Re: Docent Program - From Fans To Foamers . . . The Brochure
| May 05, 2016 12:14PM |
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Michael et al -
Roosso finally sent me a screen print of the "brochure" that he received from The Friends a few days ago:
Note the use of the derogatory term FOAMER*, which IMHO is even more offensive than the term 'N-I-M-B-Y' (banned on the NGDF), about 1/3 of the way down on the right side of the image.
Roosso said that he and Roger Wigwam's faithful Indian companion Steven Four-Knees encountered one of those Foamer docents in the open gon on a trip way back in mid-May of 2010, but most of them are decent docents and some - like Rich Muth - are really good.
- Willie
* SFAIK, real railroaders refer to railfans as "Foamers" due to the tendency of the latter to foam at the mouth at the sight of a locomotive - even a diseasel. IIRC, in the upper midwest such persons are referred to as "T.Q's", which is politically quite incorrect these days . . .
Roosso finally sent me a screen print of the "brochure" that he received from The Friends a few days ago:
Note the use of the derogatory term FOAMER*, which IMHO is even more offensive than the term 'N-I-M-B-Y' (banned on the NGDF), about 1/3 of the way down on the right side of the image.
Roosso said that he and Roger Wigwam's faithful Indian companion Steven Four-Knees encountered one of those Foamer docents in the open gon on a trip way back in mid-May of 2010, but most of them are decent docents and some - like Rich Muth - are really good.
- Willie
* SFAIK, real railroaders refer to railfans as "Foamers" due to the tendency of the latter to foam at the mouth at the sight of a locomotive - even a diseasel. IIRC, in the upper midwest such persons are referred to as "T.Q's", which is politically quite incorrect these days . . .
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