do you do the wave?

[JO-BIRD]

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I Saw A Black 02 With White Top, I Wave, Car Look Like It Had Never Ben Wash, The Older Gentleman, Pull In To A Cav. Store, I Went In To Tell Him About -tbn- He Was Eating A Ice-cream, Said He Was 88 Years Old, He Had Just Sold His Home, And Was On His Way To A Rest- Home In Surf-city N. C. He Also Said He Had Brought- The Last Thunderbird Every Built , I Shook My Head, Wish Him Luck, Shook Hands, As I Pull Away, I Look Back At His Front Lis. Plate It Read,---------- Pearl-harbor-survivor

[00mustng]

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.....I even wave from my '81.....gets lots of puzzled looks from people who wonder why the guy in the old Fairmont is waving at them!........

[JAB02LHS]

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Just try walking down the street one day and say "Hi hope you're having a nice day" to people you are passing. They will look at you like you are from outer space. I love doing that both for their reactions and because it drives my wife crazy.

[K.P.]

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Just try walking down the street one day and say "Hi hope you're having a nice day" to people you are passing. They will look at you like you are from outer space. I love doing that both for their reactions and because it drives my wife crazy.

We all say "hey" to people you pass around here..people think you're stuck up if you don't.

[JAB02LHS]

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We all say "hey" to people you pass around here..people think you're stuck up if you don't.

Yea but up here that would turn into

Hey---buddy can you spare $2.00 for bus fare, my car just ran out of gas and I need to get home and get my gas can. I must have heard that line a half dozen times this summer while walking my dogs, sometimes by the same guy on different days.


Had one girl approach my wife and say " I've probably asked you for money before but that was when I was on drugs. But now I'm getting myself straight and need money to feed my kids, that I just got back from child services"

Sat in my car outside the drugstore waiting for my wife one afternoon and watched a guy asking people for money as they went into the store.
Saw him get folding money from 5 people in 15 minutes plus change from others just to get him to leave them alone. If it was only a buck a piece that would be $20.00/ hr tax free. A couple of them gave more that 1 bill so that mean more that $20.00/ hr

Told my wife I was going to take the dogs down and sit with them asking for money to feed my dogs. Dog lovers are real suckers only problem they would have to lose a lot of weight to be believable

Wow I better stop ranting

[SR-71]

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We all say "hey" to people you pass around here..people think you're stuck up if you don't.

I grew up in Frederick, MD and then went to college in Harrisonburg, VA. In both places, it was common -- maybe even a little expected -- to say "hey" to people, strangers included, as you passed on the sidewalks. And if someone said "hey" and you didn't "hey" back, then you would be considered rude. When I moved to Amherst, MA to continue going to school (...and going to school, and going to school...), I started out by greeting strangers when walking around downtown. But I mainly elicted silent stares, with accompanying "who the heck are you and why the heck are you saying hi to me" facial expressions. My new friends also thought the practice was odd. So I eventually stopped. I'm not passing judgement, saying that one practice is better than the other, or that people in one place were friendlier than the other (folks in Amherst and surrounding towns were perfectly friendly). I just found the difference in customs intersting.

Here in Lincoln, NE, I find that a greeting by way of a nod between strangers is pretty common, sometimes accompanied by a "hey" or "how ya doin'?"

Hey,

Kevin

[lmartun]

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Sure, I wave. Have an 05 Evening Black T-Bird, haad the top down, waved at an 04 green going the other direction. Caught him by surprise, he spun around and in my side view mirror I saw him wave back. We have a distinctive care, worth recognizing one another. You never see the Z4 or TT cars wave at each other, probably yuppie snobs anyway.

[Gobird]

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YES, We do the Wave anytime we pass another New Bird. Aren't that many out there to begin with. I have only had one person that didn't wave back.

[TBirdLes]

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OK I`m sure now, NO we do not wave. Torrance/Rancho Palos Verdes folks I quess have to much class to wave at each other??? I tried, I think we are paranoid or something here. To bad, would love to meet a friendly enthusist from around here.

[LuvHisBird]

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When we ride the motorcycle we always put our hand out to acknowledge a passing fellow motorcyclist or return the gesture. It is their way of acknowledging that they too "Get It", the thrill of riding. In the TBird we wave instead, also acknowleding the good taste someone has to own such an exquisite car.

[fxstsb]

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I do the biker wave.

[TEXBIRD]

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Here in Texas we have road signs that say "Drive Friendly"! So, I wave & honk both!

[Shadowbird]

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Here in Texas we have road signs that say "Drive Friendly"! So, I wave & honk both!

I gave a thumbs up today myself...but I was in my Jeep. I didn't expect a reaction from the red T-bird driver coming my way, and sure enough no reaction at all. If I see another bird when I'm driving, I'll chase 'em down and keep waving until they at least look at me like I'm from Mars.

"I see Bird people"

[redbirdsal]

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Keep it up Barry, and welcome to TBN There's a pm waiting for you. Just click on the either of the notes on the Home page under the Welcome Shadowbird, or User CP (says something like "you have 1 unread message).

[LuvHisBird]

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I gave a thumbs up today myself...but I was in my Jeep. I didn't expect a reaction from the red T-bird driver coming my way, and sure enough no reaction at all. If I see another bird when I'm driving, I'll chase 'em down and keep waving until they at least look at me like I'm from Mars.

"I see Bird people"

It is okay Barry...some people just don't get "IT."