I think the article is quite well written, informative, and a bit intertaining.
ndbprr It doesn;t bother me they think I might be "kookie" because I know that they definitely are.
It doesn;t bother me they think I might be "kookie" because I know that they definitely are.
Funny - I've always referred to CNN as "kookie".
I have seen some railfan antics, and I bet most of us have, for which "kookie" might well be the kindest possible term.
I hate to diss my own beloved hobby but frankly it atracts some pretty strange scooters out there.
At Waterford Avenue on Milwaukee's South Side, we have often heard train crews tell each other "The Paparazzi are out tonight." They are referring to us.
Dave Nelson
oskar I only saw "kookie" in a quote from Cookie. I still would rather watch trains than cars going around a track for hours on end. Glad to see Cookie and Cricket back on CNN. Kevin
I only saw "kookie" in a quote from Cookie. I still would rather watch trains than cars going around a track for hours on end.
Glad to see Cookie and Cricket back on CNN.
Kevin
I don't know about that (says he, with Nascar's Darlington race on the TV six inches to the left of my monitor screen.) I've watched trains all over, ranging from 600mm gauge sugar cane lines to Shinkansen, and in half a century I didn't see as many blazing vehicles, damaging impacts and bent sheet metal as I've seen in the last three hours...
Closest I've seen was a string of box cars that had been in the way of a tornado!
Actually, I'm more interested in the civil engineering of the right-of-way than I am in seeing modern trains. If that makes me, "Kookie," so be it.
Chuck
Well...kookie beats boring in my book.
eolafan zardoz eolafan I thought the attached article from CNN on the Internet this morning was going to be interesting but then I saw where it calls us "Kookie". Are you sure they didn't say, "Mookie"? Maybe so, maybe so...but then again, there is only one REAL Mookie!
zardoz eolafan I thought the attached article from CNN on the Internet this morning was going to be interesting but then I saw where it calls us "Kookie". Are you sure they didn't say, "Mookie"?
eolafan I thought the attached article from CNN on the Internet this morning was going to be interesting but then I saw where it calls us "Kookie".
I thought the attached article from CNN on the Internet this morning was going to be interesting but then I saw where it calls us "Kookie".
Are you sure they didn't say, "Mookie"?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
tree68 It's a nice article. The only reference to "kooky" that I saw was a self-deprecating comment made by the subject of the story. Colored us in a pretty good light, I'd say.
It's a nice article. The only reference to "kooky" that I saw was a self-deprecating comment made by the subject of the story. Colored us in a pretty good light, I'd say.
I agree with tree68. Here is the only reference in the article to use any variation on the term "kook":
"A lot of people in this town thought I was on the kooky side," said Williams[local Folkston railfan - a.s.], who is retired from the paper and pulp industry. "But I love it. I've loved these trains ever since I was a kid."
Self-deprecation is the word! - a.s.
It struck me as a pretty good PR piece for railfans...I didn't read anything negative in there, in fact, it seem to promote the hobby.
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CShaveRRA lot of us are pretty sharp kookies!
*** right we are Carl!
I guess my skin was just too thin today...after reading the piece a second time, it did not seem too derogatory at all to us railfans.
Something about this hit me the right way, and I've been laughing for the last 10 minutes. It must be Friday...
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
I think you're reading too much into it. Face it - if you do anything the least bit out of the ordinary (eat chips, drink beer, and grouse about TV and or Sports) someone somewhere is going to think you are "kookie". I have a friend who is a bird watcher and after hearing some of his stories I'd have to say we don't know what snide comments are.
I liked the article. I also liked the fact that it made a point with respect to us and how we might spend our dollars - i.e. build something like the viewing stand and perhaps we'll drop by and while we're there spend some money on the local economy. My friend has told me that when he and his friends visit someplace to go birding they will often spend money on the local economy (gas, food, hotel) and they make it a point to tell the various owners why they are there and why they might want to come back.
And here, I was looking for an Edd Byrnes reference.
I thought the attached article from CNN on the Internet this morning was going to be interesting but then I saw where it calls us "Kookie". Yes, I know it wasn't CNN itself but a reference to what "non rail-fans" sometimes call us, however it was CNN that just couldn't resist using the term to attract interest of its readers...could they? Read on by using the link below:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/05/08/railfan.train.watching/index.html?iref=t2test_travelfri
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