Delightful description, and attitude. No harm in it!
Amusedly I looked up Trainspotter, to see if there was an esoteric
meaning beyond your hint, and came across this:
"Some railfans like to use the term Ferroequinology (the study of the
Iron Horse)"
which, while cute, is about as off topic as one can get!
<L>
On Sep 3, 2005, at 5:11 PM, derek holzer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm a newbie on this particular list, but a veteran of several lists
> that
> cross boundaries of arts, science and technology in general, so I hope
> my
> contributions feel "ON" for most of you. On most of these lists, I've
> subscribed to the "intelligent dinner party" theory, which simply
> states
> the following:
>
> There's lots of people in this room, and they're all brilliant minds.
> Some
> of them might be geeks, and that's fine, let them talk tech. Some of
> them
> might be artists, and that's fine too, let them debate aesthetics. And
> some of them could be trainspotters, but that's cool, they can say what
> train where and when to anyone who's interested.
>
> But it's pretty antisocial to leave in a huff if someone else isn't
> talking your talk. The "delete" button is useful, but the "send"
> button is
> even more so. So you can always start a new thread if the other ones
> don't
> appeal to you, and if enough of the other party guests talk your talk
> too,
> then the mood shifts and you've got a whole new conversation. And it's
> one
> that benefits from lots of different angles.
>
> Respectfully,
> d.
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