Two bicycle encounters

I went out for a walk today. I reached the busy street at the end of the block and finding that at that moment there was a surge in traffic I turned left and proceeded to walk on the shoulder of the street down towards where there is a cross walk which would allow me to get across to the new sidewalk on the other side of the street, it's a distance of about the length of one city lot. I was walking on the left hand side of the street, facing traffic, the direction considered by everyone to be the safest place for a pedestrian to be when interacting with moving traffic. I got about half way to the crosswalk and made a pedestrian move familiar to all bicyclists, I turned my body to look back at traffic and while I did so I moved slightly to my right, preparing to cross the street if such a crossing was going to be safe. The bike salmon missed me by about an inch. He proceeded to make his displeasure known both verbally and with the universal hand signal, even though his message was identical in both communication formats.

But why dwell on unpleasantness, suffice to say that throwing words around is easy and I have not forgotten how to speak.

I was walking along about a mile later, pretty much over the first encounter when I met a person also out walking, she with a dog. Note that I was, fairly obviously, within easy walking distance of my house. I did not know the other pedestrian and did not recognize her as one of the handful of walkers that I recognize as individuals that I see out there regularly (the "regulars"). But I prepared, as is my custom while walking (and actually while riding as well) to offer a brief, courteous greeting delivered with what I hope to be a pleasant expression on my face.

She surprised me by speaking first and saying, "It won't be long until you are out on your bike."

Since then I have been dwelling on the pleasantness.