lot more cash)
can I buy and have things happen to me that never would have when I was
young broke and single. Go figure....

Loomer

"Chuck W" <cwiley101@comcast.spamdeath.net> wrote in message
news:0qSdnZpUl8IyzPfdRVn-ig@comcast.com...
> When I lived in a certain SoCal city a few years ago, I did a 16 mile trek
> back and forth to work a few days a week. Encountered enough assholes on
> that route on a consistent basis that I started carrying three 1/4 pound
> steel hex nuts with me, just to feel like I had the power to do something
> about it. One jerk slows down one morning as he sees me coming in the
bike
> lane, like he's about to turn right, but waiting for me to get through the
> intersection (he's actually turned around looking at me approaching for
> several seconds). As soon as I get within a car length, he guns it and
> swerves the car across my path, almost costing me a bike and a lot of
> medical attention. My reaction? I spider-webbed a good section his rear
> window with one of the aforementioned steel nuts. My narrow escape in the
> ensuing chase (by maneuvering, not speed) convinced me that the most
> entertaining resolution isn't always the best one.
>
> -Chuck

I don't understand these types of people. Even though I was prone to
violence when I was younger I never started problems I just wouldn't back
down when I was younger. I can understand the water ballon pranks and
such.. but... Hey I am American and a VFW but you gotta go Sweden, Denmark,
Holland, etc. and ride there. Those people are more civilized.

I want to retire in Denmark and ride my bike and watch the purty women
there. American knuckleheads get to me sometimes.

JD

"MattB" <somedudeus@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<c4cvcn$2c3l08$1@ID-86156.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> You're obviously in the right. I've had similar encounters (without the size
> advantage). Just remember that some right people get shot in such
> encounters. My brother's had a gun flashed at him in a similar situation.

Flashing a gun would have been a grave mistake by these putzes,
especially at 7th and North in heavy traffic. It was a Witness-O-Rama
and even gun-toting chickenshits aren't that dumb. I had the license
plate tattooed in my brain before I even yelled at the doof and felony
menacing in Colorado=time.

JD

JD

miles todd <mdtodd@san.rr.com> wrote in message news:<JPnac.28407$Xd1.15577@twister.socal.rr.com>...
> Shaun Bell wrote:
> >>JD
> >
> >
> > Had a lady cut us off on a Sunday Road ride. Cut's in front and starts
> > yelling at us about how we should get the _uck off the road and such. Why
> > is that funny? Well, she lives two doors down from where she cut us off.
> > There was about thirty riders. And we all know what roadies are like hehe!

ummm ... gay?

> > Shaun Bell
> >
> >
>
>
> Shaun! You're alive! Where have you been hiding? Oh, and How's the
> Bobblehead thing going?
>
> miles

Bobblehead? From the Rag Doll? That's a riot! I think I busted a gut.

JD

JD

Ken in KC <usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote in message news:<6Anac.89276$Eg5.26512@fe04.usenetserver.com>...
> A real bad ass would have punched the guy out through the window.

Maybe about 15 years ago I would have. I can't afford assault
charges, so I just let the little turd know he screwed up.

> Thanks for sharing.
>
> See you in a couple of weeks?

Yeah man, I'll be here. Don't jump out in front of me at the Crit
this year! A few of the locals are gunning to unseat Pete Webber as
the champ.

JD

Shaun Rimmer

"JD" <dij@usafcct.com> wrote in message
news:ebf270c9.0403301450.325565ed@posting.google.com...
> So, I decide that active rest was to run downtown on the cruiser today
> to accomplish various tasks. At one point I used a left turn lane and
> made a safe left turn onto a sidestreet from a main artery. Well,
> after I finish my turn some goatee-wearing putz passenger in a black
> pickup yells at me in passsing to get out of the street. I can hear
> the traffic slowing for a signal the direction the offensive creep is
> headed, so I decide to cut down an alley to see exactly what his
> malfunction is. The truck was stopped at the light and I slid right
> up next to it and yelled into the face of the goatee punk, "YOU GOT
> SOMETHING TO SAY (insert expletive here)?!?!?" A look of disbelief is
> the first thing out of him as he stared blankly into the face of the
> pissed off bicycle rider who was obviously much bigger than he. Then
> his look turns to smug as he rolls the window up, saying "Huh?" at the
> same time. "Just what I thought, you're a (insert expletives here)."
> Of course, the fat bastard (who was also wearing a goatee) who was
> driving decided to not give chase, as I gave them plenty of
> opportunity to do so as I rode off. Some people's kids...


Nice work Jock, I'm damned proud of ya. Car wielding fucktarded asshats piss
me right the hell off, and I see enough of them.

Yesterday, commuting home from work, on a section of wide road with a good
cycle lane, I came upon a car waiting to turn right into his drive way, and
another car stopped just behind, waiting to pass.

As I came up to just in front of the side of this pair, riding in the cycle
lane, I hear the loud blast of a horn, right behind me, making me jump out
my damned skin. I looked back and right at the two cars, but they didn't
seem to be the culprits. Looked over my left shoulder, and right the hell
behind me, half on pavement, half in the cycle lane, is some impatient
wanker of a postal worker in a big red collection van trundling up toward
me, trying to get to the post box to my side.

I gave him the finger, the wanker sine, glared and shouted. Damned fucker,
making me nervous to save himself 30 freaking seconds (I thoroughly
_DESPISE_ horn abusers). So, I carry on, and he tears past me after doing
his thing with the post box, wide birth, fast as hell, trying no doubt to
get to the next box and away before I caught up.

Still, caught the twat at the next box, he saw me coming and crouched behind
it trying to hide, wimp. That gave me my satisfaction, so I just called him
a fucking arsehole wanker and carried on home.

I don't think there's a single day on this short commute where a driver
doesn't piss me off.



Cheers, and stay safe.


Shaun aRe

bomba

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 05:52:49 +0000, Loomer wrote:

> I want to retire in Denmark and ride my bike and watch the purty women
> there. American knuckleheads get to me sometimes.

But Denmark blows for mountain biking. Their highest peak is about 30 ft.
Retire round the Alps, or something.

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"bomba" <myarse247@hotmail.com> wrote in message
newsan.2004.03.31.11.36.54.964394@hotmail.com...
> On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 05:52:49 +0000, Loomer wrote:
>
> > I want to retire in Denmark and ride my bike and watch the purty women
> > there. American knuckleheads get to me sometimes.
>
> But Denmark blows for mountain biking. Their highest peak is about 30 ft.
> Retire round the Alps, or something.
>
Jeez, even Louisiana smokes that. I think ours is a whopping 300 ft.

MattB

JD wrote:
> "MattB" <somedudeus@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:<c4cvcn$2c3l08$1@ID-86156.news.uni-berlin.de>...
>> You're obviously in the right. I've had similar encounters (without
>> the size advantage). Just remember that some right people get shot
>> in such encounters. My brother's had a gun flashed at him in a
>> similar situation.
>
> Flashing a gun would have been a grave mistake by these putzes,
> especially at 7th and North in heavy traffic. It was a Witness-O-Rama
> and even gun-toting chickenshits aren't that dumb. I had the license
> plate tattooed in my brain before I even yelled at the doof and felony
> menacing in Colorado=time.
>
> JD

Which would be helpful as long as you're not dead...
Just my thoughts. Glad you got to give him a piece and it didn't get any
uglier.

Matt

miles todd

JD wrote:

>
> Yeah man, I'll be here. Don't jump out in front of me at the Crit
> this year! A few of the locals are gunning to unseat Pete Webber as
> the champ.
>
> JD


The Carcass is defending champ? Heh. Small world. Kick his aßß, and
tell him I said hi.

miles

miles todd

JD wrote:

> miles todd <mdtodd@san.rr.com> wrote in message news:<JPnac.28407$Xd1.15577@twister.socal.rr.com>...
>
>>Shaun Bell wrote:
>>
>>>>JD
>>>
>>>
>>>Had a lady cut us off on a Sunday Road ride. Cut's in front and starts
>>>yelling at us about how we should get the _uck off the road and such. Why
>>>is that funny? Well, she lives two doors down from where she cut us off.
>>>There was about thirty riders. And we all know what roadies are like hehe!
>
>
> ummm ... gay?
>
>
>>>Shaun Bell
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>Shaun! You're alive! Where have you been hiding? Oh, and How's the
>>Bobblehead thing going?
>>
>>miles
>
>
> Bobblehead? From the Rag Doll? That's a riot! I think I busted a gut.
>
> JD

Hey! I know how to go with the flow! You don't see me wearing some
metal headdress, now do you?

miles (I got moves like Gumby)