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Guardian Unlimited: Ooh - Is that a Belgian F-16
Examines the reasons why people plane spot and how it reflects underlying British eccentricity. By Stephen Moss.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4305393,00. html

What is Plane Spotting
Contains definitions and personal reasons for plane spotting, with notes on how to spot.
http://www.planespotting.com/novice/novice.html

Guardian Unlimited: Notes and Queries
Discusses the meaning and derivation of the term anorak as applied to a person.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-1918 5,00.html

How to Tell Apart a Trainspotter's Top 10 from a DJ's Top 10
Humorous list of differences between music trainspotters and normal Disc Jockeys.
http://www.phinnweb.com/chart/trainspotters.html

An Introduction to Trainspotting
Humorous, ironic guide, describing train spotting culture, use of data books, collection of numbers for obscure rolling stock, gaining entry to depots, and railway journalism.
http://www.geocities.com/nrc36/bp/tspot.htm

The Joys of Birdwatching
Defines and considers the appeal of birdwatching and twitchi ng.
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4074/3twitch.htm