What Have You Fettled Today?

[geocycle]

Fixed my new bell a chum got me from Amsterdam. Great sound and works well with the deaf lady I pass and sometimes surprise.
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Well done on finding a bell that works with older folk. I have a spur bell which is a bit too high pitched and a Alison bell which is loud but probably too low pitched, There’s an older woman I pass most mornings I call Curly (she has curly hair and two poodles), she used to get cross I wasn’t using my bell but then I gave her a demonstration. She realised she couldn’t hear and I now just shout ding dong, we have become friends!

 

[Gillstay]

Its more for the dog as it is a hearing one and it reacts and alerts her early, rather than me surprising either one of them which always feels mean. I ended up with a chat after one lady said I should use my bell and then I pointed out some folk don't like it and she was amazed.
Why I do not know.

 

[ColinJ]

one lady said I should use my bell and then I pointed out some folk don't like it and she was amazed.
Why I do not know.

I had one walker on the Rochdale canal towpath get extremely aggressive with me, basically informing me (about 10 cm from my face) that if I ever dared to ring a bell at him again, he would rip it off my bike and ram it up my a**e!!

 

[ColinJ]

I had one walker on the Rochdale canal towpath get extremely aggressive with me, basically informing me (about 10 cm from my face) that if I ever dared to ring a bell at him again, he would rip it off my bike and ram it up my a**e!!

He clearly interpreted it as "Get out of my effing way NOW, scumbag" rather than "Excuse me please, kind sir"!