Haven't ridden for 3 days because of a very scary man

I'm also late to this discussion and i only want to address your loading the bike issues.

"I thought about it - but I have to put my bike in the back of my car and I have a problem taking my wheel off and putting it back on. The brakes always get out of alignment. I know it's because I'm kind of new to riding and I'm doing something wrong."

Please consider going to your bike shop for a bit of maintenance and possibly ask them to help you practice. the fact that your brakes move so easily is cause for concern and needs to be corrected.

The quick release should not be so difficult for you to release. The bike shop should release it and properly tighten it for you. When the lever is pressed down to engage it, it should only leave a light impression on your hand. that way it should be fairly easy to undo. It could be that you need a different type (the bike shop should let you try several different types) or possibly the hinge needs to be lubricated (don't do this yourself unless you know exactly what to do).

Also, If you brakes are getting out of alignment when you pack your bike, then the brakes are not properly tightened onto the frame. The shop should tighten them and then show you how to check this and also how to straighten the brakes if they do get out of alignment.

Finally, you may already know this, but always remember to pack your bike with the crankset up, so as not to mess up the derailliers.

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Originally Posted by staceysue

Say ya to da UP, eh?

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*waves from the lower peninsula* All this talk of the UP and hunting just gave me the worst earworm -- "Tirdy Point Buck!" :D

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I think it is arrogant and naive to suggest that so many problems can be solved with a gun. I think it is arrogant and naive to suggest that if this person or that family had had a gun, their house wouldn't have been broken into, or they would not have been injured by a bad guy. The suggestion that being armed with a dangerous weapon will solve the problem of violence seems naive to me, and arrogant.
It's hard to not be prejudiced against guns when one of your loved ones is dead because he shot himself in the head when things weren't going good for him... but Pax, we're pushing this WAY off topic and i would be happy to discuss with you somewhere else.

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Your point is abundantly and tediously clear, I'll just drop it because there is absolutely no chance of reasonable discussion.

What the h-e-double hockey sticks is an earworm?

:)

Roxy

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Originally Posted by channlluv

What the h-e-double hockey sticks is an earworm?

:)

Roxy

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Those annoying songs that get stuck in your head. Da Yoopers have quite a few. :)

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Originally Posted by zoom-zoom

Those annoying songs that get stuck in your head. Da Yoopers have quite a few. :)

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and they're usually something you never liked in the first place!

You can get rid of an earworm by singing the theme song from Gilligan's Island.

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You can get rid of an earworm by singing the theme song from Gilligan's Island.

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but that IS an earworm :eek::eek::eek::eek:

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and they're usually something you never liked in the first place!

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Or a song that you liked before it became a top-40 hit for months on end and played at least once/hour on the radio. After a while even the best songs can drive a person nuts.

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You can get rid of an earworm by singing the theme song from Gilligan's Island.

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My friend's earworm cure-all is "Yellow Submarine." It seems not to work for other Beatles songs.

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but that IS an earworm :eek::eek::eek::eek:

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Try singing it and see if you remember the words. I don't think it qualifies as an earworm.

Now what's playing on the radio in my head is a song about a submarine on an island, dangfraznabbit. Thanks, just thanks a LOT for that.

:: tries to dislodge earworm by singing ::

It's a world of laughter, a world or tears
Its a world of hopes, Its a world of fear
There's so much that we share
That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all

It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small yellow Gillian.

My son has been on a Sound of Music jag lately...chock full of earworms, but I like those. I don't think there's such a thing as too much Lonely Goatherd.

You fill up my sennnnnnses
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtiiiime
Like a walk in the raaaaaain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses, come fill me again.

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Now what's playing on the radio in my head is a song about a submarine on an island, dangfraznabbit. Thanks, just thanks a LOT for that.

:: tries to dislodge earworm by singing ::

It's a world of laughter, a world or tears
Its a world of hopes, Its a world of fear
There's so much that we share
That it's time we're aware
It's a small world after all

It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small yellow Gillian.

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I, for one, have to suppress my urge to throw a shoe at those little dolls. Now it is stuck in my head. Earworm.

Good grief, has this thread drifted or what. :p

For me, the only cure for an earworm is to listen to the song in question. I know I have three or four songs in my iTunes library that I've bought solely to cure an earworm. It gets to that point, it's worth $0.99.

I cannot listen to Clint Eastwood by the Gorillaz or it is stuck in my head for weeks. There is no cure for that one.

Thankfully, I've had more pleasant songs in my head of late:)

CA

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My son has been on a Sound of Music jag lately...chock full of earworms, but I like those. I don't think there's such a thing as too much Lonely Goatherd.

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LOVE IT! That one is an ear worm complete with visuals for me... I usually hate dolls of all sorts, but those puppets are just fab! :D

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Good grief, has this thread drifted or what. :p

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I haven't looked at this thread for a while but I saw so many posts I was wondering what was up, fearing the worst.

In this instance, I'm glad to see it's gone the usual TE thread route. ;)

I think earworms are very personal. When I was in HS, there was a Tears For Fears song that always got stuck in my head. Now, with flick of a memory switch - I can get it stuck again... "everybody wants to rule the world" (crap...why did I do that??)

Singing 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' will unstick just about anything for me (without getting stuck itself).

And, is not 'Small World' the worst earworn offender of all time??

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I think earworms are very personal. When I was in HS, there was a Tears For Fears song that always got stuck in my head. Now, with flick of a memory switch - I can get it stuck again... "everybody wants to rule the world" (crap...why did I do that??)

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That song always makes me think of popcorn... :cool:

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That song always makes me think of popcorn... :cool:

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Which makes me think of the song Popcorn

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Which makes me think of the song Popcorn

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Ha, I never knew the name of that tune...learn something every day! :cool:

stacey - what became of this situation? this is the first thread i ever actually subscribed to, by the way. what a scary situation... i really appreciated everyone's advice to you, especially from the policewoman! i hope you've been able to ride despite this monster!

I continued to use the alternate route until I was done cycling for the winter, and I haven't seen him since I started cycling this season.

I asked around town and found someone who knew him and his family pretty well. She said the guy who was following me was often confused with another guy - and apparently I had the two men confused as well. The guy who was following me is mildly mentally handicapped and has extremely poor social skills, but she says he's not dangerous. Because of his size he's very intimidating, though. She said that next time he follows me I should stop and gently point out that it's not appropriate for him to follow behind me. I asked her if she would mind letting him know how much it scares me to be followed, if she sees him. I imagine she mentioned it to her family and somebody might have had a talk with him.

Apparently he also has an active child-like imagination, which would explain his waving the gun at motorists. Hopefully it just looks like a real gun . . .

Thank you very much for asking.

As for the subject of ear worms - nobody else on here gets "The Song That Gets on Everybody's Nerves" stuck in there head? Well . . . . since misery loves company, why I don't I remind you all how it goes!!!

I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves
I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves
I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves
and this is how it goes!

I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves
I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves
I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves
and this is how it goes!

repeat - infinitely



Or how about this one? I just LOVE this ear worm:

This is the song that never ends
oh it goes on and on, my friends
somebody started singing it, not knowing what it was!
Now they'll continue singing it forever just because . . . . .

This is the song that never ends
oh it goes on and on, my friends
somebody started singing it, not knowing what it was!
Now they'll continue singing it forever just because . . . . .

LOLOL I looove that song! "Somebody started singing it not knowing what it was....." It drives my kids crazy. :D

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Or how about this one? I just LOVE this ear worm:

This is the song that never ends
oh it goes on and on, my friends
somebody started singing it, not knowing what it was!
Now they'll continue singing it forever just because . . . . .

This is the song that never ends
oh it goes on and on, my friends
somebody started singing it, not knowing what it was!
Now they'll continue singing it forever just because . . . . .

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Heh, my hubby's younger cousin used to sing that ALL the time! We tease her about it, now. She will be graduating college in a couple of months. :D

Glad things got semi-resolved with the scary guy. I live in the boonies and think about this on my solo rides.

We all have our own personal earworms, but not having kids around me I hadn't heard of two of them here - "The Song that Never Ends" and "The Song That Gets on Everybody's Nerves" ...

so of course I had to go to You Tube and check them out :D I am alone so there was no one to say "step away from the keyboard Catrin, you don't want to know what those songs are"

New earworms :p

Oh I knew better than that! Songs I never heard and can tell I don't need to. :p

Except.... now that you've got me thinking about songs that loop around to the beginning...

There was an old man named Michael Finnegan
He had whiskers on his chinnegan
Along came the wind and blew them in again.
Poor old Michael Finnegan! Begin again....

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Oh I knew better than that! Songs I never heard and can tell I don't need to. :p

Except.... now that you've got me thinking about songs that loop around to the beginning...

There was an old man named Michael Finnegan
He had whiskers on his chinnegan
Along came the wind and blew them in again.
Poor old Michael Finnegan! Begin again....

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LOL, I knew it was dangerous, but I just have to live on the edge sometimes :rolleyes:

Staceysue-

So glad things seem to be less dangerous than they appeared. I hope they continue to improve for you, and that you don't have any more scary incidents.

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The guy who was following me is mildly mentally handicapped and has extremely poor social skills, but she says he's not dangerous.

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Oh that's good news!! Now you know what you are working with and hopefully you'll feel like riding your old circuit again. :)

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We all have our own personal earworms, but not having kids around me I hadn't heard of two of them here - "The Song that Never Ends" and "The Song That Gets on Everybody's Nerves" ...

so of course I had to go to You Tube and check them out :D I am alone so there was no one to say "step away from the keyboard Catrin, you don't want to know what those songs are"

New earworms :p

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mwaaaaaah haaaaaaa haaaaaaaaa - (that was an evil laugh)

I feel dumb for being as scared as I was - but he's such a big guy and I had been warned about that other guy being dangerous and got them confused. I guess I'm not as together as I thought I was. Maybe I do scare too easily - but when I was younger I didn't scare easily enough and nearly got myself hurt that way. Maybe some day I find a happy middle!

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Oh I knew better than that! Songs I never heard and can tell I don't need to. :p

Except.... now that you've got me thinking about songs that loop around to the beginning...

There was an old man named Michael Finnegan
He had whiskers on his chinnegan
Along came the wind and blew them in again.
Poor old Michael Finnegan! Begin again....

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Ack...I haven't thought about that song since I was probably in 4th grade! NOW it's in MY head! :p

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I feel dumb for being as scared as I was - but he's such a big guy and I had been warned about that other guy being dangerous and got them confused. I guess I'm not as together as I thought I was. Maybe I do scare too easily - but when I was younger I didn't scare easily enough and nearly got myself hurt that way. Maybe some day I find a happy middle!

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Don't feel dumb. Sounds to me like you were being very sensible. It's creepy and threatening behavior. Now that you know the guy is harmless, now you can behave accordingly, but I would definitely not have assumed from his behavior that he was harmless! And you mentioned that other people have confused this guy with someone else who was not harmless, either, so it wasn't just you. I'd say you're plenty "together."

Anyway I'm glad it all feels safer to you now. Happy riding!

Thanks, Oak Leaf.

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I feel dumb for being as scared as I was - but he's such a big guy and I had been warned about that other guy being dangerous and got them confused.

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One of the not so great perks of getting older is the feeling of vulnerability. You were just exercising your right to self-preservation. :)