I got a scooter a few months ago. I was so thrilled to get it as I have wanted one for years. One of the appeals of the scooter life was (albeit a small one) was the scooter community. I would watch scooterers wave at each other the way bikers do and bus drivers do and boaters do. you don't have to know these people to be friendly, it is simply sharing a passion, or at least a hobby, and the wave is a friendly gesture. who doesn't like when others are friendly. I got my first scooter wave about a month after getting my scooter and it felt amazing. like I was in some sort of club that before I could only watch from afar as they did their secret handshakes. Since receiving my first scooter wave I have since given out many and received many as well. lately there seems to be a lull in the kamloops scooter community. I've been dishing out the waves, the smiles, and the head nods and the response seems to have decreased. I seldom get the wave and one gentleman didn't even acknowledge the scooter wave... In any way! (the catalyst for this particular blogging). I'm not sure what forces are at work but I know I don't like it. I liked getting the wave. the smile is nice but it's no wave. My latest scooter acknowledgments seem to be a far cry form the early stages of the scootering which included waves and even on one occasion (from the passenger of a red vespa) a cheer of approval... which I reciprocated with a fist pump. Nothing like a good fist pump.
Anyways, I would like if more scooterers gave the wave. Although I did get a couple of high school kids encouraging me to "spill" today. I chose to disapoint them.
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It's always a bittersweet relationship with vehicular clubs. Convertibles share a wave/nod agreement as well. Sometimes, the other guy driving the mustang convertible doesn't think my 85 VW convertible should be in the club. And then everyone else who isn't in the club seems to think they have to drive faster than me in order to compensate for their lack of a soft-top. Also, every summer it takes awhile for me to get used to the fact that guys will holler at a girl in a convertible. Clearly if you don't have a top on your car, you're an advocate for being topless in every sense!
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