Re: Re:Childish things was Re: That Age Thing

>----- Original Message -----
>From: Brian Burger <yh728@victoria.tc.ca>
>To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 9:14 PM
>Subject: Re: Re:Childish things was Re: That Age Thing
>
>
>> On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Mike Stanczyk wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Bif Smith wrote:
>> >
>> > > I don`t have this problem with family, due to my father being a
train
>> > > spotter (the worst kind, who does have a anorack). This is a good
>reason
>> > > that they cannot complain about my hobbies <G>.
>> > >
>> > > BIF
>> > > "yorkshire born,yorkshire bred,
>> > > strong in arms, thick in head"
>> >
>> > Ok, I missed it.  Train spotter?  Ok, just tell me where FAQ is...
>>
>> A 'train spotter' is someone who spots trains.
>>
>> <ducks>
>>
>> In North America they're usually know as 'railfans' - people who head
out
>> in all sorts of weather to oogle freight trains. Frequently obsessive
>> souls - not unlike wargamers, but generally with better tans.
>>
>> In the UK they seem to have the rep of absolute strangeness... the
>> 'anorak' thing is also uniquely British.
>>
>> Brian, who spent his teenage years sort of railfanning with his
mother,
>> then 'advanced' to wargaming... - yh728@victoria.tc.ca -
>> - http://warbard.iwarp.com/games.html -
>>
>>
>
>I myself would be discribed as a rail enthusiast, a person who is
interested
>in railways and trains, but not a trainspotter (like my father). A
>trainspotter is a person who is almost as sad as a fisherman (spends
hours
>at a riverbank, doing nothing, catches a fish, then throughs it back?).
>Trust me on this one, there is a difference between a enthusiast and a
>spotter, and the latter is one of the sadest people on earth (but there
are
>probably worst) <G>.

Generally, a true "Trainspotter"  not only spots trains, but writes down
the locomotive numbers in a little notebook.... but the ones that REALLY
scare me are the bus spotters....

Jon (GZG)
>
>BIF
> "yorkshire born,yorkshire bred,
> strong in arms, thick in head"