"gravelmuncher" <
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> flyingdutch wrote:
> > >>Really? Which fantasy forum are you reading? What
> > >>people are saying
in
> > >>this thread is that kids should keep left and if
> > >>they can't or won't then they shouldn't be on the
> > >>paths in the first place, which is absolutely spot
> > >>on.
> > No fantasy, DRS. this thread. Have any of you actually
> > walked along a path and genuinely NOT heard that
> > bikerider's verbal or their bell? C'mon, you know you
> > have at least once... It all comes down to speed used
> > appropriately. If you insist on trying to fang past
> > walkers for no justifiable reason whatsoever, quite
> > frankly, youre (not you inparticular Drs, thats the
> > 'collective you')
a
> > very sad individual and perhaps some of those products
> > espoused in
spam
> > mail can help 'you' So shall we all encourage kids not
> > to use bikepaths until they are a responsible age?
> > Hey, i know, let's licence them!! Let's put yet
another
> > bit of fear/restriction/legisaltion/idiocy in our
> > society so yet again the dullard conservatives can win
> > >>Yeah, yeah, big man, we're all shaking in our shoes.
> > Never said you should be. perhaps I didnt write that
> > accurately. If someone hits my kids on a bikepath my
> > first thought would probably be
it
> > was my kid's fault but (refer other post re my 2yr
> > oldcousin), if it
is
> > just plain recklessness by the cyclist then yes, I
> > will take umbrage I have learnt after almost a decade
> > of commuting that yelling/agro/etc just doesnt work as
> > I cant help knowing that the next time that driver
> > sees a cyclist my shouting/abuse may cloud their
> > judgement of said cyclist, and so the cycle (apologies
> > for pun) continues... anyway, perhaps we shall agree
> > to disagree and if my kids get in your way, Im sorry.
>
>
>
> I think some people should just be grateful that they
> even have shared paths. Just remember that where there is
> traffic there will be push and shove.
>
> Although we may not have shared paths everywhere - there
> are ****witts everywhere, and when ****witts reproduce
> they unfortunately just raise more ****witts, the poor
> kids just don't stand a chance.
>
> Due to a lack of bike paths here, I have to find a safe
> enough place to take my little girl for a spin, and
> lately i've been using the trotting track near my house.
> Just the other day, one of these weirdo horsie types
> turns up and starts yelling at me to get off the track.
> My daughter starts to get a little scared of the way
> this man is talking to her dad, so I told her not to
> worry about the man and to keep on riding. It seems that
> his main concern is that this is a horse track - for
> horses only. But I put it to him that when there are no
> horses on it - it makes for a really good bike track,
> especially for young kids to develop some skills with no
> cars to endanger them. He doesn't compute. He is now
> grabbing me by the arm and yelling that we are in danger
> of being run over by a horse. So I ask him where this
> runaway horse is, because other than this pshyco redneck
> ****wit, we are the only other mammals on the track. I
> also try to explain to him, that as a father, I am on
> constant lookout for danger to my child, and that if a
> horse were to enter the arena we would be off it in a
> flash. With this he lets go of my arm and we keep
> riding. But he's now so angry that I've rendered him
> speechless that he just follows us - just walks behind
> us. I can see that he's trying to come up with some more
> profanities - and at this point, I too am becoming a
> little scared. Finally he yells "I'm gunna report you
> for this c**t!" And I mistakenly reply "To whom
> ********?" At this he runs at me from behind with a
> truly evil look on his face. The hair on my neck stands
> up, and my first instinct is to grab the mountain bike
> by the throat and sprint like only Baden knows how - but
> then I look down and see a really petrified little four-year-
> old staring up at me all wide eyed. By now he's caught
> us, and he again grabs me by the arm attempting to pull
> me off the bike. My heart gives one really big beat, and
> I pull my arm free, and with the next motion I drive my
> elbow so deeply into his throat that I can feel his
> adams apple bounce off my elbow. Next thing he's on the
> ground, holding his throat and making a weird choking
> sound. I'm freaking out something bad. I stood there
> until I could see that he could at least still breathe,
> and then I picked up my daughter and her bike, and
> carried us out of there.
>
> I waited all of the next week for the police to arrive,
> but they never came. Beats the hell out of me why...the
> guy knows who I am.
>
> Think twice about complaining about who's using a shared
> path. I wish we had one. No matter where I take my little
> girl to ride, she's the one that ultimately suffers.
>
> ~j~
>
>
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Good show! gives another thought as to why you call
yourself gravelmuncher. I guess he was munching his adams
apple though.
