this is what i learned on the bus stop
Had a brief but really entertaining conversation with a differently abled chap of about 40 this morning at the bus stop. He had a really pretty bike he had ridden down to the bus stop.
He said “I like bikes. They're cool. They weigh less than people.”
He was riding a retro-vintage three speed. He volunteered the number of gears, I told him I preferred the single speed. At that point he switched into automobile mode and said so you prefer “chu-chunk” (with hand gesture for automatic transmission on steering column) over “chu-chunk, mmmrrrrrrrrr, chu-chunk, mmmmmmmmmmrmrrrrrrrrrr, chu-chunk, mmmmmmmmrrrrrrrrr” (with hand gesture for manual transmission on steering column).
I was pretty sure he missed the point at the time he said it, but on retrospect he was still correct – I'd rather have an automatic and than a manual with a tree-mounted shifter. I'll have to spend some more time with the idea with regard to bikes to see if there are parallels or not.
He also asked “what make's a western flyer?”
but I heard “what makes a western flyer?”
I didn't know the answer to either, but I only answered the latter.
Apparently he has one back home. It's from 1950. This I learned at the bus stop.
Finally, when my bus arrived, I said to have a good day. He saluted me and said “10-4”
he seemed like a really cool person.
He said “I like bikes. They're cool. They weigh less than people.”
He was riding a retro-vintage three speed. He volunteered the number of gears, I told him I preferred the single speed. At that point he switched into automobile mode and said so you prefer “chu-chunk” (with hand gesture for automatic transmission on steering column) over “chu-chunk, mmmrrrrrrrrr, chu-chunk, mmmmmmmmmmrmrrrrrrrrrr, chu-chunk, mmmmmmmmrrrrrrrrr” (with hand gesture for manual transmission on steering column).
I was pretty sure he missed the point at the time he said it, but on retrospect he was still correct – I'd rather have an automatic and than a manual with a tree-mounted shifter. I'll have to spend some more time with the idea with regard to bikes to see if there are parallels or not.
He also asked “what make's a western flyer?”
but I heard “what makes a western flyer?”
I didn't know the answer to either, but I only answered the latter.
Apparently he has one back home. It's from 1950. This I learned at the bus stop.
Finally, when my bus arrived, I said to have a good day. He saluted me and said “10-4”
he seemed like a really cool person.
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