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:
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>> On 23 Aug 2014, at 10:20 pm, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> 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
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