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Explaining to your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/dog... 18/05/2013 at 02:02 #44801 | |
arabianights
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I can't be the only person with this problem... how do you explain your SimSig addiction to your SO? I have just gotten the bug very recently (although I have been interested in trains since a wee lad) and to be fair am spending quite a few hours a day on the PC atm doing this, heck it's 3am (albeit on a friday) I just noticed... How do you best try to explain this little hobby of hours? Or do you not even try? Log in to reply |
Explaining to your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/dog... 18/05/2013 at 03:32 #44803 | |
GeoffM
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I almost didn't approve this post from just the username and thread title ![]() Anyway, welcome. And to answer your question, I don't try. Like a train show last weekend, "what will there be?" - "trains," I say. "So what do we do there?". Never mind. (She did actually enjoy it) SimSig Boss Log in to reply |
Explaining to your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/dog... 18/05/2013 at 10:52 #44814 | |
andyb0607
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Mine just says "trainspotting again?!" Indicating she hasn't got a clue what I'm doing! Used to argue it with her! Now it's just "whatever" :-)
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Explaining to your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/dog... 18/05/2013 at 11:22 #44816 | |
georgerb
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My problem is when I also use TS. She keep shouting to me "What did you say?". I learn to talk in a softer voice. Log in to reply |
Explaining to your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/dog... 18/05/2013 at 11:57 #44817 | |
58050
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When I was dating & before I got married to her she actually took an interest in my hobby. Even though I was working on British Rail at the time. I used to think she was crazy & couldn't understand why she quite liked looking at trains. I remember where I was at Nottingham control, I ended up having to work a rest day Saturday & I was actually booked to go on a railtour from Nottingham which went around Yorkshire as there was a section of track it covered near Healey Mills yard which I'd never done. In the finish I gave her the ticket & she went with the kids & a friend of mine with his wife on the train. Never did do that bit of track & that was in 1996. Although the strangest looks I got was after we were married we went to Cleethorpes on a summer Saturday. I diverted the car to go round Immingham TMD. AT this time I was the loco controller for EWS covering the East Midlands, Yorkshire & Humberside region, so getting round wasn't a problem. Although I got some funny looks from mrmbers of staff. There I was taking photos of the locos on the shed & she was walking with me in a pair of tight jeans, stiletto shoes & a tee-shirt. It probably did look odd to those 'normal' people although I will admit she never complained once. Although now divorced & no it wasn't to do with trains that the marriage ended, as it's only me & my 2 cats they don't seem to be bothered about me being on the PC all day everyday writing SimSig timetables. But you can't tell a cat not to jump up on the coffee table & lay either on the WTT your are working from or on the keyboard when you are either writing a timetable or playing a sim.
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Explaining to your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/dog... 18/05/2013 at 14:39 #44825 | |
TimTamToe
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" said:When I was dating & before I got married to her she actually took an interest in my hobby. Even though I was working on British Rail at the time. I used to think she was crazy & couldn't understand why she quite liked looking at trains. I remember where I was at Nottingham control, I ended up having to work a rest day Saturday & I was actually booked to go on a railtour from Nottingham which went around Yorkshire as there was a section of track it covered near Healey Mills yard which I'd never done. In the finish I gave her the ticket & she went with the kids & a friend of mine with his wife on the train. Never did do that bit of track & that was in 1996. Although the strangest looks I got was after we were married we went to Cleethorpes on a summer Saturday. I diverted the car to go round Immingham TMD. AT this time I was the loco controller for EWS covering the East Midlands, Yorkshire & Humberside region, so getting round wasn't a problem. Although I got some funny looks from mrmbers of staff. There I was taking photos of the locos on the shed & she was walking with me in a pair of tight jeans, stiletto shoes & a tee-shirt. It probably did look odd to those 'normal' people although I will admit she never complained once. Although now divorced & no it wasn't to do with trains that the marriage ended, as it's only me & my 2 cats they don't seem to be bothered about me being on the PC all day everyday writing SimSig timetables. But you can't tell a cat not to jump up on the coffee table & lay either on the WTT your are working from or on the keyboard when you are either writing a timetable or playing a sim.I'll have to check your TTs Pascal and check that your cats have recognition for "their typing and help" in your timetable writing lol Log in to reply |
Explaining to your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/dog... 18/05/2013 at 14:56 #44827 | |
58050
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TimTamToe wrote: Quote:
There has been times over the past couple of weeks when I've had to give up tt'ing, as one of the cats wants a fuss. The other night whilst playing the new Carlisle 79-80 tt the male cat was trying to catch the train moving along the track with his paws. Maybe the cat is becoming a 'railway' cat? Log in to reply |
Explaining to your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/dog... 18/05/2013 at 22:10 #44843 | |
Signalhunter
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My other half loves it. It means she can watch soaps etc, in the living room, whilst I play on the laptop, in the dining room.
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Explaining to your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/dog... 18/05/2013 at 22:47 #44844 | |
ozrail
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I am Signaller in real life so my partner knows what Simsig is, what she doesn't understand is why. My dog is just happy I sit still for a while.
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Explaining to your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/dog... 18/05/2013 at 23:56 #44847 | |
Aurora
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" said:I am Signaller in real life so my partner knows what Simsig is, what she doesn't understand is why. My dog is just happy I sit still for a while. I have a friend who works in the railways, who asks me what I've been up to since I last saw him (usually a week or so). I say I've been playing SimSig (the British signalling game) and he'll either ask why or be sorry he asked. Says I need a life lol Nil. Log in to reply |
Explaining to your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/husband/dog... 19/05/2013 at 06:46 #44854 | |
ozrail
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Sometimes I say to my partner that I get to make decisions with train running on Simsig that have long been taken away from me in real life.
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