Deon
Saddle Sore
Reged: 01/11/05
Posts: 5172
Loc: SW Pennsyltucky
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Besides that...
I was heading into town today to the post office. At the bottom of a hill, there is an intersection, a "T", with a road coming out from the right as the main road curves to the left. Most people coming out of that road are heading to the left, up the hill. Most people coming down the hill turn right, onto that road. It's just the nature of the routes. I always put my left turn signal on as I near that road if I'm heading into town. There is no left turn there, it's just to let people know I'm not turning right so they don't pull out in front of me....
Today, I did just that. A young girl in one of those "squatmobiles" - some nondescript oriental minicar - pulled up to the stop sign and then proceded to pull out in front of me. As I was grabbing the binders and dropping a gear or two, an suv, a little one, not an SUV, pulled out right behind her. Must have been following her.
Luckily, no one was coming in the other lane, so I moved over only to discover that the girl in the squatmobile was making a left into a church parking lot. So I goosed it, swerved right in front of the suv, went off the road on the right, passed Miss Clueless, and recovered back in my lane.
As I proceeded, I noticed in my mirror that the suv followed her to church...
Now the "problem".
I didn't get mad. Didn't rant, flip the bird, or otherwise go berserk.
I didn't shiver in fear at what might have been. I just went on my way as though it was just another adventure in motorcycling.
No drugs or alcohol were involved. I just didn't react.
Is this normal? Dangerous? Alzheimers?
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oneijack
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Reged: 08/27/06
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Loc: East Hampton,CT
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Some would call it Zen.
Others would say that like many of us, dodging morons has become so routine you've become Comfortably numb.
I think its normal.
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ThomWill
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Reged: 10/01/07
Posts: 1626
Loc: Georgia
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Some would call it Zen.
Others would say that like many of us, dodging morons has become so routine you've become Comfortably numb.
+1 If we spent time fuming about every somebody who did not think that road rules applied to them (or to us)... we would never get anything else done. If the shiny side is up, shake your head and ride on. 
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mert
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Reged: 09/24/06
Posts: 2780
Loc: NOMAD
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Quote:
I didn't get mad. Didn't rant, flip the bird, or otherwise go berserk.
I didn't shiver in fear at what might have been. I just went on my way as though it was just another adventure in motorcycling.
No drugs or alcohol were involved. I just didn't react.
Is this normal? Dangerous? Alzheimers?
maythepeepsalwaysbewithyou.
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Snert
Adjunct
Reged: 10/15/06
Posts: 371
Loc: Cairnbrook, Pa
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Ahhh, my good man. You,like me,have become Comfortably Numb 
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oldroadie
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Reged: 05/05/07
Posts: 5973
Loc: Alabama USA
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Normal is good. Every time I resist the urge to extend my middle finger in salute to other drivers/riders I get closer and closer to inner peace...
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Dwight
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Reged: 02/03/05
Posts: 17834
Loc: Sedona, Arizona
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Just one question Deon:
Did you happen to notice either immediately before, during or after this particular Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb Moment if there were any other involuntary phenomena involved, such as the tightening or relaxing of any muscles whose main function is to control the discharge of any bodily wastes, perhaps?
('cuz THAT sure sounded like a pretty darn close call TO ME, dude!) 
Edited by Dwight (08/06/08 12:38 PM)
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freedom
Saddle Sore
Reged: 01/12/05
Posts: 5307
Loc: NW, MT
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hmmmmm, interesting  ,
I had one of those yesterday, make that two, but the one of note. -->
Going down the 2 lane MT Hwy 200 I was watching an oncoming pickup truck. He/she started to drift across the center line, as I watched it kept on drifting until it was about 1/2 in my lane. About this time & slowing down I started to think, "This could get interesting" (cell phone?, dropped fries? medical problem?). About that time I also started crowding the extreme right hand side of the lane.
The pickup veered hard right at the same time I politely pointed towards the lane they were supposed to be in. Whatever....... 
jh
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BrianT
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Reged: 06/18/06
Posts: 2592
Loc: Fort Lauderdale, FL USA.
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Even as Brad Pitt can get "used" to seeing Angie naked,
you have gotten "used" to the constant danger. It takes a higher threat level to get you riled.
Happens to me all the time.
You're not normal, you're a biker. That's better than normal. 
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Deon
Saddle Sore
Reged: 01/11/05
Posts: 5172
Loc: SW Pennsyltucky
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No tightening or loosening of anything, except maybe my grip on the bars.... Just sort of a motorcycle "hokey pokey".
You swerve the left lane in, you swerve the right lane out, you put it back on the road and straghten it out.
That's what it was all about ... 
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