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On a serious note though and replying to the original post, there's definitely a negative attitude towards 'trainspotters' and it's not something that I advertise to anyone other than family. Also if anyone asked I would declare myself a rail enthusiast rather than a spotter, even though I do...
Things I've learnt today:
1) The word mawkish
2) The word prurient
Whilst I was consulting my dictionary to find out what these meant before adding them to my verbal armoury I looked at the phrase "over the top" and curiously it said "See Striker".
Well I'm a new member although have been a regular on another forum for quite a while, so perhaps I can give a different view to this discussion.
I did look at this forum a number of times before joining and noticed the job descriptions below each name. I just assumed that they were each...
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