Is it a 'girl' thing - ?

[ufkacbln]

Out in the Norfolk countryside, most people say hello, on bikes or not. In town, you need to be going the same way. In Norwich these days, people only really chat if you're stopped at lights and they're an ordinary person rather than a full battle dress commuter... and that's the only bit where I'd say it differs men/women, as the FBDCs are more men than women.

Down here FDBC means camouflage, stable belt and beret

 

[e-rider]

since moving away from Norwich I've started acknowledging everyone I see, but back in Norwich I didn't bother, so it must be a Norfolk thing

 

[ufkacbln]

since moving away from Norwich I've started acknowledging everyone I see, but back in Norwich I didn't bother, so it must be a Norfolk thing

In Norfolk everyone is a close relation (allegedly)

 

[jefmcg]

What the hell is wrong with raising a hand or nodding or smiling or returning a friendly "good morning" to a fellow cyclist?
It takes a couple of seconds of your time to be sociable, it could be the chap you just ignored who stops to ask if you need help when you get a puncture or your chain snaps or you come off your bike, the same chap who raised his hand in a friendly gesture just to be ignored.

"Are you deaf or just rude?" demanded Brer Rabbit, losing his temper. "I can't stand folks that are stuck up! You take off that hat and say 'Howdy-do' or I'm going to give you such a lickin'!"
The Tar Baby just sat in the middle of the road looking as cute as a button and saying nothing at all.
"I'll learn ya!" Brer Rabbit yelled. He took a swing at the cute little Tar Baby and his paw got stuck in the tar.
"Lemme go or I'll hit you again," shouted Brer Rabbit. The Tar Baby, she said nothing.
"Fine! Be that way," said Brer Rabbit, swinging at the Tar Baby with his free paw. Now both his paws were stuck in the tar.
"I'm gonna kick the stuffin' out of you," Brer Rabbit said and pounced on the Tar Baby with both feet. They sank deep into the Tar Baby. Brer Rabbit was so furious he head-butted the cute little creature until he was completely covered with tar and unable to move.

 

[winjim]

Innit.

 

[i hate hills]

Kudos ma man kudos.......

 

[steve50]

jefmcg said: ↑

"Are you deaf or just rude?" demanded Brer Rabbit, losing his temper. "I can't stand folks that are stuck up! You take off that hat and say 'Howdy-do' or I'm going to give you such a lickin'!"
The Tar Baby just sat in the middle of the road looking as cute as a button and saying nothing at all.
"I'll learn ya!" Brer Rabbit yelled. He took a swing at the cute little Tar Baby and his paw got stuck in the tar.
"Lemme go or I'll hit you again," shouted Brer Rabbit. The Tar Baby, she said nothing.
"Fine! Be that way," said Brer Rabbit, swinging at the Tar Baby with his free paw. Now both his paws were stuck in the tar.
"I'm gonna kick the stuffin' out of you," Brer Rabbit said and pounced on the Tar Baby with both feet. They sank deep into the Tar Baby. Brer Rabbit was so furious he head-butted the cute little creature until he was completely covered with tar and unable to move.

Brer Fox leapt out of the bushes and strolled over to Brer Rabbit. "Well, well, what have we here?" he asked, grinning an evil grin.

Brer Rabbit gulped. He was stuck fast. He did some fast thinking while Brer Fox rolled about on the road, laughing himself sick over Brer Rabbit's dilemma.

"I've got you this time, Brer Rabbit," said Brer Fox, jumping up and shaking off the dust. "You've sassed me for the very last time. Now I wonder what I should do with you?"

Brer Rabbit's eyes got very large. "Oh please Brer Fox, whatever you do, please don't throw me into the briar patch."

"Maybe I should roast you over a fire and eat you," mused Brer Fox. "No, that's too much trouble. Maybe I'll hang you instead."

"Roast me! Hang me! Do whatever you please," said Brer Rabbit. "Only please, Brer Fox, please don't throw me into the briar patch."

"If I'm going to hang you, I'll need some string," said Brer Fox. "And I don't have any string handy. But the stream's not far away, so maybe I'll drown you instead."

"Drown me! Roast me! Hang me! Do whatever you please," said Brer Rabbit. "Only please, Brer Fox, please don't throw me into the briar patch."

"The briar patch, eh?" said Brer Fox. "What a wonderful idea! You'll be torn into little pieces!"

Grabbing up the tar-covered rabbit, Brer Fox swung him around and around and then flung him head over heels into the briar patch. Brer Rabbit let out such a scream as he fell that all of Brer Fox's fur stood straight up. Brer Rabbit fell into the briar bushes with a crash and a mighty thump. Then there was silence.

Brer Fox cocked one ear toward the briar patch, listening for whimpers of pain. But he heard nothing. Brer Fox cocked the other ear toward the briar patch, listening for Brer Rabbit's death rattle. He heard nothing.

Then Brer Fox heard someone calling his name. He turned around and looked up the hill. Brer Rabbit was sitting on a log combing the tar out of his fur with a wood chip and looking smug.

"I was bred and born in the briar patch, Brer Fox," he called. "Born and bred in the briar patch."

And Brer Rabbit skipped away as merry as a cricket while Brer Fox ground his teeth in rage and went home.

 

[jefmcg]

Yeah, but it's better to not get stuck to the tar baby in the first place. Abusing strangers (even in your head, or on the internet) because they don't conform to your idea of civility, is frankly bonkers.

 

[steve50]

Yeah, but it's better to not get stuck to the tar baby in the first place. Abusing strangers (even in your head, or on the internet) because they don't conform to your idea of civility, is frankly bonkers.

What is wrong with some of you guys????
You have somehow decided that I have abused some of you, I expressed an opinion that to be quite frank and honest was relatively tame up to some of the comments i have seen on this forum.
I have NOT abused anyone! I have (as above) expressed an opinion, if some of you have chosen to take offence at the opinion I have expressed then perhaps the problem lies with you rather than me.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Some friends of mine bought a mobile home/camper van thingy. Driving it, they were alarmed to find they were being waved at by complete strangers driving similar mobile home/camper van thingies.

I bet the forums of www.mobilehomecampervanthingychat.net are alive with similar threads.

 

[winjim]

What is wrong with some of you guys????
You have somehow decided that I have abused some of you, I expressed an opinion that to be quite frank and honest was relatively tame up to some of the comments i have seen on this forum.
I have NOT abused anyone! I have (as above) expressed an opinion, if some of you have chosen to take offence at the opinion I have expressed then perhaps the problem lies with you rather than me.

You've got to admit though, the difference between calling somebody a nobber, and expressing publicly the opinion that somebody is a nobber, is a pretty subtle one.

 

[steve50]

There's plenty camaraderie among cyclists, I have yet to go for a ride and have another cyclist completely ignore me. I've even had cyclists ask if I was ok or in need of help when i stopped to tweak my gears. The cyclists that completely ignore others are imo complete nobbers and are more than likely unsociable gits anyway.

You've got to admit though, the difference between calling somebody a nobber, and expressing publicly the opinion that somebody is a nobber, is a pretty subtle one.

Not really, as I stated in my op, imo (in my opinion) it is just an opinion nothing more nothing less, Calling someone a nobber to their face or saying it pointedly on a forum at someone is a completely different thing and could be considered an insult.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

 

[Dogtrousers]

You've got to admit though, the difference between calling somebody a nobber, and expressing publicly the opinion that somebody is a nobber, is a pretty subtle one.

It's like that old joke about (insert footballer here) ... it was Billy Bremner when I first heard it.

BB: Ref, what would you do if I called you a stupid /expletive/?
Ref: I'd send you off immediately
BB: Ah, but what if I just thought it?
Ref: Well ... there'd be nothing I could do in that case.
BB: Ah, that's all right then. I think you're a stupid /expletive/.

 

[young Ed]

Do motorist wave at one another ?

land rover drivers have to by law
Cheers Ed

 

[Pat "5mph"]

We all participate in a sport / hobby that we enjoy, we all have this one thing in common so why spoil that one thing by being deliberately ignorant.

I don't have a car, my bike is my car. A hobby it isn't, or by now I would be exceedingly good at it, not still pedal at 5mph.
Before joining CC I did not know I had to wave at random folks on bikes.
Will men on bikes not think me forward if I wave at them?
Signed: a girl.