Pinky wrote:
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> "Don Whybrow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>Al C-F wrote:
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>>>I find it's the middle-aged-men-who-haven't-quite-made-it group that look
>>>for an argument.
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>>I find it's the semi retired farts driving small buses to subsidise their
>>pension.
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> I'm a fully retired fart who has gone the other way a long time ago! I cycle
> everywhere I can at 69 years old.
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> Don't be so bl**dy ageist and stupid!
I have nothing against old farts, indeed my parents are older than you
and one day I hope to qualify as one.
My comment was made with one particular old fart in mind. My regular
commute is along roads with a green bus/cycle/taxi lane and a lane where
the rest of the traffic go. Occasionally the green lane stops and an
optional cycle lane appears. Usually at places like junctions. Not so
long ago, I was passed extremely closely by a small bus driven by the
old fart in question. Now, I am used to this, What I was not used to was
that as he passed, he blew his horn and waved his fist at me. When I
caught him at the next set of lights, I had the opportunity to discuss
the matter with him. His reason, I had strayed out of the marked cycle
lane which he insisted were compulsory for cyclists to stay in. He then
asked if I knew who he was, as if that would excuse him, and claimed he
knew all about cycle lanes as we would not have them if it had not been
for him.
As a middle-aged-man-who-hasn't-quite-made-it I have observed that
ageism can strike at all levels, it even affects those that complain
about it the most.
p.s. Autosig appears to be on the spot.
--
Don Whybrow
Sequi Bonum Non Time
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop
diggin'.
