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Murph,
That's Uff Da.... (My grandmother was from Norway.)
erikem Murphy Siding Oofda!. Murph, That's Uff Da.... (My grandmother was from Norway.)
Murphy Siding Oofda!.
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I think the topic Railfan vs. Foamer is relevant to this discussion. If you haven't yet, check it out.
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henry6 Oh we Americans like to pigeon hole, quantify, qualify and segregate foibles, personalities, music, likes, dislikes, similarities, disimilarities, demographics, idiosyncrosies, hair color, eye color, sex, height, ...well you name it, and we do it. If we don't have that information handy at the stroke of an internet key, we are lost. Let's move on and enjoy the likenesses and unliknesses of each of us and talk about trains and railroading.....
Oh we Americans like to pigeon hole, quantify, qualify and segregate foibles, personalities, music, likes, dislikes, similarities, disimilarities, demographics, idiosyncrosies, hair color, eye color, sex, height, ...well you name it, and we do it. If we don't have that information handy at the stroke of an internet key, we are lost. Let's move on and enjoy the likenesses and unliknesses of each of us and talk about trains and railroading.....
It's not quite that grim. Everyone does this to some degree--not just Americans!!LOL!! This is an aspect of our behaviour that probably came with the property(ie:our selves)from running into different tribes of cavepeople etc.
As for this Intro/Extra bit---part of a long continuua. All of us have our moments of both extremes and we probably could come up with some more in the process------
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
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I'm not saying or implying that it is grim. In my business, broadcasting/advertising/marketing, it is the way of life: we must quantify and qualify by demographics, income, gender, etc. If it can't be done, it doesn't exist. Aside from the advertising/marketing angle, music formats have become so narrowly defined that a listener has to choose more than one station to satisfy a given musical taste. Even within musical genres like Country you have choices of classic, old, and today's styles. Rock is spread across the same with Oldies, Classic and today. Jazz is split by smooth and standards. And pop is either contemporary, oldies, or standards. So we do a lot of defining, departmentalizing, segregating, and seperating all aspects of our lives. In our case here, we are trying to either define the degree of railfan as fan or foamer or as introverted or extroverted. And we all disagree to prove that we can't be defined!
blownout cylinderAs for this Intro/Extra bit---part of a long continuua. All of us have our moments of both extremes and we probably could come up with some more in the process------
Very true, and it applies equally to our politics. No, not inviting that red herring, but merely pointing out that we all have left and right leanings as it suits us to do.
How people describe and represent themselves is often at odds with their behaviour from the point of view of objective bystanders.
-Crandell
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Holy smokes, Al, they must have had a field day with you. Did they see you coming? If it were me, I'd be on my hands and knees by the time I got through the front door of my house.
Al - want to enlighten the curious?
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Asked and answered.
Thanx Al
Murphy Sidingerikem Murphy Siding Oofda!. Murph, That's Uff Da.... (My grandmother was from Norway.) Being of Norweigan heritage, I knew that. ' Was in too much of a hurry to stop and think. Guess I should have used my Norweigan/American spellcheck feature?
Seems to me that Scandinavians are more likely to be introverts than the general US population - often preferring quiet isolated spots to relax (maybe that explains ice fishing?). Maybe a coincidence, but the Scandinavians and Japanese have the highest proportion of people with type AB blood.
OK, but are there any "Norwegian bachelor farmers" here ?
If you don't know the background to the question, see - among many other references to same at this site - the "Post to the Host" column of A Prairie Home Companion, specifically the question by Nancy Mobley about 2/3 of the way down, at: http://www.publicradio.org/columns/prairiehome/posthost/2005/11/
- PDN.
I think I have found out more about myself than I wanted to know. I seem to be very focused in my railfanning activitities.I am basicly an introvert,but also enjoy railfanning with friends.I usually read or listen to the radio while sitting in my car waiting for a train to go by. I enjoy riding trains with friends,but usually prefer striking out on my own at the destination." He who travels fastest goes alone".
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