Getting to Know You!

[margo49]

Most fun ever had on a bike? riding down this old torn up country road screaming and cockadoodledoing at the rooster, barking at the dogs and mooing with the cows with my friend

Yeah, I know this one.
It's sometimes called "the zone", sometimes called "being at one with the Universe" (or similar spiritual-sounding term) and sometimes called stark raving mad
Any way, once you have felt it there is no going back...

[Thistle]

Yeah, I know this one.
It's sometimes called "the zone", sometimes called "being at one with the Universe" (or similar spiritual-sounding term) and sometimes called stark raving mad
Any way, once you have felt it there is no going back...

uh oh... i'm in trouble every time i ride to uni i pass within feet of some cows and i always "moo" good morning to them

i also talk to the rabbits, roos and the "birdie num nums"....

i'm a worse case than i thought! am i the only person who talks to animals?? please tell me there are other nutters out there

[sbctwin]

am i the only person who talks to animals?? please tell me there are other nutters out there

nooooo, I love to greet animals and birds I see along my ride or walk. I break for wildlife!!! and give them pleasantries along the way

[Pax]

nooooo, I love to greet animals and birds I see along my ride or walk. I break for wildlife!!! and give them pleasantries along the way

Absolutely! I love passing the time of day with the wildlife I meet along the way...BTW goats are the most interested in conversation.




Also...Hello to the newbies and welcome to TE!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yeah, me and my DH too...we ride down the back farm roads, calling to the horses and cows ("Hi babies!"), calling out the kitties, barking back at dogs, etc.
One delapidated farm often has its animals wandering all over the road- bulls, horses, giant pigs, guinea hens and chickens... one time their huge turkey hen decided to trot along right alongside my bike for a 1/4 mile down the road. I wasn't sure what to make of it- was she trying to drive me away or in love with my bike??

[crazycanuck]

Umm..Nature is cool but how does one converse with a Kangaroo or Emu whilst mtn biking?



I talk to cows, sheep, bobtail lizards but not the snakes! Moooo..Baaaaaaaa...

Oh the joy of the wild & wacky wildlife in Australia.

c

[mimitabby]

Umm..Nature is cool but how does one converse with a Kangaroo or Emu whilst mtn biking?



I talk to cows, sheep, bobtail lizards but not the snakes! Moooo..Baaaaaaaa...

Oh the joy of the wild & wacky wildlife in Australia.

c

I don't know, what do Kangaroos say?? Emus? YOU have to tell us!

and welcome all you guys! we heehaw at Donkeys, Baaaaaaaaaaa at sheep and goats, MOOOOOOOOO at cows.

[Thistle]

I don't know, what do Kangaroos say?? Emus? YOU have to tell us!

feel better now that i know lots of you are as crazy as me

roos... make a click click sound... i dont know how to type it! ever seen skippy? "click click, what's up skip?"

riding home from uni one arvo i came up over a hill and as i crested the hill (on the bike path, about 500 metres from houses) i came face to face with an adolescent male roo cresting the hill from the other side. We both screeched to a stop (he was on the bike path too) and just looked at each other. it was so funny, shame it wasnt on video

i'm a bit scared of big roos (they can rip you open with their back legs) so i just kind of stood there not moving and after about 30 secs he turned around and hopped away back down the bike path. i started up and followed him at a distance...very funny. the shock on both our faces when we both came over the hill at the same time and came face to face must have looked funny.

totally agreee re snakes cc.... ugh luckily havent come across one.. probably cos i'm always on the bike path

[evangundy]

Well, I am also a member of Team Bag Balm...... I think most of our group will moo at the cows we see - we definitely moo when we see each other

I usually talk nice to the barking dogs. It surprises them, and they sometimes stop barking to hear what I am saying..... "well aren't you a pretty dog? why are you barking so loud? are you having fun or are all these bikes scaring you? etc, etc,
Edna