Re: Derivation of Gunzel

["Paul Nicholson" <pn1@rocketmail.com>]

We often observe the scruffy or "gunzel" end of the enthusiast movement.
What about the other end? The elite?
Why is our movement judged by the gunzel element rather than the "upper
echelons"?
And also the "wowser" elements within our hobby. Are these "gunzels"?
Paul in Melbourne.


"Erich S Houchens" <eshouchens@home.com> wrote in message
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> WBrueckman wrote:
>
> > Thanks for posting the information on the derivation of the gunzel term.
When
> > I was in Australia last October for the Paralympics, I heard the term
for the
> > first time and had a hard time figuring out what it meant.
> >
> > We have the same sort of idiots here in the U.S.  No special term for
them
> > except to lump the idiots in with all railfans.  I've seen idiots climb
to the
> > top of boxcars to get pictures not knowing that they are close to the
10,000
> > volt overhead catenary wire.  And I've seen idiots standing with their
feet in
> > the middle of remote-controlled power switches not knowing their foot
could be
> > crushed by a flick of a switch of a dispatcher 700 miles away.
>
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> Far Out And Mentally Incompetent Train Enthusiast
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> > Bill Brueckmann
> > Summerfield, North Carolina
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