I was riding my bike down Lunt just now. Heading to the dead end at Sacramento where I was going to turn left. There was reasonably heavy traffic. People use Lunt like a superhighway and many fail to even stop at the stop signs. I was about fifty yards from the intersection getting ready to signal my left turn when this motherfucker started blowing his horn at me. I turned around and waved at him and he drove right up on me trying to hit me. I started yelling and he began yelling back. He swerved right and brushed my shoulder. I had to grab the bike and pull myself right. I told him to get out of the car. Thank God he didn't because he looked like a steroidal freak. Anyway, there was a guy playing ball with his kid who saw the whole thing and got his plate number.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet, but here's some advice for you young firefighters at home. If you're going to try to run people over, it's best not to have a vanity plate with your engine company on it.

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yeah, bike riding. not worth it.

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The thing is, I'm not a militant bike rider. I think Critical Mass people are douchebags. I'm in my car way more than I'm on my bike. I often feel frustrated while driving when bikes are around me. But I don't try to run them off the road. I'm not exaggerating here. This guy was really trying to hit me. He actually screamed, "You tried to hit me!!!!"

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I been there. challenged a guy to get out of his car. he came out with one of those mini-baseball bats they used to give away at ball games. not sure what was going to happen and then some johnny do-gooder came over and got in between us. At least I had a bike helmet on. LOL.

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we need a "start seeing bicycles" campaign

I hate bicyclists when I'm driving my car, and I hate drivers when I'm riding my bike. I can't win/lose.

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My only issue with bikers is the guys who fly through intersections after I have come to a complete stop and have now accelerated, but I need to stop again because the DB on his Little 500 racing bike with his messenger bag thinks the stop sign doesnt apply to him and he can zip on through.

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Wrong. Bikes are legal road vehicles in all 50 states. This is just claptrap anyway. Like saying the internal combustion engine should be outlawed.



I think that's normal. I feel the same way. Still, I've never tried to run anyone off the road.

The perception when you're in your car is that the guy on the bike is slowing you down. That's perception more than reality. It leads to dumb stuff like what Panther posted above. If half the people driving to work this morning were on bikes instead of in cars, the commute for those in cars would be much faster.

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You sure it was Lunt and not Melvina?

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I agree that you rarely see a guy on a bike following the rules of the road. I follow them just as if I were in my car, with the exception of slow rolling stop signs when no one else is there which I believe is permitted for cyclists in Illinois. I don't want the other guy's right-of-way. I just want mine. But drivers are understandably so ready for you to do something stupid on your bike that they often want the cyclist to take the right-of-way.

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It was Lunt for sure, about 21 blocks west of Paulina.

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You missed his joke about the three city streets that rhyme with vagina.

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That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Hitchhike?

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hey, that rhymes with stunt!

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

OMG. Engine 78 is the fire station outside Wrigley

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

http://www.achicagofirehouse.com/


JORR is barking up the wrong tree!

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

No he didn't

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I see now that he did type Paulina. I has a sad.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
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Really? Maybe the guy is just a Cubs fan and not a fireman. But I think it was a specialty firefighter plate.

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Life is so much fun. You couldn't make that up.

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Same car was seen outside the Starbucks near Theos house. They all read the board .

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Sorry, but I was in a hurry.

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Jack Tripper!!!!

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I often wonder why Walt's GIFs are so spot on and hilarious when his written posts are so utterly moronic.

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Only challenge someone when LoHo is with you.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."