Eryl wrote: >>I Joined the list on Sunday hoping to find some like minded people but all i find is closed minded anoraks who can't see further than the ends of their noses and can't accept any thing different to what they're used to.<<
A Sociologist writes... Hello Eryl, I can't tell from your address where you're from but I would guess from your use of 'anoraks' that you are British and from your name that you have Welsh blood running in your veins, in which case you can expect an e-mail from Wally K very soon. Welcome to the list and please stay a little longer; we don't bite. Anoraks? Well for non-brits, Anoraks I imagine are called anal-retentives in the US. People who are fixated on something to the point of obsession; 'trainspotters' was / is another term for them and a perfect example of their type of activity. In the UK there are many people who travel the rail networks with lists of train numbers, class, category, name etc and who cross out the numbers of the trains that they spot (hence the name). One must spot the train in person of course; 'fudging' (crossing out a number when you haven't seen the train) is a cardinal sin among trainspotters. It is the trainspotters equivalent of the 'C' word. Lower than a fudger is impossible to be. Anyway, it is cold and lonely work hanging around stations all day in the wind and the rain and so these sad people (sad in the modern sense) frequently wear, you guessed it, Anoraks. Any more questions? mike in crewe station (Trainspotter heaven) NP A Tribute to miles - Hancock, shorter etc
