TOT as usual: train spotters

On Dec 13, 5:39*pm, 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.

In my experience, some of the volunteers work on the 'real'
railway....

Dr. Barry Worthington

On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:53:49 -0800, "Roger Traviss"
wrote:


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?

AIUI the Mac OS has been a cousin of Linux for the last few years.

--
Jerry Brown

A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)

On 13/12/2011 09:33, bugbear wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:
They had cheap cameras and notebooks.

Unusual. They normally have very good cameras.

BugBear

Have you ever noticed how understated bird-watchers binoculars are?

I get the feeling I'd be shunned if I turned up with my Carl Zeiss 10X50
prismatics.



--

Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On 13/12/2011 15:42, Charles Ellson wrote:
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:27:35 +0000 (UTC), 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?

Come back Desmond Morris, you are still needed. ;-)

I'm glad you mentioned him, gives me an excuse to post this something I
saw in a bookshop last week.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/g3zvt/6...ream/lightbox/

The other thing, that almost brings us on topic is what about poor David
Attenborough?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/tv/20...5875-23631238/


Just wait till the public find out reality TV is all contrived and that
the lights in on the X-Factor set aren't real.

--

Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On Dec 13, 8:36*pm, Jerry Brown
wrote:

AIUI the Mac OS has been a cousin of Linux for the last few years.

OSX is actually a genuine Unix, heavily based on FreeBSD (albeit with
a micro kernel underneath). It's got Single Unix Specification Unix
03 branding (IEEE Std 1003.1). No Linux has SUS certification,
although I can't offhand think of any reason why a vendor couldn't do
the work to get it through (IBM z/OS has Unix 03 branding, and doesn't
have any code in common with AT&T Unix).

ian

"trainguard" wrote in message
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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
--------------------------------------------------

Was considering penning a note of support to many of your comments - but not
now :-)

Cheers,
Simon

On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:02:14 +0000, "Graham." wrote:

On 13/12/2011 15:42, Charles Ellson wrote:
On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:27:35 +0000 (UTC), 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?

Come back Desmond Morris, you are still needed. ;-)

I'm glad you mentioned him, gives me an excuse to post this something I
saw in a bookshop last week.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/g3zvt/6...ream/lightbox/

The other thing, that almost brings us on topic is what about poor David
Attenborough?

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/tv/20...5875-23631238/


Just wait till the public find out reality TV is all contrived and that
the lights in on the X-Factor set aren't real.

I think most of the public realise that many "indoors" wildlife scenes
are studio productions, plenty of programmes have shown how it is
done. Unfortunately the Daily Mirror thinks all its readers' heads
button up the back so they've been running this non-story for the last
couple of days, presumably to distract attention from something else
(an ongoing enquiry in Westminster maybe ?).

On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:09:34 -0800 (PST), ian batten
wrote:

On Dec 13, 8:36*pm, Jerry Brown
wrote:

AIUI the Mac OS has been a cousin of Linux for the last few years.

OSX is actually a genuine Unix, heavily based on FreeBSD (albeit with
a micro kernel underneath). It's got Single Unix Specification Unix
03 branding (IEEE Std 1003.1). No Linux has SUS certification,
although I can't offhand think of any reason why a vendor couldn't do
the work to get it through (IBM z/OS has Unix 03 branding, and doesn't
have any code in common with AT&T Unix).

OK, an uncle then.

--
Jerry Brown

A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)

On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:33:08 +0100, Bruce
wrote:

On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:23:23 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:
Nobody wrote:
"Hay-day"? Them's the day the country bumpkins ride? Been listening
to too many re-broadcasts of early "The Archers" mebbe.

giggle

I do tend to over-use hyphens. One of my favourite words is re-tune,
which I much prefer to retune.


It should be "heyday".

You're welcome.

Oh, arh.

Walter Gabriel would agree!

trainguard wrote:

Well, Bill, I used to teach English.
So did I.


The inverted commas were
deliberate,
I know they were. They were wrong though.


Where did I say I was offended by them? Please quote me saying that.

Oh dear! You do have a problem with communication, don't you? I was
suggesting that hostility towards 'trainspotters' derives from some
people being offended by them. It was not meant as a personal
accusation. But, on the other hand, "if the cap fits...wear it!"
You're just changing your ground, moving away from what you originally said.

And that reveals more about yourself, my dear sir, rather than them.
Perchance you are a Daily Mail Reader?
Times.

Were a subscriber to Readers'
Digest?
No


A purchaser of coffee table books?
No

A leilandia fancier?
No

A
Tretchikoff green oriental lady on the wall (or maybe the classic
'dogs playing snooker')?
No

Aren't stereotypes fun?
If you live your life by them, as you seem to, them maybe so.


After all the entrance ticket is reasonable
intelligence, the ability to earn a living, and not being smelly.

Do you normally go around smelling people? Just curious....
There was no need. You don't need to actually go up to pig slurry to
know that it smells.


They seem to have leisure,
Ah yes, our old friend idleness.

Idleness?

Leisure

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this is if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

William Henry Davies

What is life if, full of ****,
We fail to make the best of it?

No aptitude or talent either
Or maybe just a stupid skiver...

What happened in your life to make you such a mean minded and shallow
person?
How long have you been beating your wife?

Bill