Kids
Sometimes when I take the lane I get honked at. But this week I discovered the exact opposite of that:
Seems kids know more about sharing.
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There are actually a lot of categories in life in which kids are smarter than adults.
Love this. =)
drafting the school bus, woo hoo!
My ragedar blips whenever I go by a schoolbus (typically on Dorchester Ave.) – I expect some rambunctious and wise-a$$ middle school kids to imprecate me or dump something out the window on me, so I usually pass the bus and get way ahead. But from the wee ones I have gotten the wave. In either instance I fear that a bike is, to them, some kind of curious anomaly.
As kids on a long trip we’d sprawl in the way back of my parents station wagon (no seats or belts back there, then) and wave like mad to the cars behind us. The reactions were mostly positive but I’ll never forget one family that regarded us with nearly identical smirks of disdain.
Also, see the short clip of Danny Kaye riding a bike while singing “Everything is tickety-boo” from the film “Merry Andrew” – there’s a scene in it of bicyclist-busriders interaction apropos Bikeyface’s experience. Here’s the youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzVCahrtaWI
Awww… There’s a daycare that I pass on my way home. When the weather is nice and they let the kids out to play they always come running up to the fence yelling “hi!” and “where are you going?” and “look! She’s riding a bike!” Cracks me up every time. 🙂