Fauxie said:

dude, buses run to Ayhuttaya from the Mo Chit station for 66 baht / Air conditioned. That's a good price, right?

Anxiety said:

Ugh! When the guy came up and hugged me I had my eyes closed so it was like a sneak attack

I hate the whole cell phone thing too!!! Especially the extra loud people. I kinda want to throw a free weight at them.

And if I can hear your I-pod playing, when I'm listening to music myself, you need to ask yourself if it's time for a hearing aid

Imago said:

Very good. Buses are a brilliant way to get to places within a few hours of Bangkok!

Why are you going to Ayuthuya?

Imago said:

see, now, if you posted this at the gym, i could stop you and say "do you mind if i work in and post a few RELEVANT COMMENTS TO THIS TOPIC?" and i'd be like, "oh, sure, cool...don't let me hog this thing!"

And if I can hear your I-pod playing, when I'm listening to music myself, you need to ask yourself if it's time for a hearing aid

oops. Hey, please disregard my last post. I actually meant to post it on someone else's thread. Thanks

Fauxie said:

I want to take pictures.

Imago said:

"my cab driver"? who the hell are you, some old jewish lady on the upper east side coming home from a long day of fur shopping at bloomies? who the hell has a personal cab driver? what kind of world do you live in? when you divorced reality, did you at least get to keep the car? i mean REALLY.

This thread has gotten zero views.

Imago said:

kinda like when you go to the bath house, mary.

thekidsgirl said:

did you ask him why he did that?

ZombieKitten said:

he said he had noticed me before, and that I seemed like a nice person

thekidsgirl said:

Makes sense!

Fauxie said:

but I'm sure you don't hug every nice person you meet?

thekidsgirl said:

No, exactly. It's odd, to me, but probably coming from a positive place, at least.

Fauxie said:

but I'm sure you don't hug every nice person you meet?

some of her sweat

This one time, while visiting New York, I was given a week pass at a local gym there.

I happened to see a really cute girl exercising and I'd noticed her all week, but finally got up the nerve to go over and talk to her.


It was kind of awkward because she was so cute, I didn't know what to do or say. I ended up hugging her, not knowing if this was the right thing to do or not.

Unfortunately her eyes were closed, so she was a bit stunned. I tried to explain that she seemed like a really nicer person and that's why I did it.

She just kind of stared at me like I was a dog in need of some serious grooming. She was wearing really pretty, but somewhat loud nail polish, and she seemed very well put together--like a lady who knew how to mix and match her styles. It naturally occured to me she'd probably match her toe nails to her fingernails, so I found myself nervously asking her what color her tonails were.
She just kind of stared at me like I was a dog in need of some serious grooming. I then asked her if she wanted to go to dinner.

Unfortunately, she was busy, so I had to end the conversation and get back to my workout routine. I went over to my stationary bike which was in front of her so she could see me. I broke out my cellphone and started to pretend like I was having a conversation with a friend to make myself look more approachable to her. I said things loud enough for her to hear me, like "Sure, have my limo ready...I'll gladly meet the Senator tonight...", etc. etc.

Unfortunately, she left shortly after that, and all I have is a memory of her and some of her sweat on my shirt.


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[Edited 7/9/09 20:21pm]

First off: IMAGO, SHUT THE HELL UP.

Secondly:

I will admit it: I don't understand the whole "working in" concept.

I understand that if I'm taking forever on a certain machine and someone else really needs to use the machine for whatever reason, I should be courteous and share with them by letting them take turns. THAT I understand.

Now, if there's an identical machine just a few feet away that nobody's using, I do *NOT* understand why someone would ask me to work in. Go use the machine nobody is using! Right?

I mean, is there some social component that I'm missing about the whole "working in" phenomena - is it like being at a cotillion and having someone cut in to dance with my partner? Is it some kind of social ice-breaker ritual?

EXAMPLE:

So today, I wanted to do my little hand weight exercises, but someone was using one of the two hand weights I wanted. So I waited for the person to finish. No problem. When he put the weight back on the rack and I reached for it, ANOTHER guy came up to me and said "can we work in with you?"

Now, wait. WHAT?!?

How can you ask to work in when I haven't even begun to work OUT yet? And with free weights, how the hell do you know I'm going to be doing the same thing you and your buddy are doing? And there's another free weight area on the other side of the room. I got to this weight first. WHY can't you guys go over there and find what you need?

But I did my best to take the high road: I just smiled and said "you know what, I'm not much of a worker-inner, so why don't you just take the weights and I'll mozy along."



And so I went to the other weight area, found exactly what I needed, and finished my workout.

Were these people just lazy bullies? Was I out of line for thinking they were rude? Is there a code of honor regarding working in that has some weird social component, like freemasons or something? Is there a written code of working in that I can access online somewhere? I need schooled.

If you go to a gym, do you care when people ask you to work in? Is there a point where you say no?

I just want people to leave me alone. I look ridiculous enough at the gym without having to figure out other people's weirdness.

This one time, while visiting New York, I was given a week pass at a local gym there.

I happened to see a really cute girl exercising and I'd noticed her all week, but finally got up the nerve to go over and talk to her.


It was kind of awkward because she was so cute, I didn't know what to do or say. I ended up hugging her, not knowing if this was the right thing to do or not.

Unfortunately her eyes were closed, so she was a bit stunned. I tried to explain that she seemed like a really nicer person and that's why I did it.

She just kind of stared at me like I was a dog in need of some serious grooming. She was wearing really pretty, but somewhat loud nail polish, and she seemed very well put together--like a lady who knew how to mix and match her styles. It naturally occured to me she'd probably match her toe nails to her fingernails, so I found myself nervously asking her what color her tonails were.
She just kind of stared at me like I was a dog in need of some serious grooming. I then asked her if she wanted to go to dinner.

Unfortunately, she was busy, so I had to end the conversation and get back to my workout routine. I went over to my stationary bike which was in front of her so she could see me. I broke out my cellphone and started to pretend like I was having a conversation with a friend to make myself look more approachable to her. I said things loud enough for her to hear me, like "Sure, have my limo ready...I'll gladly meet the Senator tonight...", etc. etc.

Unfortunately, she left shortly after that, and all I have is a memory of her and some of her sweat on my shirt.


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[Edited 7/9/09 20:21pm]

Fauxie said:

or a pervy place...he also asked me what color my toenails were and if he could have dinner with me after my workout

This one time, while visiting New York, I