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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Apodemus" data-source="post: 1772435" data-attributes="member: 4078">I found this question the most interesting part of the thread, so I slipped into a parallel universe and found a trainspotters' forum. This is what they said. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------I don't believe anyone I know who is into the railways has lied, I don't think people need to lie about seeing engines, it's really not that important. __________________Sincerely, Dai          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------In my younger days (pre teenager) I collected numbers and was warned off 'fudging', whereby someone claims to have spotted a loco they clearly have not. Sometimes accusations can stem from not seeing something properly and mis-identifying, but I'm of the same mind. If you make your hobby to see all the trains, what's the point in lying to complete the task early?           mumrar   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------It's a lot harder to lie in trainspotting, though. You've only got one 320301, only one 390032 and only one 43132. If you lie about it, there's a chance someone else would see it elsewhere on a different diagram, or know about its workings that day. On the other hand, birdwatching is slightly easier to fake; anyone could say that they saw a bluetit in their garden for example, and no one would suspect a lie.   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------A friend of mine (who isn't up on modern units) swore blind that he'd had a 166 from Bath to Trowbridge. I checked up to see what had ran, just in case, and it was actually a 159. So not lying as such, but incorrect information due to mistaken identity. So, it seems that stringing = fudging, and they grow out of it because it's pointless (and too easy to get caught!). They do make honest mistakes though.Mike</blockquote>

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