jeez, didn't know Howie Carr got out that often... ^_^
will HOFLists wrote: >OKAy - I'm vented. > >Just got into work - I ride my bike. I ride a little over six miles in to the Back >Bay area of Boston (busy, city streets). > >I'm riding down Com Ave (Commonwealth Avenue for the non Bostonians) which is a large >avenue split by a wide park (basically two one-way streets. I'm going to turn left >at the next block (another one-way street). I'm always with traffic and I ALWAYS >obey every traffic ordinance on my bike (red lights, use my hand signals, etc) - so >much so that I tend to drive other cyclists crazy. > >So, anyway: I'm riding slowly along nearing the next intersection (it's a red light) >when a guy (a seemingly upper-middle class guy in a newish SUV) pulls extremely to >the left cutting me off. He then yells out the window "Get to right! Idiots like >you give bikes a bad name!". > >I responded (at first pretty calmly, he was worried about the "name of bikes" after >all): "Actually on a one-way street it's legal for me to be on the left if I'm making >a left-hand turn" > >(It is legal in MA for a bike to ride on the left or the right on a one-way street, >whichever is safer. It's the same law that covers legal "lefts on red" when going >from one one-way street to another. Actually it's perfectly legal for me to take up >a whole lane of traffic... but I try to be accomodating and not slow anybody down.) > >He responds: "Get to the right you fat f*ck!" (note, please, that he didn't use the >asterisk). > >I'm not that proud, I respond: "Shit-head." > >He replies (Ironically): "So now you're name calling!" > >I replied (childishly): "I think you started it by calling me fat." > >He retorts: "No I called you a fat f*ck!" > >I answer: "If you'd like you get out you can see a fat f*ck put his foot in your ass!" > >He answers: "Sure, let's do that you pile of crap!" > >I get off my bike and stand up (I AM a big fat bastard mind you, but I'm an IMPOSING >big fat bastard... there are 300lb guys and then there are 300lb guys that can still >ride a bike 12 miles a day). > >Apparently he reconsiders because he speeds away yelling "Get an athletic support you >fat f*ck!" (I'm still puzzeling over that one... it's not like the boys had come out >to play or anything.) > >So basically my day is effectively stained. Actually it was nice in a sense: right >after this two guys in a beat-up van puuled up next to me and said "Forget him... if >he had gotten out he would have had all three of us to deal with". I thanked them >for their show of support (support from a stranger - or two - definately takes the >edge off in these scenarios). > >Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
