Hi Brian
nedsram wrote:
Hi Moggie
Two things.
1. I never cycle on pavements. IMV those who do are mostly morons and/or not competent to ride on roads in the first place. I have however several times come close to mowing down pedestrians who assume that if there is no engine noise, it must be safe to step off the pavement. One was a blind man, for whom I have much sympathy.
Why I do tinkle on my bell and shout - but not aggressively. Like the horn - there's the "toot-toot" and the "B_-L=lllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeP-P!" Like there's a difference between the "Yoo-Hoo" shout to get attention and the aggressive shouting - and gestures. I think most out there are adult enough to know the difference - at least I hope os
Guy who barged past me last year fell into the moronic category..
. As siad .. I never heard him .. was on the pavement and he just pushed past me. Lost my balance - and I'm fairly fit - though I say so myself
Well - I can ride the distance over the hills around here
anyway ... Hearing sharp enough
to catch my children;s mutterings when I say NO or refuse to increase allowances or buy something craved for as a peer pressured fad.
(It's on the lines of "old fart.. skinflint.. scrooge... and some "rudey" German words for which I hold wifey Wildy
totally responsible.
)
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2. When there is an issue with pedestrians, I have always found that a shout and/or "squeaky brakes" does the trick. In the days when I did use a bell, there was sometimes an angry response - as when drivers toot their horns. (A threat rather than a warning.)
As said a "toot-toot" or a "tinkly tink" and a smile usually helps - I make a point of the cheesy beam and try the friendly nod, eye contact and a
whenever I can.
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Your comment that this is "wildly already posted" says a lot about the Times. I was aware that this was an issue, but merely wanted to draw attention to the venerable newspaper's latest attempt at objective journalism.
I meant that
Wildy , , my lovely, eccentric wife had posted up the story already.
I thought she was going to title it "All the More to Fleece You My Dear" - but she has this habit of using "Liebchen" and gather she changed it at point of posting as BC gets his lycra into a right old twist over it all.
PS the excessive use of smilies is for his benefit