Re: Re Gunzel ?

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Graeme Sproul wrote:

> Seems to me back in the seventies that any male who chased trains,rode them
> to places like Balranald, Robinvale,Deniliquin,asked the driver if he could
> sleep on the DERM for the night ,had very smelly socks,bad breath,wore un
> fashionable pants and jackets,spoke very loudly to impress all in sundry of
> his knowledge i.e "There's the 11.30 Bendigo" and took heaps of photos and
> notes,and if I have not covered it all,Pissed rail staff and fellow
> enthusiasts off completely. then that's a Gunzel.
> Rail crews of that time would say,"Look out here comes one of those
> HYSTERICAL mob.

This sounds like a sub-class, who are an even lower form of life than gunzels.
Some refer to them as Longleys

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