Bad Neighbour / Good Neighbour

[Lazy-Commuter]

LOL, no row at all, just a really good opportunity to pass along something important I learnt not so long ago. I don't think you did anything wrong.

Thanks.

I was getting ready to take exception to the "get out of my road" culture bit in post 11. I understand your point there, and it's something we suffer from a lot in the South East. There does tend to be a bit of a "I'm considerably more important than yeww" mentaility down here.

But that wasn't really what I meant by my use of the term "right of way" - not conciously at least, maybe I am affected by South East Syndrome? - and as you can see from the rest of that OP I was prepared to - and do - cede priority on that road, as do most of the others that use it. After all, it's a pretty small (and select ) group of users on that road and one wouldn't want to s**t in one's own backyard so to speak. I just felt that this guy was being a bit silly.

But I won't take exception now after all.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

Aaargh! The thread is changing as I type new posts!!

Marinyork, yeah I appreciate that now. It's generally pretty good up that road: after all, it's a small road at the end of a not especially large village so people do tend to be quite well behaved: most of us know each other some extent after all.

This guy must have just moved down from that London Town or summink.

 

[BentMikey]

I think quite highly of your response to the twonk in the 4x4, and I know you didn't mean "right of way" in a get out of my road type of thing. I simply used it as an opportunity to present priority as the right term in a way that will hopefully be remembered by lots.

Like I said, I used to use it too.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

I think quite highly of your response to the twonk in the 4x4, and I know you didn't mean "right of way" in a get out of my road type of thing. I simply used it as an opportunity to present priority as the right term in a way that will hopefully be remembered by lots.

Like I said, I used to use it too.

I'll remember it now, anyway. Trust me on that.

 

[srw]

LOL, no row at all, just a really good opportunity to pass along something important I learnt not so long ago. I don't think you did anything wrong.

The words "patronising twonk" spring to mind. Whether the correct term is "right of way", "priority" or "magic chicken" don't really matter (outside of court) as long as everyone understands what he means.

 

[BentMikey]

The words "patronising twonk" spring to mind. Whether the correct term is "right of way", "priority" or "magic chicken" don't really matter (outside of court) as long as everyone understands what he means.

I hope you have a nice Christmas break too.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Neighbour sounds like a ******* selfish ****.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

Neighbour sounds like a ******* selfish ****.

A good way of putting it.

He's not actually that close a neighbour: his house is about a mile from mine. I was just going for a bit of impact with the thread title.

I think the point I was trying to make (was there one?) was that it's such a small "community" of users of that road that most people tend to be more than reasonable ..

- I've had the binmen stop collecting bins and go out of their way to move their lorry 'cos it was blocking the road. I was prepared to wait: they've got a job to do and it's a tight little road with little traffic. But the guy saw me waiting, apologised and moved the thing.

- Plenty of cars have stopped and reversed for me when I'm going up or down the hill.

- I've pulled in to a passing place to let a car past that was following me up the hill. The guy was waiting patiently behind me and not hassling at all - bear in mind I'd only have been doing 8mph at best. The guy wound down his passenger window and called out "cheers" as he passed.

- The man with van has checked that I'm OK when he's seen me stopped at the top. He normally says "hi" as well when we see each other.

- and so on.

.. and all this made the actions of my friend today stand out.

 

[J4CKO]

Its not worth getting all hot and bothered about, as cyclist we have equal rights but not equal Mass, an average cyclist plus bike is under 100 kilos and the average 4 by 4 more than twenty times that, therefore in any "Mass Debate" the Four by Four driver will win, coupled with the fact that they attract knobheads quicker than happy hour in a Wetherspoons you are on to a looser.

You could wait til he is on foot and ask for some more consideration next time, do it in front of his wife so he has to squirm.

I almost got clipped by a Range Rover Mirror waiting to turn right on a bend a while back, big fat f*cker in a pastel yellow jumper, red faced so though I had to avoid being twatted I just felt pity.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

I didn't get all shouty and you're right about the whole mass thing: I'd have made a barely perceptible "tink" sound as I bounced off the side of his armoured vehicle. That's why I stopped.

I restricted myself to the 100 kilowatt glare. Not least 'cos I don't usually have enough puff to say very much at that point on the hill ..

 

[BentMikey]

You do seem to have a very nice community to live in!! Lots of folk round here are like that.

 

[Lazy-Commuter]

You do seem to have a very nice community to live in!! Lots of folk round here are like that.

We're the same as anywhere I guess: some good, some bad. In the village itself (about 500 houses - is that a village?) it's mostly pretty good and we have some EXCELLENT neighbours in our road. There's 12 houses in a little cul-de-sac and we have some great events out in the road with our neighbours. And most people will say "hi" and pass the time of day with you when you're out and about ...

But you get the selfish ones as well. There's a new, (very) big housing estate a couple of miles away that I go through on the way to / from work. That always seems more insular, but that could just be because I'm an "outsider".