tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13890767.post1740081338762168739..comments2023-05-16T02:38:23.270-07:00Comments on and they say poetry is dead...: Talking to Strangers....Sharellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03911932413463248849noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13890767.post-22901930013421575782009-04-01T13:26:00.000-07:002009-04-01T13:26:00.000-07:00I would certainly have begun a conversation; but f...I would certainly have begun a conversation; but for me there are topics which I cannot avoid discussing: literature, religion, tea/coffee... motorcycles! And by-the-way Laura, 'bikers' can have culture (some of them are even literate).Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137150635746247864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13890767.post-40594304105016843742009-03-30T00:07:00.000-07:002009-03-30T00:07:00.000-07:00I probably would have said something like "hey - I...I probably would have said something like "hey - I didn't know bikers drank tea."<BR/><BR/>Yeah. That would've been the line I'd have gone with...Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00178602503884415570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13890767.post-79846769995678206952009-03-29T21:39:00.000-07:002009-03-29T21:39:00.000-07:00sometimes i avoid talking to people i know...so i ...sometimes i avoid talking to people i know...so i wouldn't have said anything but instead would have made up an elaborate story about him with whoever i was drinking tea with.Ben S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05511086100738637804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13890767.post-86354063644064768692009-03-29T18:20:00.000-07:002009-03-29T18:20:00.000-07:00Nice readability on this post, Sharelle.I too enjo...Nice readability on this post, Sharelle.<BR/><BR/>I too enjoy talking to random strangers. It's always worth it to connect with another person, even if only for a moment. Sadly, I'm often too shy to initiate such conversations.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what I would've said to that guy. Nice bike? What kind of tea did you buy? Maybe you could've told him your torch story!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081855734436565075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13890767.post-45384688229947382992009-03-28T22:49:00.000-07:002009-03-28T22:49:00.000-07:00I love the stranger talk. One of my favourite mem...I love the stranger talk. One of my favourite memories was when Dallas and I were almost at the first destination of our honeymoon (a timeshare condo on the Oregon coast) and he made a comment something along the lines of, "let's make friends this week." This was more in reference to this "stranger talk" that you discuss...I would completely agree with you that it makes adds so much to any traveling experience. We chatted with lots of folks during that week, and I was excited that Dallas, being more introverted that uber-extroverted me, was game to do so. My favourite "stranger talk" experience resulted in us chatting up a retired couple from Eastern Oregon who did a surprise dessert buy for us (we didn't find out until the end, after they had left, etc). Warms my heart.<BR/><BR/>Shake this one of, Sharelley, you've got still got it in you.<BR/><BR/>PS - what does Matt say about all the stranger talk?theRachelhttp://www.drsynchyshyn.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com