Re: [OT] You know you're a hardcore railfan when...

[Michael Hendy <little_fish_in_a@bigpond.com>]

Brown Family wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 00:06:17 +1000, "Jonathan Boles"
> <jaboles@crossswinds.net> wrote:
> 
> >Here's a few to get you started:
> >
> >...when you think about putting multi chime air horns on top of your car.
> >
> >...when you try to take a picture of 3801/3830 through a Tangara window.
> >
> >...when you'd prefer to learn drive a train before you learn to drive a car.
> >
> >...when you learn to distinguish Sydney sparks by sound.
> >
> >...when you discuss ways to make the cityrail system more efficient.
> >
> >...when you write software to emulate station announcements
> >
> >...when you are in the process of writing software to emulate the Cityrail
> >plasma screen (actually I'll release an alpha version soon)
> >
> >...when you look forward to drooling over double-page-spread colour pics in
> >Motive Power.
> >
> When you look forward to the boom gates going down BEFORE you get to
> the level-crossing.
> 
> When you feel you haven't really visited a town unless you visit the
> railway station.
> 
> When you take a "shortcut" across some railway yard that actually
> makes the trip 10 minutes longer than if you took the more normal
> route.
> 
> When taking the family for a drive, they complain that all they ever
> seem to see is rust (no, I don't mean Dorrigo).
> 
...when you don't go anywhere without a complete set of timetables

...when you work out the longest trip you can take on the CityRail
network in 1 day, and/or the quickest way to do the whole network (inc.
buses)

... when you do either of the trips you just planned! (not guilty...
yet!)
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