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From: hood@aieio.DEC (My favorite dwarf is Grumpy.)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Big, bad image
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Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 22:29:11 EST
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All this talk about an intimidating image!  Geez.  S'pose Sylvester
Stallone'll play me in the movie version of my life?  He'll be 
riding around on my bike with a few rounds of ammo hanging off his
shoulders, tattoes on his arms, and blood pouring from his chest!
Wow!  Every mall rat from Bangor to Boise'll love me forever.
f'kn awesome!

Maybe not.

I've noticed that a certain amound of intimidation is helpful (let
those folks know you're looking at them.  Turn you head and glare...)
but I find that people don't crowd me if I do things like yield 
the right-of-way to cars at side streets (with big, sweeping hand 
gestures), stop for pedestrians, and obey the speed limit.

Natch, none of this goes on the highway, but I've noticed that
in heavy city traffic, the cars around you tend to tread you
as almost a human being.  (And they do notice people crossing
the road just a little bit in front of them.  

Super courteous in city traffic.  Rambo on the highway.

Tom Hood,
Bike in garage waiting for spring.
DEC, Littleton, Mass.