The name Trainspotting comes from the bookWhere they bump into an old alco at a trainstation and he asks them if they're Trainspotting (when they're trying to score). Turns out that the guy is Begbie's Dad.
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Mr. Jack cracked the elite b3ta inner circle on,
Wed 28 May 2008, 23:32,
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I realise thisbut overall, there is a distinct lack of trains or indeed the spotting of trains depicted in this production
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McBadger COW,
Wed 28 May 2008, 23:35,
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