TOT as usual: train spotters

bugbear wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:
They had cheap cameras and notebooks.

Unusual. They normally have very good cameras.

Yes they usually have better ones than I saw in the museum. But the ones
they use for actual trainspotting are likely to be cheap copies of big
impressive cameras.

Bill

Paul Rigg wrote:
Just one question


£13 sounds like an open ticket. Why would you wait for 70 minutes for a
specific train back when there are at least 3 trains an hour between
York and Doncaster (2 East Coast and 1 Cross Country)?

We asked at the information desk and were told that the next train to
Doncaster was in 70 minutes, irrespective of ticket.

Bill

On Wednesday, December 14th, 2011, at 00:23:42h +0000,
Jerry Brown wrote:

OK, an uncle then.

Wicked step-uncle more like

On Wednesday, December 14th, 2011, at 15:46:37h +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

likely to be cheap copies of big impressive cameras.

So you have one of these?

http://www.amazon.COM/Hasselblad-H4D-60-Megapixels-Digital-40-2x53-7mm/dp/B004YG6OUQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323879271&sr=8-1

On 14/12/2011 15:46, Bill Wright wrote:
bugbear wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:
They had cheap cameras and notebooks.

Unusual. They normally have very good cameras.

Yes they usually have better ones than I saw in the museum. But the ones
they use for actual trainspotting are likely to be cheap copies of big
impressive cameras.

Bill

What would they be?
I had a Practica SLR in the 70s that I referred to as a poor man's Pentax


--

Graham.

%Profound_observation%

On Wednesday, December 14th, 2011, at 18:21:42h +0000,
Froot Bat observed:

and Windows is simply nowhere to be seen in other major
markets, like mobile phones and tablets

And, more relevant to the TV newsgroups --

(o) television receiver/monitors:
Samsung, SONY

(o) satellite receiver boxes:
AZbox, Dreambox, Icecrypt, Technomate

and maybe some Freeview HD PVRs as well.

On Dec 14, 3:45*pm, Bill Wright wrote:
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.

God.....you are a humourless bugger, aren't you?




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.

"Curiouser and curiouser...." What exactly is screwing you up, Bill?

*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...

You taught English? Dearie me!


What happened in your life to make you such a mean minded and shallow
person?

How long have you been beating your wife?

That was a genuine question. But as it's not really any of my
business, we'll leave it at that.

Dr. Barry Worthington


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trainguard wrote:

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...

You taught English? Dearie me!

Better by far to make up your own doggerel than quote screeds of someone
else's. Everyone can googel; not everyone can doggerel.

Bill

On 14/12/2011 19:26, Bill Wright wrote:
trainguard wrote:

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...

You taught English? Dearie me!

Better by far to make up your own doggerel than quote screeds of someone
else's. Everyone can googel; not everyone can doggerel.


Isn't that some dubious activity in car parks?


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

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:40:59 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

On Wednesday, December 14th, 2011, at 18:21:42h +0000,
Froot Bat observed:

and Windows is simply nowhere to be seen in other major
markets, like mobile phones and tablets

And, more relevant to the TV newsgroups --

(o) television receiver/monitors:
Samsung, SONY

(o) satellite receiver boxes:
AZbox, Dreambox, Icecrypt, Technomate

and maybe some Freeview HD PVRs as well.

The manual for the Humax HDR FOX-T2 is explicit. The manual has an open
source software notice, and lists:

GPL Software

linux
busybox
avinfo

LGLP Software

uClibc
libexif
id3lib

It then gives the GNU General Public License (V2 1991) over 7 pages.

--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)