I still do that with my baseball cards

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Brunton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:00 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: 313
Subject: Re: (313) Trainspotting


Weird!  That very film is playing right now on Channel 4 (UK).  
Trainspotter is an amusing derogatory term used to describe people who 
are  more interested in  the nuances and details of said pastime than 
the actual music itself- obsessions with labels, original pressings. 
catalogue numbers ad finitum.  It comes from the act of 
"Trainspotting"- an actual hobby where train enthusiasts stand in train 
stations and record the numbers of different trains and their types and 
compare notes.  I think most of us on the 313 could be described as 
trainspotters at one time or another :)

Jason


On 18 Jan 2004, at 23:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Where did the term "trainspotting come from?
> I know there was a film - which I didn't see.
> What does it mean?
>

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