http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3197 Hey. It's a necessary evil. Just yelling "on your left" isn't effective anymore. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) The Sporting Life Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:42:35 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3197 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3195 It's true. He does. I saw him biking to work this morning. I politely honked my horn in greeting and was immediately challenged to a duel to the death using only fisticuffs. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) The Sporting Life Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:21:23 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3195 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3194 I like that you bike to work wearing no shirt, wielding daggers with a shit eating grin on your face. That's pretty much how I pictured it before you confirmed it anyways. Governator@idkfa.com (Governator) The Sporting Life Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:14:08 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3194 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3179 Ah, and one thing that may not be clear: I wasn't in the bike lane (there isn't one at that point), I was in the middle of the sidewalk on the corner. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) The Sporting Life Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:04:14 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3179 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3178 I knew the guy was turning, was watching him and his trailer the entire time, and was prepared to back up more than the bit that I already had if he had come any closer. I was fairly sure that he wasn't going to hit me, judging by his turning radius, and by the fact that if he was going to do so, he was going to take out a light pole and a cement wall with me. Admittedly, I've made worse choices while biking. I didn't feel like I was in danger. On second thought, maybe I shouldn't have been doing this: kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) The Sporting Life Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:49:41 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3178 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3177 i think he was commenting on your balls of steel since you apparently didn't back up at all from the BIG F****** TRUCK that would have crushed you and your measly bicycle without a second thought or even a little bump to let the driver know he just munched something. Cause even I get the hell out of the way when I'm in MY TRUCK, nevermind a bike. Jeebas, dude. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) The Sporting Life Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:11:26 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3177 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3176 I... I appreciate that your response is equally ambiguous. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) The Sporting Life Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:00:11 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3176 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3175 The latter. Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) The Sporting Life Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:58:41 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3175 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3174 Stopped going north through downtown Anchorage. A semi truck and trailer honks at me on the corner, alerting me to the fact that he's making a right on red, and that I should pay attention. He starts the turn, making it very wide. I look behind me, and the rear wheels start to make the turn fairly close to the curb, and me. I've seen and had this happen before, and I know truck drivers are goddamn surgical with their vehicles, but I'm still a little nervous when the rear wheels come within six inches of my front tire. A pedestrian appears behind the now-departing truck, and says to me: "Big truck." Again: random people saying ambiguous things to me while I'm biking to work. Was he commenting on the fact that the truck was big? Or that I failed to realize how big the truck was? Or was he saying it in a manner that said "Big trucks are jerks?" Or was he just providing a narrative to his and my shared experience of a big truck? kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) The Sporting Life Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:51:44 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=3174&msg_id=3174