Unless you were actually wolf whistling I can't see how this might cause offence (or maybe it was her birthday and she was just a bit freaked out that you 'knew')
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Today's rubbish cycling
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"I had been whistling "My fingers are cold" to the tune of Happy Birthday."
It might depend on whether it was Altered Images', Stevie Wonder's or Trad Arr Tune's version?
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Sallyhinch, I hope you are right. A couple of notes out of place might sound like a wolf whistle, but on reflection an oncoming cyclist wouldn't hear the whistling until after I saw their expression. So my possible guilt has subsided.
@ect, The version most folk sing at a birthday party.
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Whistling is a very uncommon practice these days. Maybe she was just alarmed at the strange noise.
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So does whistling 'my fingers are cold' to the tune of Happy Birthday (or anything else) warm them up, or is it just a distraction technique? Also, if you're whistling, how do you know what words you're whistling to the tune?
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I alarmed a young lady this summer coming the other way on the Meadows. Thought I was singing inside my head, realised I was singing out loud.
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong
(Strong)
I am invincible
(Invincible)
I am womanPosted 5 years ago # -
Is there a Today's rubbish Whistling/Singing thread?
Mrs Garto does not allow whistling in the house tho she has never asked
can ye sing?
Why?
cause ye cannae whistle (or indeed vice versa)
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Dunno, but there was a lot of rubbish ranting from the canal-pusher-inner this evening, who had taken up position halfway over the aqueduct, with a queue of cyclists behind who were smiling nervously; almost as nervously as those of us who had to pass...
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@Snowy
Police can't prevent crime they don't know about. 101?
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Canal-pusher-inner…is that Katherina? In a way I'm quite glad I've never had to use the aqueduct as part of my commute. @Snowy, was all OK though?
Edit: Ah, finally putting a face to the name.
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I am determined that if I ever encounter Katherina again* and she causes any grief whatsoever I will repeat her name to her, will tell her that I find her behaviour threatening and unacceptable and that if she continues with her behaviour on that occasion or on any future occasion that I will report her to 101.
*I am afraid that I inevitably will
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I see someone who wears a leather cowboy hat, tracky bottoms and has a pannier rucksack, always walking but in same direction as me. Never any issues. Wrong person?
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@gembo - wrong person. Katherina is female, shoulder length blonde hair, often with a bike with carrier bags hanging from the handlebars. Speaks poor, strongly-accented, English. Prone to loud, agressive-sounding statements in a language I don't understand but that sounds Slavic. Has previous history with me over several years (see threads passim) of threatening behaviour including blocking my path, veering towards me with her bicycle (apparently deliberately), shouting at me while passing and aggressive interactions on the aqueduct.
Edit: just spotted @Arellcat's post above, which puts the name and face together.
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Ok, never encountered that person
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@Arellcat That's her...
Fortunately all was ok, at least in the timeframe I was there, so nothing to report that 101 would be interested in hearing on this occasion.
Funny - just had a look at Strava and my heart rate had a bit of a jump at that point. Anticipation! Can quite understand Greenroofer's view.Posted 5 years ago # -
...certainly a rubbish cycling experience for me yesterday.
Bombing down the northern side of the Kirkstone Pass at considerable speed, as you do, I noticed that there was water running across the road. I applied the brakes hard and scrubbed off a lot of speed, but was probably still doing 15mph as the bike entered the wet area and I saw that as well as water there were generous and spreading iridescent circles of fresh oil or diesel. I uttered a loud proclamation of fear and concern.
There was nothing I could do but hope for the best. I felt both front and rear wheels squirm under me, and was certain I was going to end up on the deck, which at that speed, on that road, while clipped in, wasn't going to be pretty.
Luckily I stayed upright, but it took quite a while for me to calm down afterwards.
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@greenroofer, that would also look epic on Strava
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@gembo https://www.strava.com/activities/1888442358/analysis/546/758
I hadn't thought to look in detail, but 6.4 miles in to the ride you can see my speed drop sharply from 28 to 15mph, while my heart rate, which had been plodding along at 110 bpm suddenly rises to 130 and takes a little while to calm down again.
You can never have too much data :-)
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Nice, the Beeftub is almost as high as Kirkstone but a lot easier to get up
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[Slightly off topic] @Greenroofer: That's me who sent the Strava follow request if you were wondering. And feel free to reject it, I won't take it personally :D
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So even in this story https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-45783314 they mention what the cyclist was wearing (hi viz, presumably gets a thumbs up from the gammons) but tragically nothing about whether he was wearing a helmet or not. Standards are slipping at the BBC
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Greenroofer: Kirkstone's northern side makes a lovely decent.
I once scared the life out of my mum (as a teenager) by flying down it with her following in a car.
She never knew I could go that fast(/recklessly)...
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@mgj: So even in this story ... they mention what the cyclist was wearing
Give them a break. It's a verbatim report of the description the police gave of the person believed to be responsible for a fatal shooting, and who they are trying to track down. It's standard practice to describe the appearance of a person of interest in as much useful detail as possible, albeit when it comes to their clothing said person can change it later. The hope is presumably that someone nearby saw someone meeting that description at around the same time, and might have seen where they went, or someone might come forward saying, "that sounds like the bloke down the road, and he's got a hi-vis jacket like that".
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Re mgj's post, I found it significant that BBC radio news announced yesterday that a man had been shot by a cyclist though this was later changed to a gunman on a bicycle.
Despite many gunmen being carborne I've never heard one described as a motorist.
Posted 5 years ago # -
HankChief
Thirty years ago I did that on the Argyll side of the Rest. My parents caught me at Inverrary.
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WFB- good effort :-)
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I'm choosing to believe that you were on a Brompton at the time as well.
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Nah Frenchy, it will have been the Longstaff
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@Blueth: A more legitimate criticism of the coverage, IMO. I wonder if a certain Mr Vine got on to them to correct it?
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Me. Eastbound on Milton Road East last night, pulling away from the junction with the Sir Harry Lauder Road. I saw a black car waiting on the right to come out of Brunstane Road South. I was watching the car in front of me, who was slowing to turn left into Brunstane Road, and the next thing I noticed was the black car pulling across my path, stopping in my lane because the car I was watching had come to a stop in the mouth of the road.
I slammed the brakes on, skidded slightly, and just managed to get around the back of the car without hitting it - I missed it by less than an inch by my reckoning.
Strava says I was doing 22 mph before I slammed the brakes on, and I couldn't swerve right because there was a car close behind me (I could see the headlights), and drivers like to overtake there.
I was wearing a bright yellow hi-viz jacket, and had a bright light on my bike. I imagine the driver saw me, but thought they could get across in front of my anyway, not counting on the other car stopping.
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