On Sat, 7 Jan 2017 14:32:53 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Sat, 7 Jan 2017 12:35:34 -0800, "Cheri" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
.. .
>>>> On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 11:40:08 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 08 Jan 2017 06:26:04 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 11:22:13 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 14:44:16 +1100, Bruce >
>>>>>> >wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >> On Fri, 06 Jan 2017 18:21:52 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> >On Sat, 07 Jan 2017 12:38:40 +1100, Bruce >
>>>>>> >> >wrote:
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> >> Are you saying that the content of stranger chit chat is
>>>>>> >> >> geographically determined?
>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>> >> >Often. Sometimes it's culturally based, but it's definitely more
>>>>>> >> >common outside large urban areas. I was brought up in the country
>>>>>> >> >and
>>>>>> >> >have no problem striking up a conversation with the person behind
>>>>>> >> >me
>>>>>> >> >in line. I'm always surprised (but not offended) when someone
>>>>>> >> >strikes
>>>>>> >> >up a conversation with me, because it's behavior that's out of the
>>>>>> >> >social norm for this particular area.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> I guess big city people are more into stranger danger.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >We live closer together and feel no need to reach out to strangers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think it's more a westerner thing rather than anything to do with
>>>>>> living closer together.
>>>>>
>>>>>I think you'll find other North Americans who disagree with that
>>>>>up-thread. Small town and rural Americans can be quite friendly with
>>>>>strangers.
>>>>
>>>> I would have thought so too. What I meant is westerners tend to not
>>>> converse to strangers in bigger towns and cities. I found that not to
>>>> be the case in Phnom Penh, for example. Very friendly people and
>>>> willing to chat. Interestingly, that includes other westerners there
>>>> on holidays too, come to think of it.
>>>
>>>I think it depends on the person in any city, if you give off a
>>>stand-offish
>>>air, people probably won't strike up a conversation with you, whereas
>>>friendly, outgoing people probably attract the same.
>>
>> That's true, but a stand-offish air seems to be infectious in such
>> places.
>>
>>> I've never been in any
>>>big city where people tended not to converse.
>>
>> I have. That's not to say *nobody* will chat with a stranger though.
>
>The panhandlers will chat with anybody in a lot of big cities. ;-)

Wow, you guys really created your own little language.

Definition of panhandle

intransitive verb

: to stop people on the street and ask for food or money : beg

(https://www.merriam-webster.com)