Not saying thanks

[vifferman]

I wave at everyone I possibly can.

Good for you!
I used to wave a lot, but I've found this year that I get few waves/nods in return for a wave/node. I still do it on the open road (even to cops), but I'm inconsistent now, coz I don't really care so much any more.

[Ixion]

I wave to anything and everything. Sometimes I even wave to things that aren't there.

I also wave to other cages when I'm in the cage, and to bikes, and to bikey cops, and to ambos , and to any hot looking chick.

What's wrong with saying "Hey, it's a lovely day isn't it, good to meet y' even in passing, have a nice day".

[MarkH]

I wave at everyone I possibly can.

Good day to you ma'am

[klingon]

Good day to you ma'am

Hello MarkH
Hello Ixion
Hello all the other wavers in this thread
That was fun

[Beemer]

We always acknowledge people who pull over to allow us to pass easily, but so many bikers don't. We had to take the car through to the Cemetery Circuit one Boxing Day as I had too much camera gear to fit on the bike, and on the way up we ALWAYS pulled over to let bikes pass. My other half was really pissed off when several of our own bike club members roared past with nary a wave between the lot of them!

[Skyryder]

I usually wave if safe to or hit the horn as a means of a thankyou if a cage show me some courtesy. We'll never know but I sometimes wonder how many are bikers or ex bikers.




Skyryder

[Ixion]

Actually, I think the waving thing is an interesting survival of a bygone age.

When I was a wee young lad, everybody waved to everybody. Not just people on bikes, or people in cars. But everybody

If you were walking from A to B (as folk did back then), you waved to everybody you encountered. probably stopped and had a wee crack with them too, but at least waved. 'twas just the neighbourly thing to do, to acknowledge with a "Hi, how's things".

Nowadays, the old ways have degenerated, we only acknowledge those we feel we have some compatibility with

But if I am pootling along on a back country road, I always wave to Mr Farmer, and Mrs Farmer, and the Farmer kids on their way home from school. And sometimes even stop for a wee bit crack.

[klingon]

Actually, I think the waving thing is an interesting survival of a bygone age.

When I was a wee young lad, everybody waved to everybody. Not just people on bikes, or people in cars. But everybody

If you were walking from A to B (as folk did back then), you waved to everybody you encountered. probably stopped and had a wee crack with them too, but at least waved. 'twas just the neighbourly thing to do, to acknowledge with a "Hi, how's things".

Nowadays, the old ways have degenerated, we only acknowledge those we feel we have some compatibility with

But if I am pootling along on a back country road, I always wave to Mr Farmer, and Mrs Farmer, and the Farmer kids on their way home from school. And sometimes even stop for a wee bit crack.

So true!

I grew up in a small town - in fact I think it would be a village if we had such a thing in NZ. The commercial centre consisted of a general store and a hairdressing salon.

Anyway my Dad and I used to go for evening walks and in those days you would say "good evening" to every single person you encountered on your walk. And when driving, you would always at least lift your forefinger off the steering wheel to greet every vehicle coming the other way. If it was someone you knew well, you would lift your whole hand.

When I moved to Auckland at age 18 I caught a bus (other than a school bus) for the first time. Someone sat in the seat next to me and I greeted him with a cheery "Good morning!" and he looked at me as if I was mad. With all those people around and nobody talking to me, I felt lonelier than I had ever felt living out in the bush or on a farm or in my tiny home town.

Maybe that's why I find it natural to wave at everyone I see?

PS. Don't buy your crack from farmers - I hear they cut it with milk powder.

[Ixion]

Oh Lord. I have fallen amonsgt heathens

4.	craic
	What's the crack? Officialy: What's the craic? Craic being an Irish language word for good times/ gossip/music/ drinking/ debauchery of any kind/ or good clean fun. Not specifically linked to crack of the crack-cocaine definition. If asked this question by an Irish person, you are expected to give a reply which includes information on how you are, what you are doing, where are you going, with whom are you going there, have you any interesting gossip one might like to hear about, and so on. It is a question to which there are many possible answers, and it is used with great frequency on the Emerald Isle.

Though not , to be sure, to be sure, confined to the Oirish.

[JATZ]

So true!

When I moved to Auckland at age 18 I caught a bus (other than a school bus) for the first time. Someone sat in the seat next to me and I greeted him with a cheery "Good morning!" and he looked at me as if I was mad. With all those people around and nobody talking to me, I felt lonelier than I had ever felt living out in the bush or on a farm or in my tiny home town.

I know how you felt, I went back to Auckland for a while, got a job in the city and caught the ferry to work every day with the same people, not one of them said howsitgoing ever, even shunned by my fellow pushbikers, mind you I wasn't wearing lycra/spandex (just doc martins and jeans, and a shirt), only lasted 5 months

Also while were on the subject,
Pulled to the side of the lane once to let a bike past, trouble was there must have been about a hundred of them, lot of harleys, british bikes, leather, patches and very little saftey gear.
They just kept coming, pushed ME off the road, oncoming traffic didn't bother them.
And not one of em aknowledged my good deed.
Gees, I still get angry thinkin about it, Fuck it I shoulda run the cunts down aaarrrrgh

[Usarka]

A nods as good as a wank dyslexic horse.

[MarkH]

When I moved to Auckland at age 18 I caught a bus (other than a school bus) for the first time. Someone sat in the seat next to me and I greeted him with a cheery "Good morning!" and he looked at me as if I was mad. With all those people around and nobody talking to me, I felt lonelier than I had ever felt living out in the bush or on a farm or in my tiny home town.

It is interesting how many people on public transport wont acknowledge others sharing the ride with them. But I have meet plenty of nice friendly people in the 11 years I have been living in Auckland. During my morning one hour walk I will say "good morning" to random people that are walking their dogs or whatever and get a similar greeting in response (or sometimes they will greet me and I will reply). I have been playing poker at the pub for an evening or 2 per week for a while now and am on friendly terms with 2 or 3 dozen people there, even inviting several to my place for a home game. I have also meet up with a number of kiwi bikers and gone on rides - thoroughly nice people!

Of course not everyone you come across will be nice, polite & friendly - some may look at you like you are mad instead of responding to your friendly greeting. But many others will happily say "hello", "g'day" or something similar back to you. Just like waving - some will wave back (or nod), others will ignore you. Just don't let the snobby twats get you down and keep up the friendly waves and "hello, how are you" type greetings. Life is just better when people are nice & civil - it really costs nothing to be nice instead of a grumpy jerk.

[portokiwi]

I move to the side to let bikes pass, but thats becouse I ride. Cagers that ride non bike riding cagers move to the side to let you pass welll........ Thats why I do wave just to say thank you. They might just do it again. Yes I wave to most bikes on the road. I wave to kids that wave to me as they are walking down the road..... Gives them that impression that people on bikes are nice people. Kids in the back of school buses and vechs. They think its cool when you wave back to them as you are passing them on the motorway.
At the end of the day its just a way of showing most people on motor bikes are nice....... Who knows one of those people that you or I waved at thought it was soo cool that when tey were old enough they too brought a bike as well.

[Shadows]

What I struggle with is what kind of wave should one give when the car in front moves over and sprays one with gravel / pieces of truck tyre / wood / broken glass / road cones / roadkill etc.

Is there such a thing as a sarcastic wave?

[James Deuce]

It is interesting how many people on public transport wont acknowledge others sharing the ride with them.

I ride public transport to catch a new disease or experience a new halitosis scent. I certainly don't use it to make "friends". Who wants friends so poor they have to use public transport?