Nicely done, Joel. I could not have done a better job of summation. And, your version is certainly much shorter than mine would have been! (Ed would certainly agree...) Being succinct is something that I struggle with whenever I am discussing anything cycling related!
On the "spirited discussion" with the homeowner, I am feeling a bit embarrassed about arguing with someone who was using irrational logic. Me bad. What I should have been doing was helping you, Kevin, and any one else who took a spill. I was just wasting energy with a guy who saw some cyclists down, and did not take one second to apologize, or see if we were ok. I am wasting more energy on him! Done. ---- Joel Weinberger <[email protected]> wrote: > The two small dogs on Doc Nichols did a kamikaze attack on us. Luckily we > were going uphill and only rolling around 18 or so. Kevin and Rick did > their best to not run over the critters but Kevin ended up laying his bike > down and then I went over his bike and land half on the grass and half on > the pavement. No one was hurt too badly, and Rick had a "spirited" > discussion with the homeowner who insisted that his dogs only did this > because cyclists in the past have thrown things at them. Suffice it to say, > a rational dialog did not take place despite Rick's best efforts. But > Kevin's tire ended up with at least two gashes and could only be repaired > well enough to get us to the church on Carpenter Pond. > > Joel > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "itchn2go (Ed)" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 4:50 PM > Subject: Re: [Gyros: 14539] Today's Ride > > > what happened? > > Rick, now you choose to curb your writing?? > > Ed > > ----------------------- > Sent from my Treo(r) smartphone > > -----Original Message----- > From: <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 4:44 pm > Subject: Re: [Gyros: 14538] Today's Ride > To: [email protected] > CC: Kevin Dougherty <[email protected]>Reply-To: [email protected] > > > >Kevin, > > > >Good to hear that you are doing ok. > > > >I did stop at the church on my way home just in case you were still left > >there, but, obviously you were gone. I was concerned that leaving you alone > >at the church would not leave you with any options if you could not find a > >ride. Not too mention having a dead cell phone! > > > >I think that the Surgeon General is considering putting a warning label on > >my back that states: "riding too close is dangerous to your health". > > > >Look forward to seeing you on a ride soon. > > > >Happy Holidays. > > > >Rick > > > > > >---- Kevin Dougherty <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My thanks to the 6 polar bears who helped me with my post-crash flat and > >> sticky tires. After the 2nd flat and stopping to call the sag wagon, I > >> found > >> that my cell was dead. Fortunately, a good samaritan stopped, and after I > >> failed to get any response from 2 potential "sag wagon drivers" on his > >> cell, > >> he & his wife went back to their house to get a bigger vehicle and gave > >> me > >> and my bike a lift home! Wouldn't take any money for his trouble either. > >> So > >> order is again restored in the universe,as the good sam (I think his name > >> was Gary) more than made up for our pinhead dog owner. > >> I may be out for next 2 weekends w/ travel & some minor surgery between > >> Christmas & New Years, so perhaps until next year.. > >> > >> Kevin > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro > >> email group. > >> To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to > >> [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > >> We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your > >> replies. > > > >-- > >You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro > >email group. > >To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to > >[email protected] > >To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > >We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your > >replies. > > -- > You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email > group. > To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your > replies. > > -- > You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email > group. > To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your > replies. -- You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your replies.
