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- RACastanet
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A few years ago I had a similar experience. On the way to work on a really cold, sloppy and wet morning I saw the car in front of me was dragging what appeared to be a coat sleeve from the drivers door. I sped up to get alongside and waved to the woman driver and kept pointing to the road below her. She just put here nose in the air and sped away. She likely felt pretty silly whan she arrived at her destination.
Just last month I did the same thing with an older women when stopped at an intersection I saw one of the tires on the driver's side was almost flat... a blowout waiting to happen. She did roll down the window, stopped to look and thanked me. She then pulled into a dealer service dept right at the light.
I had a blowout on an interstate about 6 or 7 years ago that resulted in damage to my vehicle and another when the wheel flew off. So, whenever I see a person with a low tire I try to get their attention.
Rich
Just last month I did the same thing with an older women when stopped at an intersection I saw one of the tires on the driver's side was almost flat... a blowout waiting to happen. She did roll down the window, stopped to look and thanked me. She then pulled into a dealer service dept right at the light.
I had a blowout on an interstate about 6 or 7 years ago that resulted in damage to my vehicle and another when the wheel flew off. So, whenever I see a person with a low tire I try to get their attention.
Rich
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http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/toyota_c ... rview.htmlDana Sheets wrote:
New car? What did you end up buying Meta? You know you miss your Nissan. (I'm a big nissan fan myself.)
There's a bit of Metablade in all of us.
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There you go.
That's what I'm driving.
98,000 with no problems. Runs on gas forever.
Let some other fool buy all the gas. I can think of better places to spend my money.
F.
That's what I'm driving.
98,000 with no problems. Runs on gas forever.
Let some other fool buy all the gas. I can think of better places to spend my money.
F.
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If really interested, here's a whole book about it that's backed by current research:
http://product.half.ebay.com/Sexual-Ass ... QprZ461557
Schwartz and DeKeseredy include lots of other variables in their model in addition to male peer support. Ignore the part where they cover the psychoanalytic model though. It's a pseudoscientific approach. For that discussion:
http://product.half.ebay.com/Pseudoscie ... 8QQtgZinfo
http://product.half.ebay.com/Sexual-Ass ... QprZ461557
Schwartz and DeKeseredy include lots of other variables in their model in addition to male peer support. Ignore the part where they cover the psychoanalytic model though. It's a pseudoscientific approach. For that discussion:
http://product.half.ebay.com/Pseudoscie ... 8QQtgZinfo
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Back to the original topic. . . lol.
I just reads a great book titled "Controlling People" and written by Patricia Evans. I *love* this book.
Basically, the idea is that controlling people aren't partnering with you, but a pretend person they think is you.
Confronting them is worse and validates them.
"Oh, but you don't like vanilla ice cream."
"Uh, yes I do."
"Oh, but I remember when you. . ."
Instead, you just react this way:
"Oh, but you don't like vanilla ice cream."
"Whaaaat?"
"You said you didn't like vanilla ice cream."
"Whaaaat?"
"Well, anyway, we should order."
I wonder how this tactic would work with cat-callers -- not validating them, not invalidating them, just making them incomprehensible.
"Hey, work it girl!"
"Whaaaaat?"
"I said you've got a nice a**."
"Whaaaat?"
"I said, you're pretty hot."
"Whaaat?"
"Oh, whatever."
I just reads a great book titled "Controlling People" and written by Patricia Evans. I *love* this book.
Basically, the idea is that controlling people aren't partnering with you, but a pretend person they think is you.
Confronting them is worse and validates them.
"Oh, but you don't like vanilla ice cream."
"Uh, yes I do."
"Oh, but I remember when you. . ."
Instead, you just react this way:
"Oh, but you don't like vanilla ice cream."
"Whaaaat?"
"You said you didn't like vanilla ice cream."
"Whaaaat?"
"Well, anyway, we should order."
I wonder how this tactic would work with cat-callers -- not validating them, not invalidating them, just making them incomprehensible.
"Hey, work it girl!"
"Whaaaaat?"
"I said you've got a nice a**."
"Whaaaat?"
"I said, you're pretty hot."
"Whaaat?"
"Oh, whatever."
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Feeling lucky?
Just wondering, in the history of wolf whistles and "hubba hubbas" has any guy ever gotten lucky with that approach? Did any of you ladies ever hear a wolf whistle and decide that was the guy for you? Were any of you guys ever rewarded for a wolf whistle? If not, why repeat a pattern of behavior with a 0% success rate? Could it be because the real reason for the whistle is something else? What? Attempt to get a laugh or reaction? Attempt to demean? Attempt to intimidate? Showing off for friends?
Sincerely,
Norm Abrahamson
Sincerely,
Norm Abrahamson
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Re: Feeling lucky?
I've seen it 'work'. Go to the strip in Myrtle beach, or even just Brighton Ave. near the bars, get a bunch of drunk college girls who want to have sex together, get a bunch of drunk college guys together, have them cat call at the girls, and as often as not, the girls play along.Norm Abrahamson wrote:Just wondering, in the history of wolf whistles and "hubba hubbas" has any guy ever gotten lucky with that approach? Did any of you ladies ever hear a wolf whistle and decide that was the guy for you? Were any of you guys ever rewarded for a wolf whistle? If not, why repeat a pattern of behavior with a 0% success rate? Could it be because the real reason for the whistle is something else? What? Attempt to get a laugh or reaction? Attempt to demean? Attempt to intimidate? Showing off for friends?
Whatever you make of that, it's positive reenforcement for cat calling.
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Too little too late
Hey, TS Guy,
Why didn't you tell me that 25 years ago?
Norm Abrahamson
Why didn't you tell me that 25 years ago?
Norm Abrahamson