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im home. its been an odd day. on the way home, i stopped at a red light, so as usual I cycled into the green cycle area and was practicing trackstands. now im not that good at them so occassionally i have to go round in a circle to get my position again all within the green cycle patch. this of course was while the light was red.
So im doing this and all of a sudden the car behind me starts beeping at me, i thought it was red (as i'd checked a split second ago) but i look up to check. its still red!
So i look at the driver and she making circle signs at me with her finger?! what the?! am i getting told off for going round in circles within the green cycle patch AT A RED LIGHT?!
so i point at the red light, to say 'I'm not moving, either are you, its a red, whats the problem?' she carrys on beeping, still red.
to stop her beeping i focus on trackstanding so im facing the right way now, i flip her off (which i instantly felt bad for), lights go green, i take off and 5 mins later (still pretty much moving together with her) at the top of a hill i get cramp in my left calve.
i believe it was karma for that flipping off.
moral of the story: dont flip off ladies who beep at you for killing time at a red light.