Greg Petrolati wrote:
The Brits have a word for what we do regarding our
LBCs... We're car "train spotters". We car "geeks"
are the ones keeping the flame burning. Thanks to
technology, we can still stay in touch.
And of course, we should. But sorry, Greg - I have to take issue with you on the
collective noun allocation. It's variable according to the degree of commitment.
Category #1 - "Enthusiasts" are people who love, own and comprehensively
maintain a now
defunct car make. They also have a substantial interest in beer, women (of any
age) good
food and the pleasures of life as a whole - though not necessarily in that order
Category #2 - "Committed enthusiasts" are an advanced form of the above group
with their
passion erring more to the car than the multitudinous pleasures of the flesh
Category #3 - "Anoraks" (the garments worn by train spotters) are really only
interested
in the car of their choice, and
Category #4 - "Bloody anoraks" are those who eat, sleep, drink, work their
particular
model and make of car above all others. What's more, they'll drive any sane
person over
the precipice of total madness talking about it and are best avoided by those in
categories 1 and 2. Category #3 people can usually put up with Category #4
individuals for
prolonged periods of suffering.
I won't allocate anyone on this list into any of the above four except to say
that I think
I come into category #1
Jonmac
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