Posted by: Elizabeth Janeway
« on: October 07, 2024 »Oh look, something else to click. And click again to enlarge the text, if you actually want to read it.
When the English language takes on words and meanings tied to pop culture that isn’t recognized in other countries, it can create some confusing scenarios!
One of the participants of my recent Hastings run was the embodiment of gregariousness. He could, and did, start a conversation with anyone along the way. He told me that he used to be a miserable roadie bastard, but at some point turned himself around: "I've got nothing to lose."
FYI to all you "just being friendly bicyclers" It's a mind your own business world out there(I've changed my OP above. The original, replicated one said "She'd been running." I should have been more clear. To me that was past tense, but it can certainly be read as she was in the middle of running.)
Story aside, it's hilarious GiBletNews telling the media its their job to report the truth and to stop lying to the public…
It is unbelievable that Chris Boardman’s words can be so basic and obvious to female athletes and yet still so needed by men (Calling all men: this is what we can do to help women feel safe exercising in the dark, 30 October). Exercising solo, especially at night, is often a different experience for the two. One day last year I was cycling along the (very wide) Forth and Clyde canal; my fitness was great and I had a fine tailwind. I passed a man who had been dawdling, when suddenly he sped up and started slipstreaming me, within a couple of feet. This was in broad daylight, but the canal was empty.
I was worried in case he was somehow angered by me passing him, so I kept going for around 5km, after which my panic was really starting to interfere aerobically. I signalled that I was going to stop as he was so close to me, sat down on a bench and pulled out some food. He stopped too. “Thanks. I needed that,” he said, before asking me about the rest of my cycle. I refused to engage as I was recovering from the shock. A perfect example of how some men have no idea how intimidating their actions can be to women.