On Fri, 2 Dec 1994 fms@MIT.EDU wrote:
quoted 4 lines the people from across the pond may be able to clarify this (i'm still
> the people from across the pond may be able to clarify this (i'm still
> not certain it's not a joke...) but a trainspotter is someone, in the
> uk i believe, who tries to spot every single car of every train in
> the isles. very strange.
Its no joke. Trainspotters like to spend their time standing on train
platforms and then write down the numbers of the carriages they see. In a
country the size of England this isnt as hopeless a task as it might seem.
I wasnt one of these people, those I was a member of Rail Riders once :)
quoted 8 lines in terms of music, a trainspotter is someone who purchases compilations
> in terms of music, a trainspotter is someone who purchases compilations
> for a single remix they don't have, someone who purchases all formats
> of a single even though they have the same remixes or to get that one
> extre 'edit', someone who own every album by every side band of every
> member of a given group, someone who owns a copy of all the remix work
> done by a certain group, or someone who wishes that they fit into one
> of the categories above and is slowly starving themselves in order to
> do so.
Yeah. A trainspotter in terms of records is someone who collects all of
one kind of thing, usually specific to a specific group or artist. A
trainspotter spends his time trying to find rare tracks, limited
editions, and other seemingly insignificent information about their
particular subject. Kind of like a lot of Richard James fans. :)
quoted 1 line in short, if you're on this list, you're probably a trainspotter :)
> in short, if you're on this list, you're probably a trainspotter :)
More than likely...
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