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Agreed, Max. Another thing: from the days when I used to run in the mornings, I recall that joggers acknowledged each other as they passed, even if only with a slight nod, and walkers as you say, did minor greets. But there was no cross-pollination. Walkers tolerated joggers at best but never spoke to them and certainly no jogger grunted to a pedestrian. Bill > On 23 Aug 2014, at 11:39 pm, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> On 23 Aug 2014, at 10:20 pm, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Doug >> >> when you are out walking in the country strangers say hello, while the >> proximity to a city can be spotted without looking at a map when people >> stop doing so. Crowd pressure, I reckon. >> >> Best >> >> Save > Save Dave! > > In city parks, suburban parks, > strangers greet each other more > in the early part of the day. > > As if congratulating each other > on their virtue as early risers > getting the day while it is still fresh. > d > Later, greetings between strangers are rarer. > > Max, early riser