Tension Relieving Responses...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

...smart enough to know that we had photographed his license plate (and emailed the picture home for posterity...).
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Very smart.

[Trek420]

Very smart.

Probably the smartest response

then I'd say "well, sorry that you feel that way and that you're about to do that. My photo of your license plate has been sent to a cops e-mail address. I can send a message that I just thought it was a witty license plate. Shall I do that now? Or do you want it to be the last thing from my phone? I'm sure you sit in front of the TV with a beer and pork rinds and watch a LOT of CSI "

But seriously you don't know who/what you're dealing with out there and odds are real good that person is not well. I imagine being sedentary and that overweight he may be in a lot of physical pain. People are angry. They are mad about their jobs, the price of gas, they're mad about American Idol voted off their favorite .... people are angry, they get in a big truck, maybe he just filled up his tank ..... and there you are

It does not occur to them that we're not the problem, we're part of the solution.

Lastly I'm not a psychologist nor do I play one on TV but the nature of his threat, to cram the bike up your azz I think reveals some unresolved emotional issues. I think a man who is confident in his heterosexuality (I presume he's straight, or thinks he is) might think something along the lines of "you'd never catch me in lycra but ya know maybe I could use a little exercise. Maybe I'll get back to the gym or run or sumthin''".

And then say something like that to you and you could tell him "get MTB shorts! They are baggy." And challenge/offer to get him started cycling like you helped your other friend the one who fell on the tracks. How's he doing BTW?

I say he's a closet case. They are really the worst when it comes to overt threats, verbal abuse, violence and acting out. But again, I would not mention that to Bubbah ;-)

Best thing to do .... get outa the way.