Ashamed of being a WAMmer?

[andy250]

Their is nothing wrong with being an, anythng spotter, if thats what you want. Their is a guy who is a regular at Bolton Bus Station, does all the no's and regs the lot can tell you all the makes of buses.

use to like trains when I was a kid, I'm sure Bill said he was into buses on the quiet.

Must admit do miss the old intercity 125's 'this is the age of the train'

My arse!!! its taken 15years to run on time.

regards

Andy
(ohh dropped my train / bus book)

[Hayley]

Don't diss da trainspotters!

A surprising number of sploshers are train/bus/car fanatics as well. I don't look on those things as nerdy but just different areas of knowledge. I get like that about anything I'm buying - I have to know everything about it so I become a car/phone/sofa bore for weeks! Then there's my shiny mac collection...oh dear, what a sad slapper I am!

Perhaps it is part of the sploshing mentality that one gets obsessed with things albeit temporarily in my case.

As for Bill - God there's comedy, TV light entertainment, trains, buses, cartoons....the list of obsessions is endless!

Hayley

[dirtydids]

Errrrrr think u left out the most important one for Bill, BEER

[andy250]

Good answer Dirtydids. That reminds time to get some beers in for tonight.

regards

Andy

[Hayley]

You're right, Dids. Silly me!

Hayley x

[andy250]

Funny you should go on about cars Alana, has finally got her 206 convertable, she was going to get a 307 until I ballooned horrible cars.!!

Wonder if she'll drive in the rain with the top down!!!! would not say no to that. Then again will I ever get to splosh her!!!!

regards

Andy

[andy250]

Funny you should go on about cars Alana, has finally got her 206 convertable, she was going to get a 307 until I ballooned horrible cars.!!

Wonder if she'll drive in the rain with the top down!!!! would not say no to that. Then again will I ever get to splosh her!!!!

regards

Andy

[Lizzie_Claymore]

As for Bill - God there's comedy, TV light entertainment, trains, buses

Wayhay! Sounds like me and Bill would get on like a house on fire! If he did make it up to the Warrington meet on the 21st, he could then go to the special running day at Penny Lane on Sunday when the Merseyside Transport Trust is running its collection of vintage buses in service to commemorate the death of properly coordinated public transport 20 years ago (27th Oct 1986). That would be after we'd discussed the merits of how custard affects your eek, your riah and your bona lallies. (Ask Bill!)

Anyway, I do wonder, though, whether many of us who are into sploshing do tend to fall into the 'genuine British enthusiast' category (slightly eccentric, wandering in the vague direction of 'nerdy' without actually being full gricers). It does seem that there are many of us who are single (not necessarily intentionally) and I suspect that there are many who work with computers, electronic or mechanical engineering products for a living or do other jobs requiring regular activities of a precise nature (perhaps accountants, librarians, musicians etc.) There may even be a tendency for us to be bordering on Asperger Syndrome.

It wouldn't surprise me to find that this was the case. It could be that these types of jobs are attractive to people who are also attracted to the sensualities and deliberate 'naughtiness' of sploshing as it is only in these fantasies that we cast off our 'need' for pedantry and precision and just go against our normal instincts by 'letting go' in wild abandon and excess. The high proportion of cross dressers might also be accounted for this way too.

[UncleRupert]

Claymore, I think it's more that we are people who do not follow what is 'normal'. For example, I am a roleplayer, and I have noticed a real correlation between playing D&D, liking heavy metal/hard rock/goth etc, and being into BDSM (and other fetishes). I don't think any one of these leads to the others, it's just that there are people with imagination, and there are people without....

[BillShipton]

As for Bill - God there's comedy, TV light entertainment, trains, buses

Wayhay! Sounds like me and Bill would get on like a house on fire! If he did make it up to the Warrington meet on the 21st, he could then go to the special running day at Penny Lane on Sunday when the Merseyside Transport Trust is running its collection of vintage buses in service to commemorate the death of properly coordinated public transport 20 years ago (27th Oct 1986)..

Oh dear, I think thanks to Hayley you know me too well. A chance to talk buses and moan about privatisation or de-regulation is almost too exciting! Oh and splosh stuff, of course.

Seriously...I wouldn't actually classify anyone in that police profiling way of going he likes heavy metal he must be into custard or he knows a Guy Arab from an AEC Regent so he must be a treacle fan.

What I will say is as an older bloke, I don't find expert knowledge 'sad'. I love it. I have learnt so much from pub chats and the people I talk to regard my custard obesessions and endless memories of slapstick acts as no different from caring about Harleys.

Thought you'd like to know.

[Richard]

Blimey! I only mentioned my interest in railways in fun as I thought the thread was getting a bit serious. Actually I gave up collecting engine numbers about fifty years ago but I still retain my love of steam traction, on rails or anywhere else. Nowadays I stick mainly to modelling them.

[wamram]

My house overlooks part of the Great Central Steam Railway and a vintage bus collection .

So if anyone wants a Train/Bus spotting party tickets availible from me £75 per-person .

wamram

[andy250]

I do know quite a lot about Russian subs due to the fact I use to work in Plymouth and that is where we service some of our submarine fleet.

Most of what I know is now outdated due to the fact I never went back.

The Ssn Alfa class was the big fish back then also nick named the golden fish due to the fact that some ran titanum hulls (lower sound return and can cope with more damage.) The thing was the boat was very load at high speed (bit of a give away really) no need to use active sonar if was running at high speed, you could just plot the course.

The Sierra class started launching in 1983 is was 12 these also had sonar absorbent coatings on the hull, they where a lot quiter. They never carried the 26' torpedo though, neither did the Alfa.

The Akula class is the latest as far as i am aware, I've seen the specs through Janes defence.

Its funny what I learnt while I was down their, at the time it pissed me off but when I look back now. I learnt a hell of a lot. Went in some of subs with the dogs a couple of times, never ever liked them, its thought of being trapped underwater, still does me in today thinking about it.

regards

Andy

[wamram]

Must admit i am a bit of a truck spotter i think its because i drive one all day.

The one i drive is a DAF 85 CF 410 tri-axle twin steer just wish it had 22 ton of custard in the trailer instead of reels of paper

wamram

[messylaura]

i'm a wet high heel spotter, does that count or am i just kinky