At 01:46 PM 05/06/97 +1000, you wrote: >On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Kryten 2X4B 523P wrote: > >> Having lived in Australia for most of my life I have never understood the >> phenomenum (doo dooo de doo doo) of train spotting. > >Trainspotting is one of the many the english upper class twit pass-times, >along with fox hunting, jumping fences with horses, high-tea (cucumber >sandwiches without crust), parlour games (charades etc) and so on. Train >spotting (as i understand it) basically involves recording the numbers of >trains as they pass by your spot, and the route they're on, etc, and >building up a comprehensive diary. Soon, you'll begin to recognise the >various trains, and come to think of them not as mere chunks of high speed >metal, but as your closest friends, who race by and visit you each day. >Imagine the thrill of seeing a train after a long absence! Or seeing a >train after it has been in a crash and is all refreshed and new! All >these pleasures and more can be yours in the fast paced, action packed >world of trainspotting. > Thank you for an extensive and well reserched responce. Can we asume by this elabourate comment that you are indeed a Trainspotter? :=DE +- David Gunn ----------- ryouga@iinet.net.au -+ | As you wish. Westley (The Princess Bride) | | Boba Fett (The Empire Strikes Back) | +----------- www.iinet.net.au/~ryouga ---------+ -- | T H E P R E S S G A N G M A I L I N G L I S T | | | | By default, replies will go back to this list, not to | | the author of the message you're replying to. | | | | To unsubscribe from this list, mail the word | | "unsubscribe" to "pressgang-request@yoyo.org". | |