I too like the definition "small group of indispensable persons" although my OH and various friends and colleagues would probably use the definition "small group of mad, sad beings who just cant let go of something that should be dead and buried".
Needless to say I am not in accord with that definition. As I always say we are completely sane, normal people with a very healthy interest in things and people that caught our imagination that just wont go away.
Nothing wrong with a healthy interest - its what keeps the world going along with

