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Re: We're all Anoraks on this bus (was Sadness
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Mon, 24 Dec 2001 03:42:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> Hence Anorak being used as a term to describe someone with a hobby which is perceived by others to be a bit obsessive,
> and by their standards dull and boring.
Which is why I said it applies to us. NOT meant as an insult, I don't find
it as insulting a term as some of those in the UK do. (see thoughts on what
it means to be a hacker and the hacker trance, and some other topics, in the
jargon file... start here:
http://tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/hack-mode.html )
Every AFOL I know has at least a dozen different set numbers known to them
by heart (from their favorite theme perhaps. or sets that form a great
source of parts for their favorite theme). Every single one. Maybe not you,
LW, but every one I've met personally, on 3 continents. Many know way way
more. Joshua Delahunty for example seems to have 1/2 the inventories of sets
memorised (before there was a Peeron, HE was the Peeron!!!)
I just do NOT see anything wrong with that. But to deny us our anorakness is
to deny part of what we are. One can be obsessed and still have a life.
You can disagree if you like but if you do, *you're* in denial. Nothing
wrong with that, mind you, denial is a valid coping strategy.
Hope that helps.
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| "Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:Got0JI.It6@lugnet.com... (...) Anoraks are indeed a warm jacket. As such, they are commonly worn by Train Spotters - who spend all day on cold station platforms waiting to note down (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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