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[family guy]

BTW where are Stobart spotters on the spotting hierarchy?

Top appear to be military aircraft spotters, followed very closely by train spotters, and bus spotters near the bottom.

Yes I have met all 3 types![/quote]

Are military plane spotters at the top of the list because if you do it in the wrong place, wrong time and wrong country you get to eat a lot of porridge 

Where do "twitchers" fit into the hierarchy?
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stobart spotting is great fun, nothing keeps a 5 yr old, 4 yr old and a 2 yr old entertained more on motorway journeys. plus the fact im a great big kid who is 24 going on 14 helps immensely. named one 'trixie' after my nan many years ago and currently got my daughters name 'Aimee-Lea' on the waiting list. to the people who question the point of it, i welcome your questioning. the point of it is simply to see the girls names and see how many you can spot. ive got just over a 1000 of them.

if people think it is sad then that is there choice, it dosent bother me, as a bus driver i would say that bus spotting is not my thing. but i still flash m y lights and wave at the bus spotters as it makes them feel good, which is what life is about, you do what makes you feel good.

p.s i challenge any of my more northern based fellow members to take a trip up the M6 or M1 and not see a shed load of them.

[blackviper90210]

Easy on the military enthusiasts!!   There's a lot of us here who are serving/ex sevicemen/women   

[YZ250]

If people think it is sad then that is there choice, it dosent bother me, as a bus driver i would say that bus spotting is not my thing. but i still flash my lights and wave at the bus spotters as it makes them feel good, which is what life is about, you do what makes you feel good.

p.s i challenge any of my more northern based fellow members to take a trip up the M6 or M1 and not see a shed load of them.

I think you are supposed to stop and pick them up.   

[family guy]

I think you are supposed to stop and pick them up.   


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nah, for some strange reason the bus spotters dont actually get on the buses, they just want a photo of it!!

[Webby the Bear]

hold on one second family guy........ you can actually request a name to be put on the stobart trucks??

i want Webby La Bear NOW hahahahaha

[family guy]

yeah you can request them to be named, my brother got one named after his misses. minimum of three years waiting list though!

[Webby the Bear]

excellent. how do i get on the list mate?

[Stallion]

we should request and get one named as OOFY 
and get OOFers heads scratching!! 

[Stallion]

NEWS REPORT: Stobart trucks have seen a rise in vx omegas (all ages) following their trucks. The reason is not known but the local unit have arrested few omega drivers (its been said they dont speak much) trial is on going... 

[LJay]

Many people would think it sad that a group of grown men stand around in a car park staring under the bonnets of each others Vauxhall Omegas, but we do it.

Uh Hum, s'cuse me, I'm not a grown man and I've stood around in my fair share of car parks looking under bonnets!   

Might even have had my hands in my pockets too! 

[albitz]

I was under the misapprehension that the females at meets(being more sensible than the menfolk) usually found something more normal to do - like find out where the nearest shops are.

[family guy]

excellent. how do i get on the list mate?

sorry to disapoint mate but you have to be in the stobart members club to name a truck.

mind you im in the members club so if there is a particular name you are after i could find out if they have used it and get the vehicles details.........

[Amigo]

Evening family guy. I drive a truck (not a Stobbart). I'm not a spotter, not even into trucks much, it's just my job but good on you for sharing your hobby with us. I have a couple of anorak hobbies, classic cars & old diecast models but only the ones that were sold as toys in the 50's/60's/70's & i go weak kneed at the mention of a Cortina...yeah i've got one & i'm in between caravans so good on you for putting yourself out there.
   I'd rather Stobbie spot than watch "Talent?" shows on telly or go fishing.

   WTF is fishing all about...why do it? I've got mates that have spent fortunes on all the gear to sit on the Humber wall all night & come home tired saying they loved it...loved what? nothing happened!!!!!!

[family guy]

Evening family guy. I drive a truck (not a Stobbart). I'm not a spotter, not even into trucks much, it's just my job but good on you for sharing your hobby with us. I have a couple of anorak hobbies, classic cars & old diecast models but only the ones that were sold as toys in the 50's/60's/70's & i go weak kneed at the mention of a Cortina...yeah i've got one & i'm in between caravans so good on you for putting yourself out there.
   I'd rather Stobbie spot than watch "Talent?" shows on telly or go fishing.

   WTF is fishing all about...why do it? I've got mates that have spent fortunes on all the gear to sit on the Humber wall all night & come home tired saying they loved it...loved what? nothing happened!!!!!!

hear hear, good to see someone with the same dislike of 'talent' shows. there awful.

unfortunatly there are people in life who like to knock others down- im always getting the mick taken out of me at work cos i got bowt £100 worth of autoglym cleaning produts yet they think nothing of spending £100-odd quid getting sloshed on a saturday night. never say anything to them tho, words blood and stone come too mind.

[the alarming man]

you may find to all those that havent thought it through.. it may not be only grown men my cousin at the age of 7 was a big eddie stobart fan and yep he was a spotter