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Dear Miss Spoke:
I'm a regular bike commuter, out on the path in all seasons, rain or shine.  Is it wrong to shake my fist and shout obscenities at the throngs of tourists and other fair weather wanderers who block the path when the weather gets nice?  I'm just trying to get home after a long day at work and these people are completely clueless about keeping to the right and staying out of my way.
-Frustrated in Phoenix

Dear Frustrated:
Trust me, I know how you feel.  There are those days when Miss Spoke longs for a little drizzle to keep the riff raff off the path.  And by riff raff, I mean other people.  I would advise you however, to look at the bright side.  If there are tourists on your path, you must live in a nice place, where people actually want to visit and walk around.  You can be sure that there are no tourists blocking the path in Bridgeport.  Also, the thing about tourists  is that they are a renewable resource.  Even if you used an air horn to teach the current group of tourists a thing or two about blocking the path, they would just be replaced by a new group of clueless tourists tomorrow.  So, there is no point in wasting your energy.  I suggest that you consider alternate routes or times of day to avoid the peak times and think of all that stopping and starting as a great interval workout.  You could still get an air horn just for fun.
-Miss Spoke