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Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
(This comment interprets horn blowing. My own interpretation is found
below.) Horn Blowing: Interpreting the Message. If someone honks a horn at you, the meaning is all in the duration. A really brief "Bip!" means "Hi!" or "Bye!" A moderately short beep means, "I just want you to realize I'm here." Somewhere between a second and maybe two seconds means, "I'm here and I am annoyed at your heedlessness." Over two seconds it means, "I'm ****ed off at you, JERK!" Longer than three seconds it means, "I'm ****ed off at this whole situation! And I am frustrated that I can't do anything more effective than sit here and blow my horn. Boy am I frustrated!" (Usually employed in traffic jams to make people around you even more frustrated too.) Repeated honks are either repetitions of the above (sorted by blast duration) or monotone musical "Hellos" if done in cadence with known tunes like "Shave and a haircut: two bits!" (Meant to be friendly.) http://www.dahon.com/forum/index.php...&#entry37 361 Like I said somewhere else: most of the time the vehicle's blowing the horn is equivalent to the lion's roar... "Hey, this is my territory and you better get lost --or else I eat you!" And guess what the monkey riding the bike said... "Yes, you can eat my banana!" WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE http://webspawner.com/users/donquijote |
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Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
Pardon if I'm off topic but I have a quick question.
I've been browsing the rec.bicylces.rides and other rec.bicycles usenet groups via google, and they seem completely full of spam except for this post. I hope this isn't a stupid question but are there some actual users dialoguing on here regularly or is it all spam? If so, how many people are actually regularly participating and how do you use this group with so much spam? -Mike mmeiser.com/blog On Apr 28, 3:52*pm, ComandanteBanana wrote: (This comment interprets horn blowing. My own interpretation is found below.) Horn Blowing: Interpreting the Message. If someone honks a horn at you, the meaning is all in the duration. A really brief "Bip!" means "Hi!" or "Bye!" A moderately short beep means, "I just want you to realize I'm here." Somewhere between a second and maybe two seconds means, "I'm here and I am annoyed at your heedlessness." Over two seconds it means, "I'm ****ed off at you, JERK!" Longer than three seconds it means, "I'm ****ed off at this whole situation! And I am frustrated that I can't do anything more effective than sit here and blow my horn. Boy am I frustrated!" (Usually employed in traffic jams to make people around you even more frustrated too.) Repeated honks are either repetitions of the above (sorted by blast duration) or monotone musical "Hellos" if done in cadence with known tunes like "Shave and a haircut: two bits!" (Meant to be friendly.) http://www.dahon.com/forum/index.php...0&gopid=37361&... Like I said somewhere else: most of the time the vehicle's blowing the horn is equivalent to the lion's roar... "Hey, this is my territory and you better get lost --or else I eat you!" And guess what the monkey riding the bike said... "Yes, you can eat my banana!" WELCOME TO THE JUNGLEhttp://webspawner.com/users/donquijote |
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Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
mmeiser wrote:
Pardon if I'm off topic but I have a quick question. I've been browsing the rec.bicylces.rides and other rec.bicycles usenet groups via google, and they seem completely full of spam except for this post. I hope this isn't a stupid question but are there some actual users dialoguing on here regularly or is it all spam? If so, how many people are actually regularly participating and how do you use this group with so much spam? -Mike mmeiser.com/blog Don't use Google. I use news.datemas.de which filters out most spam. |
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Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
mmeiser wrote:
Pardon if I'm off topic but I have a quick question. I've been browsing the rec.bicylces.rides and other rec.bicycles usenet groups via google, and they seem completely full of spam except for this post. I hope this isn't a stupid question but are there some actual users dialoguing on here regularly or is it all spam? If so, how many people are actually regularly participating and how do you use this group with so much spam? Up to a few weeks ago, r.b.m and r.b.r. were good newsgroups. Now we are awash with spam and silly posts. Some regulars have become discouraged. |
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Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
ZBicyclist wrote:
mmeiser wrote: Pardon if I'm off topic but I have a quick question. I've been browsing the rec.bicylces.rides and other rec.bicycles usenet groups via google, and they seem completely full of spam except for this post. I hope this isn't a stupid question but are there some actual users dialoguing on here regularly or is it all spam? If so, how many people are actually regularly participating and how do you use this group with so much spam? Up to a few weeks ago, r.b.m and r.b.r. were good newsgroups. Now we are awash with spam and silly posts. Some regulars have become discouraged. A news feed that filters most of the spam solves the problem. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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It's Chris wrote:
From: (Tom Sherman) A news feed that filters most of the spam solves the problem. Could you recommend one? http://news2.motzarella.org/. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
On Apr 28, 8:01*pm, mmeiser wrote:
Pardon if I'm off topic but I have a quick question. I've been browsing the rec.bicylces.rides and other rec.bicycles usenet groups via google, and they seem completely full of spam except for this post. I hope this isn't a stupid question but are there some actual users dialoguing on here regularly or is it all spam? If so, how many people are actually regularly participating and how do you use this group with so much spam? -Mike mmeiser.com/blog So I guess you don't use the horn to mark territory. Funny, dogs mark territory be peeing all over. I hope it doesn't catch on with the SUV drivers. |
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Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
On Apr 29, 8:25*am, ComandanteBanana
wrote: On Apr 28, 8:01*pm, mmeiser wrote: Pardon if I'm off topic but I have a quick question. I've been browsing the rec.bicylces.rides and other rec.bicycles usenet groups via google, and they seem completely full of spam except for this post. I hope this isn't a stupid question but are there some actual users dialoguing on here regularly or is it all spam? If so, how many people are actually regularly participating and how do you use this group with so much spam? -Mike mmeiser.com/blog So I guess you don't use the horn to mark territory. Funny, dogs mark territory be peeing all over. I hope it doesn't catch on with the SUV drivers. It's early morning and I make mistakes like this. This answer is supposed to match Chris' comment. |
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Horn Blowing = Lion's Roar?
I equipped my truck with a triple horn that sounds a lot like the ones
used by the race official's cars in the TdF. Cyclists recognize it as a friendly acknowledgement regardless of how long I hold it :-3). Of course, when tooting at cyclists I always wait until I've passed or am approaching, so's not to startle them. - - Compliments of: "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman" If you want to E-mail me use: ChrisZCorner "at" webtv "dot" net My website: http://geocities.com/czcorner |
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