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I've never seen the movie so I don't know if that would help. Most mornings there appears to be a gent jotting down something in a pad as my train arrives. Carriage numbers I suppose. What sort of thrill do you think he gets? I don't get it.


I understand there are many people who don't understand why people want to chase after a round ball on a football pitch and why others would even want to watch it. Same goes for a lot of sports.


But trainspotting?

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Alan Medic Wrote:

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> So no one can increase my understanding of

> trainspotting apart from referring to the

> book/film, which by all accounts has nothing to do

> with it.


What do you want to know Alan? Trainspotting is like stamp collecting...or plane spotting, I guess. Not to be confused with railway enthusiasts/steam railway buffs. It has such an uncool image, its probably cool or something.


I agree with Otta, in rare cases I prefer the film to the book and this is one of them. I don't think I could read Irvine Welsh anymore though I read all his stuff when I was younger and enjoyed it. Radge.

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Most people at London Bridge taking notes will be

> recording how late their train is when considering

>

> how much compensation they will be seeking.

>

> DulwichFox


I've a season ticket from ED to London Bridge (?712 a year). Compensation is...70p for any journey over 30 mins late.


Or ?2.80 since January. Hardly worth claiming but I do anyway.

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