Neighbours

On 12/04/2007 21:31, Jane Sullivan said,

It is embarrassing, isn't it? Fancy admitting to watching Neighbours :-)

In message , Paul Boyd writes

Foiled again! (That's exactly how I meant it!)

Riiight.............

It took a TV show for you to finally face up to reality ?

Andy

I thought it was great. What was especially good was that as soon as Steiger declared his interest, a number of other characters also declared their interest as well. It's a little bit like real life. Once people realise that they won't be on their own, they admit to enjoying watching and looking at model trains.

"Jane Sullivan" wrote

LOL - I've got a friend who although well into his 50s is still unmarried and hasn't really sussed out that his favourite 'chat up' line with the ladies doesn't seem to impress them:

Of course we all play with model trains, but how many of us would have the courage to dive into a converation with a newly met lady claiming?

'Hi I'm Paul, I spent last weekend playing trains at York Model Railway Show. The hotel was ok but none of the staff spoke English. Oh and we got to go for a trip on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway on a Met Camm dmu.'

Ah well, takes all sort!

John.

On 13/04/2007 15:20, John Turner said,

That's a lie - it was at the NRM :-)

It could be worse. Just casually mention having watched Dr Who or Buffy The Vampire Slayer to a young girl and see how fast she runs. I've had better luck admitting to reading model railway magazines. Full-size railways are worse. I once asked a woman in the print shop if she remembered the old station and she said she did and then cut me off dead, never spoke to me again!

(kim)

The message from "John Turner" contains these words:

"Come up to the bedroom and see my model railway" is more of a come-on than anybody's "etchings" - whatever they are/were.

Anyway it worked for me, and more than once!

Indeed it does. My now wife was delighted to hear that I was into railways, as she was born in Crewe to a family of railwaymen. Her father, another engineer, was even more delighted when I disclosed I had been a pupil of the Scottish CM&EE. She couldn't wait to marry me, and when our new house was being designed the largest room was allocated to the model railway. You just have to keep looking. Such girls are around.

Alistair W

Tell the scriptwriters!

You mean, you watch Neighbours as well?

I was wondering how long it would take Enzo to latch on to this thread.

It turns out that there were several generations of railwaymen on my maternal grandfather's side, as well as a number of my wife's ancestors.

I saw this episode and was thinking about making a comment about it, particularily after the attractive young lady said that "trains" were something that her and her father did together! It did make me wonder if model railways were seen as being less geeky in Australia or if there is a train buff in the scriptwriting team?

Fred X

My wife tries never to miss an episode of 'Neighbours'.

A year or so ago the story line included a visit to the famous 'Puffing Billy' 760mm gauge railway at Belgrave in the Dandenong Ranges, only 40 km east from Melbourne.

Even I hung around in the living room for a few minutes while I enjoyed the sight of the two genuine Baldwin 2-6-2 Tanks and their Oz-built, cloned sisters. The recently restored Beyer Garratt wasn't included, as far as I recall.

butbutbut... that was the line. Janelle said "toy trains?" and Stieger corrected her - " *Model* trains!"

It made me laugh because on another group that I infest we have a similar bit of banter! :-)

Who? Me? No, of course not! How could you say something so dreadful? I've never been so insulted in all my life.... Ah ha ha ha ha ha!

Not totally true, I know a fair number of attractive young ladies who are fans of both. (Of course, some are fans of the former because they think David Tenant is hot).

They certainly tend to be the more interesting ones as well!

You have a point. In fact I believe that the majority of the BtVS fanbase is female.

Not sure about that - I've known female fans of both. Admittedly not the sort of fans who count the rivets on a Dalek, but certainly fans.