The things I notice

[cheerful_deviant]

Out running today I noticed again a strange (or perhaps not so strange) phenomenon.

I tend to be a people watcher so even while running I observe the people I see. So when a car passes I invariably look at the driver. When a woman is driving I notice that she tends more often than not to smile at me as she drives past. But if a man is driving he tends to look at me with something like distaste.

I am definitely not the kind of guy that turns heads so I know it's not my looks. Are ladies that influenced by someone who tries to keep in shape? And conversely, are men that intimidated by the same?

 

[Guest]

Out running today I noticed again a strange (or perhaps not so strange) phenomenon.

I tend to be a people watcher so even while running I observe the people I see. So when a car passes I invariably look at the driver. When a woman is driving I notice that she tends more often than not to smile at me as she drives past. But if a man is driving he tends to look at me with something like distaste.

I am definitely not the kind of guy that turns heads so I know it's not my looks. Are ladies that influenced by someone who tries to keep in shape? And conversely, are men that intimidated by the same?

Could it be the site of a duck in jogging shorts?

 

[TxRad]

In my case, the woman is smiling because she's thinking I'll have a heartattach in the next few blocks...

The guy considers me a show off because he's to lazy to get out and do it himself...

Just my opinion.....

I'm a people watcher from way back myself and they are so much fun. Especially drunk people.... Talk about a floor show.....

 

[TxRad]

Could it be the site of a duck in jogging shorts?

LMAO.... I hadn't thought of that......^5

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Could it be the site of a duck in jogging shorts?

Well, maybe the webfooted Nikes do look a little strange.

 

[Guest]

I'm a people watcher from way back myself and they are so much fun. Especially drunk people.... Talk about a floor show.....

"I rswemble that remark" he said from somewhere below on the floor.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

In my case, the woman is smiling because she's thinking I'll have a heartattach in the next few blocks...

Pity. Yeah, that fits.

The guy considers me a show off because he's to lazy to get out and do it himself...

This is about what I figure too.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

It may depend on how hard you are looking CD.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

It may depend on how hard you are looking CD.

I don't stare. I'm a careful people watcher. I also wear sunglasses.

 

[Colleen Thomas]

I don't stare. I'm a careful people watcher. I also wear sunglasses.

I come from down south, but I thik Cloudster might have noticed this too. People in pickup trucks generally acknowledge each other. Be it a wave, a finger lift or just a nob of the head. The gender of the driver is unimportant. Curiously, this dosen't translate to passenger cars. In fact, if my brother or dad is driving in his truck, he will respond, but when driving in his car he not only dosen't respond, he dosen't initiate this ackowledgement.

Not sure where the practice originated or what the implications are, but it seemed pertinent

 

[TxRad]

I come from down south, but I thik Cloudster might have noticed this too. People in pickup trucks generally acknowledge each other. Be it a wave, a finger lift or just a nob of the head. The gender of the driver is unimportant. Curiously, this dosen't translate to passenger cars. In fact, if my brother or dad is driving in his truck, he will respond, but when driving in his car he not only dosen't respond, he dosen't initiate this ackowledgement.

Not sure where the practice originated or what the implications are, but it seemed pertinent

I've noticed this to and the more rural the area the bigger the wave....

 

[cloudy]

I come from down south, but I thik Cloudster might have noticed this too. People in pickup trucks generally acknowledge each other. Be it a wave, a finger lift or just a nob of the head. The gender of the driver is unimportant. Curiously, this dosen't translate to passenger cars. In fact, if my brother or dad is driving in his truck, he will respond, but when driving in his car he not only dosen't respond, he dosen't initiate this ackowledgement.

Not sure where the practice originated or what the implications are, but it seemed pertinent

yes, whether you know the person or not, you wave. You also wave at people sitting on the porch.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

yes, whether you know the person or not, you wave. You also wave at people sitting on the porch.

Up here in New England we give the 1 finger salute.

Actually I did notice this to a small degree when I was a contractor and had a pickup outfitted for work. ie. company name on the door, racks, bedboxes etc. Other contractors would acknowledge me, kingof a team spirit thing I guess you'd call it.

Other than that there are just to many people and pickups around here. If you waved at every truck you'd never stop. I think it's probablly a more rural thing.

But there are a few cars around here that have a kind of unspoken club. Ride around in a Miata for a few days and you'll see what I mean. Other Miata owners almost always wave.

 

[cloudy]

Up here in New England we give the 1 finger salute.

Actually I did notice this to a small degree when I was a contractor and had a pickup outfitted for work. ie. company name on the door, racks, bedboxes etc. Other contractors would acknowledge me, kingof a team spirit thing I guess you'd call it.

Other than that there are just to many people and pickups around here. If you waved at every truck you'd never stop. I think it's probablly a more rural thing.

But there are a few cars around here that have a kind of unspoken club. Ride around in a Miata for a few days and you'll see what I mean. Other Miata owners almost always wave.

Around here, when I'm in the TA, you have to do the head tip thing, and not wave.

 

[TxRad]

Around here, when I'm in the TA, you have to do the head tip thing, and not wave.

your hands must be to busy...... Love girls in low cars with short skirts....

 

[impressive]

I come from down south, but I thik Cloudster might have noticed this too. People in pickup trucks generally acknowledge each other. Be it a wave, a finger lift or just a nob of the head. The gender of the driver is unimportant. Curiously, this dosen't translate to passenger cars. In fact, if my brother or dad is driving in his truck, he will respond, but when driving in his car he not only dosen't respond, he dosen't initiate this ackowledgement.

Not sure where the practice originated or what the implications are, but it seemed pertinent

This is also true of men driving Corvettes. It's a club, I think.

And, I recently discovered it amongst drivers of my model car -- a hybrid. Complete strangers waving a me for no reason other than I shared their sense in car selection. Really threw me the first couple times it happened.

 

[3113]

I am definitely not the kind of guy that turns heads so I know it's not my looks. Are ladies that influenced by someone who tries to keep in shape? And conversely, are men that intimidated by the same?

I see two possiblities.
1) The guys are going to work (or coming back from work), and you're not working, you're running. So that pisses them off. They'd rather not be going to work either.
2) As a native of car-land, I can tell you that guys in cars, especially those who drive a lot, think they own the road. I don't know where you're running, but the men in the cars, testosterone pumped, are being territorial. This is their road, buddy, so watch yourself! Don't even THINK about leaving that path and running in front of their car!

Ladies, on the other hand, have a cheerleader/muse complex. They like to cheer gentlemen on when they see them working so hard. Reward them for their efforts. "Go guy!"

Just my humble opinions on the subject, by the way. I've no proof that I'm right.

P.S. if you were female, the opposite would be true...but only if you were a very good looking female. Then you'd be getting some real smiles from the guys.

 

[zeb1094]

The first time I encountered this was my first trip down to my wife's grandmothers farm in Kentucky. Once we crossed the Ohio River on the ferry ever car, or pickup truck would have a arm stuck out from the drivers side just a wavin'. The wife poked me and said I should be waving back. So out went my arm and I waved back.

Then as we got closer to the farm, she started waving at the people sitting on the porches. I asked her if she knew them. Her reply was no, I don't think so but they proably no my grandmother. I just shook my head in confussion.

 

[cloudy]

The first time I encountered this was my first trip down to my wife's grandmothers farm in Kentucky. Once we crossed the Ohio River on the ferry ever car, or pickup truck would have a arm stuck out from the drivers side just a wavin'. The wife poked me and said I should be waving back. So out went my arm and I waved back.

Then as we got closer to the farm, she started waving at the people sitting on the porches. I asked her if she knew them. Her reply was no, I don't think so but they proably no my grandmother. I just shook my head in confussion.

We're a friendly bunch down here.

 

[zeb1094]

We're a friendly bunch down here.

Yes I found that out. That is why after 30 some odd years I will eventually be living in Kentucky in my reclining years.

 

[cloudy]

Yes I found that out. That is why after 30 some odd years I will eventually be living in Kentucky in my reclining years.

You'll have to learn to say "hey" instead of "hi."

"Hi" is just about unheard of.

 

[zeb1094]

You'll have to learn to say "hey" instead of "hi."

"Hi" is just about unheard of.

Hey, I already got that one down pat! Along with "Y'all" and "Come back, ya hear!" and all those other pharses you hear down south.

 

[Guest]

Out running today I noticed again a strange (or perhaps not so strange) phenomenon.

I tend to be a people watcher so even while running I observe the people I see. So when a car passes I invariably look at the driver. When a woman is driving I notice that she tends more often than not to smile at me as she drives past. But if a man is driving he tends to look at me with something like distaste.

I am definitely not the kind of guy that turns heads so I know it's not my looks. Are ladies that influenced by someone who tries to keep in shape? And conversely, are men that intimidated by the same?

You know, it could be more about how genders respond to eye contact. Women tend to view eye contact as more or less friendly (depending on the situation, of course), especially from a man. Men might subconsiously view it as a challenge, especially while in their bastion of power, an automobile.

A lot of how we react to other people's body language/eye contact isn't even conscious, which is what makes it so much fun to play with.

 

[cloudy]

Hey, I already got that one down pat! Along with "Y'all" and "Come back, ya hear!" and all those other pharses you hear down south.

I know you don't say "y'all" right. No one does that doesn't live here.

Strangely enough, I've never heard the "come back, ya hear" thing. That's a myth brought about by the Beverly Hillbillies.

A few more for you:

It's not a convenience store, it's a curb store.

You don't take someone to the store, you carry them there.

You don't carry a bag, you tote it.

It's not a shopping cart, it's a buggy.

In Mississippi, that little pack of six crackers you get out of a vending machine is a "pack of nabs."

Noon is not lunchtime, it's dinnertime; and 6 pm is not dinnertime, it's suppertime.

Know what a bushhog is. You may be required to use one.

 

[zeb1094]

I know you don't say "y'all" right. No one does that doesn't live here.

Strangely enough, I've never heard the "come back, ya hear" thing. That's a myth brought about by the Beverly Hillbillies.

A few more for you:

It's not a convenience store, it's a curb store.

You don't take someone to the store, you carry them there.

You don't carry a bag, you tote it.

It's not a shopping cart, it's a buggy.

In Mississippi, that little pack of six crackers you get out of a vending machine is a "pack of nabs."

Noon is not lunchtime, it's dinnertime; and 6 pm is not dinnertime, it's suppertime.

Know what a bushhog is. You may be required to use one.

Down in Lola, Ky. they say, "Y'all come back now, ya hear!" when you leave the store. And as far as all that other stuff, the answers are yes.

I do know what and how to use a bushhog, as I would clear the fields on farm during the summers we could get down there. And I have spent enough time in the south to pick up the proper pronunciation of "y'all". I have spent more time in Kentucky, Tenn. and Georgia than I have anywhere else since getting married.