Nodding code?

thank you, Ben, for reducing things to the basics.

 

And as I always say, if you spend any time riding in Central London,
you forget about the nodding thing because there are so many bikes
around you couldn't possibly nod to all of them (and, really, what
would be the point?). So then you go out of a nice sunny spring
Sunday, and there are a bunch of fair-weather wankers nodding like
cunts and then moaning about what's happening to biking. **** them.

 

no, no - that's not what I (and - I think - Porl) meant. If I'd met
any of the people I'm friendly with that I originally met through
biking in a different social situation, I'd still probably have become
friendly with them.

Most people I've met from here have been wankers.

A large majority of the bikers you bump into at bike meets are
wankers.

I'm not complaining, you understand.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, darsy said:

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I actually agree with everything you just said there

<Falls backwards in stunnedment>

 

Did you not get a lifestyle guide with your bike then?

 

Oh yes that'll be it.

D

 

Yes. I have "something in common" with most of the people here - I own
a motorbike. This does /not/ mean that we're a brotherhood, or a
sub-culture or any of that crap.

 

I'd be interested to know what information you base this statement on /
what makes you think that?

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jeremy
['75 RD250A ] | ['02 Fazer 600 in blue]
_______________________________________
jeremy at hireserve dot com

 

the French are a much more social lot than Brits.

Well, as I said to Porl, I'll wave at bikers (and very occasionally
cagers) who've got out of my way - that's a "thanks" rather than a
"hello!".

I know - I'm in our Paris office on Friday, and I need to get to the
office by 10am to make an 11am meeting, to give me time for all the
handshaking and kissing etc.

 

only when you're pissed, though surely?

 

Oh, I'll take a look under the seat.

--

jeremy
['75 RD250A ] | ['02 Fazer 600 in blue]
_______________________________________
jeremy at hireserve dot com

 

arse.

 

Don't forget, you live in a culture where saying good morning to all
and sundry, whether you know them or not, is considered de rigeur.
Consequently the extension to wave at other bikers is not seen like a
big deal, but just common courtesy.

Must get a bit tedious after a while though? I'm glad to say that
doesn't happen where I work (mainly German/Swiss, of course) and I'm
not sure I'd like it if it did.

Of course, in other social settings I think it's quite a good thing,
although much amusement can be had watching a mixed group of young-ish
people in a bar-type setting, where they're coming and going all
evening but every single arrival and most departures entail a
handshake or kiss with every other person present. I mean, can't they
just say "hello" to the people on the other side of the table, FFS?

 

general biking zeitgeist.

 

I saw one the other day, near Shenfield. Maybe he was just passing
through, or they can only afford one for the whole county.

 

I see what you're trying to say, but it's not the same, really. If you
were a silver-haired 70 year-old, having just filled your Ariel
Wankfield[1], wearing black leathers; white silk scarf; open-face and
goggles, do you think you'd have drawn the same question?

[1] With oil, obviously.

 

Really? They just take pity on you, do they?

 

hah - the funny bit is that a lot of the people complaining about the
lack of biking spirit or whatever, are know-nothing newbie cunts[1].

[1] note to people who've been riding longer than me: I'm not claiming
to be anything else myself, but at least I'm not complaining about the
lack of something that hasn't existed for many years.

 

perhaps. I do think a lot of newbies feel they're getting more than
just a few thousand pounds worth of engineering when they buy their
first bike.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, darsy said:

That happened to me at the weekend. What with that and "they make bikes
so fast" and them "being dangerous" it gets right on my faffin' tits.

Exactly. I find not talking to someone induces a feeling of fear and
uncomfortableness. Not all the SE is like that but generally London's
bad for it but anywhere else (when not in a pub) it's as easy as pie.

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