It wasn't me; I was in Marseille.
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Seeing forum members unexpectedly
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@bb21 dashed past me in the subway at Basingstoke station today.
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Must have been more of us on the Chiltern Parly today!
TT-ONR-NRN
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I was fighting off a creepy old man on drugs who was harassing me and my best friend in the outdoor smoking area of our local pub when @Cardiffrail appeared 
Thursday, that.
@fishquinn , does what happened today count?
Thursday, that.@fishquinn , does what happened today count?
I've never knowingly met another member of the forum. I asked a friend of mine, who is a keen railway enthusiast, if he ever logged on to the forum and he claimed never to have heard of it.
It all seems a bit masonic, is there a secret handshake? Are there any lady members? Is the forum run by bots?
On another thread I went on it stated I hadn't enough privileges to post. This implied I had at least some privileges but didn't state what they were or what I had to do to earn more.
All very spooky!
It all seems a bit masonic, is there a secret handshake? Are there any lady members? Is the forum run by bots?
On another thread I went on it stated I hadn't enough privileges to post. This implied I had at least some privileges but didn't state what they were or what I had to do to earn more.
All very spooky!
D6130
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No....no....yes....and no. in that order!
One way to meet a few fellow forum members is to attend forum meals and pub visits. Would I be right in assuming from your 'handle' that you're located in the North West of England? If so, there's a forum meal in Preston coming up on Friday 10th March. If you're interested, send a private message to administrator @yorkie. Similar events are held in various parts of the country on a regular basis.
Thanks for that information. I shall be in the Guild Alehouse in Preston on this Friday afternoon.
Garry, the landlord, may have his own beer on which he brewed himself at the Rat brewery in Huddersfield. March 10th is the day after my birthday, I might still be in recovery.
You don't need to know that information friend citizen...
(More seriously @D6130's advice is spot on
)If you attend a forum event I can give you a badge
If anyone wants to meet us but there is no suitable event coming up, please get in touch and I will try to organise something.Yes and I sometimes correct people misgendering them in their forum interactions (I know as I've met them, but some people assume).
We do try to automate as much as possibe, but no bots as such. It's run by volunteers (most, but not all, of whom work or worked in or for the rail industry)
Which thread? Could it have been locked?
D6130
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The Preston meal in March?....or is that already fully-booked?
Only Mods (and a few others) can start new threads there in order to keep it tidy. You can reply to existing threads though.
Purple Train
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Every time I travel out on the GEML I wonder whether any of the inevitable spotters at Bethnal Green are forum members - but I've never knowingly met one yet. Still need to learn the secret handshake
- but I've never knowingly met one yet. Still need to learn the secret handshake I saw @D6700 on a railtour the other day (although given the traction involved it probably wasn't that unexpected )
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He was busy (as part of what I must say was a very well-run operation to get people through the station!) so didn't get to say hello - but just saw @Bungle965 at Liverpool Lime St travelling home after Eurovision.
Seems @superalbs and myself had the same idea upon waking up this morning, and now both find ourselves on an HST out of Exeter.
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I trust he's back from Japan now. His trip looked incredible.
Nice to see you again, lucky that I woke up earlier than expected (for once).
Indeed, it was absolutely amazing. What a place!
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Nice to see you again, lucky that I woke up earlier than expected (for once).
Indeed, it was absolutely amazing. What a place!
Been twice and completely agree. However that's a little off topic for seeing other members.
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Have there been any instances in this thread of encountering other forum members while outside of the UK?
D6130
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Not that I'm aware of - other than pre-arranged rendezvous - but as well as my near-miss with @peteb in Genova last Sunday, my wife and I had another near-miss in Tuscany last year when returning from visiting friends in Asciano. The original plan was to take the loco-hauled Siena-Chiusi school train as far as Sinalunga....but my wife wanted to catch an earlier TFT connection to Arezzo for some reason, so we took the preceding railcar from Asciano. Had we stuck to the original plan, we would have encountered @43094 in the leading coach of the loco-hauled train.
TT-ONR-NRN
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In some cases, it’s more likely to see some while outside the UK than in it! For example, I’m more likely to bump into @railfan99 while in Australia than at home.