TOT as usual: train spotters

Dave Plowman (News) wrote...

My dog's got no nose...

Good heavens! How does he smell?


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Ken O'Meara
http://www.btinternet.com/~unsteadyken/

On 13/12/2011 16:37, UnsteadyKen wrote:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote...

My dog's got no nose...

Good heavens! How does he smell?

Well, obviously his ability to receive olfactory stimuli will be greatly
affected by his nasal deficit and so he will find it extremely difficult
to smell.
Cheers
Jeff

On 13/12/2011 16:21, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In ,
J G wrote:
On Tuesday, December 13th, 2011, at 01:16:18h -0800, Train Guard wrote:

Do you normally go around smelling people? Just curious....

I thought everybody did, even involuntarily?

My dog's got no nose...


'Ow does he smell?

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

I will admit to belonging to the genus 'gricer'. but there are so many
sub-species in this grouping, and I am not a 'number cruncher'.
However, I do know something about them. I have observed their
behaviour, and cannot think of a single instance of an anti-social
act. I have seen people of all ages, and every walk of life. I have
seen fathers and sons. I have looked on as disabled members of the
fraternity in wheelchairs are unofficially adopted by the group. I am
even aware of female members of the species.


Over the years, there's been many people (normals) that have asked me
about where they can take their kids to see some preserved steam or to
tell me about their visit to some railway centre or other.

Almost, without fail, they have remarked about how friendly and
welcoming they've found the volunteers running such ventures and how
much they had enjoyed their day.

Contrast that with some of their tales of the real railway, run by the
normals, they bring to me.

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allantracy wrote:

I will admit to belonging to the genus 'gricer'. but there are so many
sub-species in this grouping, and I am not a 'number cruncher'.
However, I do know something about them. I have observed their
behaviour, and cannot think of a single instance of an anti-social
act. I have seen people of all ages, and every walk of life. I have
seen fathers and sons. I have looked on as disabled members of the
fraternity in wheelchairs are unofficially adopted by the group. I am
even aware of female members of the species.


Over the years, there's been many people (normals) that have asked me
about where they can take their kids to see some preserved steam or to
tell me about their visit to some railway centre or other.

Almost, without fail, they have remarked about how friendly and
welcoming they've found the volunteers running such ventures and how
much they had enjoyed their day.

Contrast that with some of their tales of the real railway, run by the
normals, they bring to me.

but, interestingly, the nearest private railway to here is run by
ex-railway types.

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From KT24

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.16

On Dec 13, 4:49*pm, Jeff Lawrence wrote:
On 13/12/2011 16:37, UnsteadyKen wrote:



* Dave Plowman (News) wrote...

My dog's got no nose...

Good heavens! How does he smell?

Well, obviously his ability to receive olfactory stimuli will be greatly
affected by his nasal deficit and so he will find it extremely difficult
to smell.

Terrible, awful, dreadful. Have you ever thought about writing sitcoms
for the BBC?

--
Halmyre

On 13/12/2011 18:02, charles wrote:
but, interestingly, the nearest private railway to here is run by
ex-railway types.

I think quite a lot are run by ex-railway types.

Presumably the types who liked their job and got on with it, instead of
sitting and looking as if they had nothing better to do than help the
public.

Andy

Talking about stereotypes, ever been to a Linux developers conference?

Are we talking beards, ponytails and sandals here? Or are they not a
subclass of the traditional Unix set.


yes, all of those, plus the impulsive need to criticise and denigrate
commercial products at every opportunity, and the unshakeable belief
that their operating system is on the verge of taking off and sweeping
all the alternatives into the gutter.

Oh, you're discussing Mac users?


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Cheers
Roger Traviss


Photos of the late HO scale GER: -

http://www.greateasternrailway.com

For more photos not in the above album and kitbashes etc..:-
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l9...Great_Eastern/

My dog's got no nose...

Good heavens! How does he smell?

Bloody awful! [Rim shot]


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Cheers
Roger Traviss


Photos of the late HO scale GER: -

http://www.greateasternrailway.com

For more photos not in the above album and kitbashes etc..:-
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l9...Great_Eastern/

On Dec 13, 4:49*pm, Jeff Lawrence wrote:
On 13/12/2011 16:37, UnsteadyKen wrote:



* Dave Plowman (News) wrote...

My dog's got no nose...

Good heavens! How does he smell?

Well, obviously his ability to receive olfactory stimuli will be greatly
affected by his nasal deficit and so he will find it extremely difficult
to smell.
Cheers
Jeff

That's like the sad tale of the Marxist who became a Buddhist....his
karma ran over his dogma!

I'll get mi coat....

Dr. Barry Worthington