> "Father Kodak" <dont_bother@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>> "Paul Bartram" <p.bartram AT OR NEAR mysoul.com.au> wrote:
>>That is probably because of the 1996 Scottish film 'Trainspotting'
>>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117951/
which dealt with the lives of a
group
>>of heroin addicts. I never saw it, not my kind of subject!
> Not my kind of lifestyle either. And if there are any heroin addicts
> among anyone I know, then I'm just too dumb to spot that. I once met
> a British chap in business who might have been a heavy drug user,
> because he looked like he just got hit by a bus, every day I saw him.
Perhaps he was just hopeless at crossing the road?
>>Thanks for that information. My Dad worked for British Railways all his
>>life, so our family had close contact with the culture, and I can see
the
>>attraction, especially in the steam days.
> What did your dad do? Was he a train driver?
Wouldn't that have been cool, I'd have been the most popular kid in
school.
No, he started out as a ticket collector, moved on to the ticket office,
and
ended up as deputy District Manager for Southern Railways (before the
regions merged into British Rail - who knows what yuppie name is painted
on
the trains these days?) They still don't run on time, or at all
sometimes...
>>Oh yes, in fact it was probably the sight of 'long tom' lenses in use at
>>our
>>local station that originally got me interested in photography - you
know
>>kids, see something 'cool' you just have to have one like it!
> Long Tom. That was the nickname for a US Army World War II cannon,
> 155 mm if I remember correctly.
I know Amateur Photography magazine often referred to telephotos as 'Long
Toms', but doubtless that name originated in the military, as you say.
Paul
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