How I Wish People Interacted Here at DU

[AtomicKitten]

I was just at the stop sign at the corner of Clayton and Haight (a block from the corner of Haight and Ashbury) in SF. It was my turn to dodge the pedestrians and I proceeded out. A car from my left also pulled out although it was not his turn and I had the right of way.

I yelled out my window, "Thank you."

He yielded and yelled out his window, "I love you."

A very San Francisco moment.

[Kutjara]

1. Buncha dope-smokin' left-coast hippie peaceniks.

But in a good way. ;)

[ClassWarrior]

2. I love you, Kitten...

:hi:

NGU.

[AtomicKitten]

7. I'm just ...

[Maven]

3. Let me tell you how that interaction would have gone in New York.

Wait, I'm going to take some amphetamines in order to evoke the proper tone.

[Nite Owl]

4. That is funny!

I can hear it now.

[eppur_se_muova]

26. Callahan cartoon: The Difference Between New York and L.A.

in L.A.:

says:"Have a nice day!"
thinks: Drop dead.

in N.Y.:

says:"Drop dead!:
thinks: Have a nice day.

[Mythsaje]

5. I've been there...

Is that near the panhandle or the other direction?

<g> What a great city.

I could look it up, but thought it might be more fun to interact with someone.

My current novel is set in and around San Francisco--I placed my (soon to be famous) Magitech Lounge in an old shop in that particular neighborhood.

I'm almost done with it...after it goes through my pre-editor (my wife) I'm planning on submitting it to my publisher. I've already got a nod based on the first three chapters.

[AtomicKitten]

10. just south of the panhandle

yes, SF is colorful.

[TheDebbieDee]

18. Which genre(s) do you write?

Although I don't have time to read books anymore, the last time I did read, I was reading (and laughing with) Carl Hiassen.

[Mythsaje]

19. Urban fantasy, of a sort...

though this newest project could be more accurately be termed "futuristic fantasy." If such a sub-genre existed. Well, I guess it does now. LOL

My website provides a far more detailed description of what I do.

[papau]

24. I love your writing, but folks do need the link below

Mythsaje's website: http://www.sajewilliams.com

:-)

[Mythsaje]

25. Doesn't the link come through in my sig line for everyone else?

[papau]

29. I may be the only person that has sig lines turned off so as to speed

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[Mythsaje]

35. Ah, of course...

I don't even think about that, usually.

The link's also in my profile...

Last night I tried to use a graphic, but I couldn't figure out how to make it a clickable link too. So I gave it up.

[Cha]

27. Keep us posted! I've

been reading cop thriller novels lately by T Jefferson Parker set in Orange County and San Diego..very good. He really cuts loose on those repukes in OC.

[Mythsaje]

28. Right on...

Suspense is my favorite genre to read these days. Robert Tanenbaum does some decent bashing too, if a lot more subtly than some might. The author's a former NY city prosecutor, and has one hell of a wit.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

6. Kitten

I'm guessing you are drop dead gorgeous!

[AtomicKitten]

42. I wish. n/t

[KT2000]

8. How about Victoria Canada??

I recall standing on a corner waiting to cross the street. All the cars stopped until I crossed the street. I was shocked!

Gotta love SF too!

[RagingInMiami]

9. In Miami

You would have yelled "Fuck you!"

And he would have yelled "I'm going to kill you."

[Kutjara]

13. Here in LA, it would have gone something like this:

You: "blam!"

Them: "blam, blam, blam, blam, blam, blam" (pause for reload)

[RagingInMiami]

15. And then somebody would have yelled ...

"Cut!"

[BreweryYardRat]

39. Florida does that too.

[man4allcats]

21. That would be the NYC or,

for that matter, Houston response.

[classof56]

11. That's how I wish people interacted wherever they are!

I try to live my life via that Golden Rule. Thanks for sharing a Golden Rule moment!

Tired Old Cynic

[Kahuna]

12. Hey!!!!

I :loveya:

:hippie:

[AtomicKitten]

40. back at ya n/t

[OzarkDem]

14. I love you, too!

and all the other DU'ers (trolls excepted)

:hippie:

[AtomicKitten]

41. back at ya n/t

[rurallib]

16. I'd like to kiss you like George W. did Joe.

That's love

[AtomicKitten]

17. ewwwww

that's dirty funky monkey lovin'.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. In Minneapolis, it would be:

"I got the right of way, ya know."
"Yah. Whatever."

[Smarmie Doofus]

22. U betcha. N/T

[laugle]

23. I'll say one thing about you AK......you got guts!

ahhhh....alas I remember the Hippie days at the Haight/Pan Handle, fish and chips at the park....but the 60's are long gone..........Hell...I wouldn't even roll my window down now, you might get shot!

Hey....try it again and see what happens, lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place.

Sorry...the older I get the more cynical I become.

[Blue_In_AK]

32. Fish & chips at the park...

That makes me smile. My olfactory memory of Haight Street from 1969 - fish & chips and dog poop. :rofl:

[laugle]

34. Country--Alaska??? Better check your profile dear...

Just curious, why did you leave California for Alaska? Was it hard to get used to the cold weather?

Do you remember the free concerts at the park? They were really something!

[Blue_In_AK]

37. haha - I'm not sure how that happened...

...but I kind of like it that way. :rofl: Here's how I ended up here. When I graduated from the University of Houston in 1968, I moved to Denver for a year, and then on to S.F. in '69. That same year, my parents moved from Texas to Alaska when my dad retired from NASA. When my first daughter was born in 1972, I came up here for a couple of months to visit, and really loved it. I came up again on vacation the next year, and then finally moved up here for good in 1975. Getting used to the cold wasn't that hard for me as I had spent the first 15 years of my life in Ohio and Colorado, plus 1968 in Denver, so I knew about cold. I love Alaska and will probably die here, but I have a very soft spot in my heart for the Bay Area. I sure had some wonderful times there...I wouldn't trade my hippie years for anything. And, yes, I loved all the music. I lived in the City for a couple of years and then moved out to Bolinas where I spent my days on the beach, getting high and jamming with my friends. What a life. :hippie:

[laugle]

38. Thanks for the bio, what an interesting adventure

you must have had. I was born in S.F. and grew up in Daly City. In 1969 I was just a Junior in high school.

Bolinas was beautiful, also point reyes, inverness and of course Tamilpais, (not sure of the spelling anymore.)

Surely you made it to the concerts at the Fillmore West? What a time it was.....nostalgia is fun......getting high.....ouuu what's that...LOL

Dropping that PURPLE stuff....shame...shame

Hope all is well with you...thanks for the post!

[ruggerson]

30. That happens all the time in NYC too

except the "I love you" is often followed by "ya fuckin moron."

But the sentiment is the same.

[Blue_In_AK]

31. I used to live on Haight Street

back in the old days. I guess not much has changed there?

[guidod]

33. lol......Very GOOD!

I just got done arguing with four different repukes and I have to say you turned my mood back around to being happy again. Thanks Kitten! :toast:

[AtomicKitten]

43. you're welcome ...made my day too n/t

[gulliver]

36. Yeah, I had a Missouri moment today.

I was walking across a parking lot pushing a cart full of groceries. A car pulled into my lane, but I had the right of way. It's Missouri, so I let him have the right of way. Thus, I'm able to tell the story right now...

;-)

But then he stopped and waved me ahead and I waved back and smiled. Then he ran me over.

[lonehalf]

44. Atlanta! Who wudda thunk it?

Atlanta was recently named one of the most courteous cities in the USofA.

http://wsbradio.com/news/051606rage.html

[NMMNG]

45. Wow

Around here it probably would have proceeded like this:

Me: "Thank you"

Other driver: "Yeah, just get the @#$! out of my way you #$%@!"

That's assuming the other driver stopped for me in the first place....

[Neecy]

46. My San Francisco moment....

I was on the 48 Muni one summer morning - everyone grumpy, the bus totally silent and filled with financial district types on their way to work.

From the back of the bus a guy yelled out a war cry sure to awaken every San Franciscan: "BEAT L.A.!!!!!" The bus erupted into a huge cheer, and for the rest of my ride people were smiling and chatting.

Nothing like hatred of the Dodgers to get the blood pumpin' at seven-thirty in the morning.

[AtomicKitten]

47. SF is a mixture of groovy 60s lovin' and uber-aggressive business folks.

Oh, and tourists.

[Skittles]

48. OK that would just creep me out

yes indeed