2. The 87-year-old French grandfather makes lunch.
4. So many ways to say/sing "Good Morning Starshine."
5. Finding and restoring mahogany in an old house.
7. Macdonalds is maybe getting a little too fancy.
8. One song, one singer — lots of different styles.
9. Three young ladies play "These Boots Are Made For Walking" on upright bass, cello, and acoustic guitar.
10. Three other young ladies respond to a request that they sing "Go to Sleep" (from "Brother, Where Art Thou"?).
11. Back when he used to get invited to parties, he'd answer the question "How are you doing?" with a short quote from an obscure poet.
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For some reason, the gentle tinkle of a politically correct woke libtard bike bell is way Way WAY more ruder than some random asshole fucktard yelling ON YOUR LEFT.
I prefer to use a bell. Unfortunately, gentle as it is, it makes some people jump. One is really only trying to let people know you are there so they won't be surprised when you suddenly go by. But many people do jump.
I agree with Howard! Be still my beating heart! That looked all nice and staged on the bike path. Reality: biker going 35 miles a hour and mumbling “on the left,” 5.4 seconds before swooping by.
I use a bell. I touch it far back. I ring it well back.
#11. The reason he is no longer invited to parties is clear.
How about the path walker who has dogs completely blocking the path AND has an earbud or is on the phone so can hear neither bell nor “on your left”? We have a fair amount those in The Woodlands, Texas. Not sure about Madison.
#9 and #10, both sets of girls talented!
Number 9 is good, nice bass line anyway. Needs a drummer girl to keep them together.
I liked the "on your left" video because it seemed to me it was intended as humorous and was done well by people with a sense of humor.
The French grandfather was adorable.
The rest were boring.
Bells on bikes aren't quite enough to penetrate walkers wearing ear buds. I suggest a siren. That wails.
That said #11 was delightful from his voice and demeanor to his obscure poet quote in Latin.
I would rather a bike rider ring a bell. If I'm alone, I'm deep in my thoughts and it takes a moment for anything someone says to register. They'd be caught up with me by the time I processed "on your left". If I hear a bell, I'll move to the right (but I'd probably already be on the right anyway), because of course you pass on the left.
Unless the walking/riding trail is next to a highway or a construction zone, I think I'd be able to hear the rider coming from a good distance away. Even so, I think I'd process the bell sound faster than someone talking to me. Also, with a mixed use trail, shouldn't a rider slow down when approaching a walker?
AND the Fundamental Expectation for the bicyclist.. ANY Bicyclist;
is the the pedestrian MUST MOVE.. Because the bicyclist is CONVINCED, that They OWN the road..
THE WHOLE ROAD.
If you're walking on the side of the trail, the bicyclist will Still ORDER You out of their way, with:
ON YOUR LEFT!!@!!!@!
and, if you don't move; they will see how close they can get to you.
[and, of course, old ladies that ride bikes, think "every one is polite to each other]
ps. Surprisingly (UNsurprisingly) if you reach out to YOU left, and Grab their handlebars..
dropping them in a heap; they'll be confused. If you calmly mention to them; that IF they'd stay far enough away, that you CAN'T reach out and grab their handlebars; it will make NO sense to them.
Mary Beth asked...
Also, with a mixed use trail, shouldn't a rider slow down when approaching a walker?
NO! bike riders OWN THE ROAD! ALL other people, MUST move out of their way (according to them)
I would rather a bike rider ring a bell.
Me too. And yet, hardly any bikes have them. They were standard when I was riding in Europe all those many years ago. I'd also ban electric bikes on paths shared with walkers and runners, they go too fast.
Wrecking Crew, so underrated.
Good Vibrations
California Dreaming
Mary, Mary
The Beat Goes On
Mission Impossible
Twisting the Night Away
A Little Less Conversation
These Boots Are Made For Walking
featurette
The Beatles wanted to beat the Beach Boys, but really they were trying to beat the Wrecking Crew.
Some are ok. The last one touches the heart.
Usually, when I've walking on a bike path and the Bikers says "left", that's just a warning. They go round you. You're not expected to move, assuming you're just walking on the right side.
Some bikers just ring a bell.
That said, I found the ticktock hilarious. Or at least the "diver".
Worst bikers will "shoot the gap". These assholes won't slow down, instead when one biker is coming on the left side, and you're walking on the right, they will squeeze in the Gap
You get no warning. All you feel is a whoosh of wind six inches from your body.
Good thing you didn't move six inches, for whatever reason, because they would've run you donw. And good thing they timed it just right and the other biker didn't move his bike six inches to the left.
That's why I'm always amazed at people who bike on crowded city streets. Morons driving. Morons biking. I'm not putting my life in your hands. Morons.
#8 I liked his song, has a good voice, his takes on each style were on point, and he made me laugh with his 'No Flavor', which was clearly Michael Buble.
#3 How quaint. Our walking trails have signs telling bikers to announce. They don't.
The French grandfather.
In my experience, which is long and varied, "On your left" is useless as a signal on a multiuse path. Many people hear "On your left" and promptly jump LEFT, into the direct path of the cyclist. "On your left" is lingua franca on a ski trail but not on a shared path.
Like others in these comments, I use a gentle bell. If that doesn't work, I slow down enough to ask, "May I pass on your left?" Walkers have the right of way, and I have no problem with that. Better to stop than to hit a pedestrian, with both us getting hurt.
When the girls started playing "Boots" I was thrilled to see a left-handed guitarist (like me!) and then I saw they were all left handed and I was even more thrilled and then I noticed the letters on the sweatshirt were backwards and I was sad.
The Beatles wanted to beat the Beach Boys, but really they were trying to beat the Wrecking Crew.
ha ha
Brian Wilson should get some credit of course!
Thanks St Croix. Nice links.
#9 - For a moment, I thought it was Kashmir from Led Zeppelin.
Greatly enjoyed the trio playing, "These Boots Are Made For Walking." Especially the double bass and cello sections.
All of these were so good that it was hard to pick a favorite but I will go with "Good morning, starshine." I miss Norm, don't you?
Although I have followed Little Bubby Child for some time and livin' hyar in Appalachia, I ken relate ...
No. 9 as that is my favorite Nancy Sinatra song. Of course, it was so good because of the famed Wrecking Crew (as Saint Croix mentioned). Close behind is no. 10 as O Brother, Where Art Thou? is one of my favorite films – and, as a bonus: everyone else in my family hates it.
I enjoyed:
Let's play "Is it problematic?"
Finding and restoring mahogany in an old house.
"These Boots Are Made For Walking"
I enjoyed:
Let's play "Is it problematic?"
Finding and restoring mahogany in an old house.
"These Boots Are Made For Walking"
"Is it problematic" was funny and on-point. I watched a few more and they were all good.
That poem "Cynara" was powerful and made me think of the things in my life that I can't just let go.
"Is it problematic?" was fun and on-point. I watched a few of those and they're all good. The poem "Cynara" was powerful and reminded me of all the things in my past that I just can't let go.
3 best: French grandfather, mahogany man, and good morning starshine. Hard to pick one over the other.
Black on black crime was interesting from a non-woke perspective. I sort of felt as if I wanted to know them a little better. The French grandfather was a treat and I loved the girl bass player tuning a string in the middle of the performance.
- Krumhorn
Maybe there is something to order because I liked the first 3 best. But also the trio with the double bass. She's awesome.
It's problematic...I see these young women and feel encouraged
If I had to pick a favorite it would be a toss-up between the French grandfather and Starshine. All the others were enjoyable, so it was hard to choose.
I'm a couple of days late watching these, but I'm surprised no one mentioned the most famous line of the poem:
"I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind,"
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