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Hi All,

Firstly, I'm quite new to this forum. I've only just found out what trolling is!

This is not me trying to be a troll...

I'm lucky enough to live right beside the C2C in the north of England. I use this track to commute to woods & trails.
Last weekend I was on my way to the woods & noticed 2 MTBers stopped at the side. I stopped to check that they were ok & they didn't need help or tools etc. All was well & so I ride on.

Only 1 minute later I saw something very odd - an old women, mounted on a mobility scooter - flying uncontrollably down an extremely steep & rough hill. She crossed my path & landed in a ditch upside down, screaming for help.

I couldn't keep riding, I stopped to help. I picked her up, picked her scooter up. She was crying her eyes out. The 2 MTBers came past just 1 meter away & had witnessed most of it, certainly heard her screaming. They din't stop to help & I couldn't believe it!

The old lady eventually stopped crying & said to me 'pass me that bottle pet' - I looked on the ground & saw the main cause of the accident - a bottle, half empty, of Vodka...

People eh?


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:01 pm
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Belm


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:05 pm
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Stinks of troll.


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:07 pm
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Are you ranting at the mountain bikers or the old woman, I'm confused โ“


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:07 pm
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I'm ranting about the mountain bikers. I honestly expected more.

Trolling is writing to get a rise, I'm not trying to get any rise at all.


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:11 pm
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Don't drink and scoot, kids.


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:12 pm
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She called you 'pet'? Aw, bless ๐Ÿ™‚

Sorry, who are having a go at? The bikers, the drunk old woman or the fact that if she'd had a 29'er mobility scooter she'd have been fine. I guess it was those small wheels..


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:14 pm
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So the mountainbikers were drunk on vodka and threw the empty bottle on the floor ,wherein the old lady crashed into it sending her into the ditch?So it's a littering rant then?I agree.....very poor form.


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:14 pm
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Not even any CAPS LOCK wording.

Poor.

Good job you were there though, otherwise those other two scum of the earth people riding bikes would have robbed her too.


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:16 pm
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so did she take you back to hers for a nightcap..?


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:18 pm
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If the scooter had 29ers, I wouldn't have helped. I'd have told them drunken bikers to kick her head in. ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:18 pm
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She obviously had the wrong tyres, and was she fitted with a correctly fitting helmet.


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:18 pm
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were the 2 mtb riders on funny looking clown bikes, with huge wheels and no gears wearing stw t shirts?


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:24 pm
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@beanieripper: One had a Met Parachute on his head...


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:28 pm
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@beanieripper: One had a Met Parachute on his head...

That's a yes then.

Some people help others don't or they could see you were coping and carried on.


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:31 pm
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no caps, spelling fine, generally understandable

rant fail


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:32 pm
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@kato: It's not only a Muppet that will rant. I can clearly spell & complain at the same time... ๐Ÿ˜‰

@Drac: Most probably. Rant over then. ๐Ÿ˜ณ

@DaveyWonderBoy: I may use caps next time.


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:38 pm
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Maybe she's a regular and the two bikers see her every week and have learned to ignore her by now.


 
Posted : 18/07/2011 9:43 pm