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1 hour ago, Nick Holliday said:

To me, they are better than Plonker123 quoting a long post and then saying "wow!!", meaning I have scrolled through half a page of repeated text, for nothing, whilst clogging up the system. The likes are also directly attached to the post in question.

Which is precisely why the facility was brought in to RMweb. I didn't like the plain singular 'Like' function though so I bought and adapted a modification script which enabled different types of reactions to be made (a long, long time before Facebook had such), a 'Like' isn't particularly appropriate when someone's said their dog has died for instance. We used to have a Disagree button but that was just abused, often by those with an agenda - so it was scrapped. It's fine to disagree but that is better done by the use of words so the context can be seen. My pet hate was someone who'd spend an hour in the middle of the night replying to topics, often old ones, just saying '"wow" or "nice work" creating a long list of inconsequential entries in VNC, once you'd seen a couple the rest would be ignored so it was pretty self-defeating. As you say the reaction is attributed to the post so reduces the irrelevance of quoting a year-old post and saying they agree - that part of the conversation left a long time ago.

It was also aimed to reduce the volume of posts we used to experience, part of managing the size of the site.

I didn't know whether to click funny or like; that merits both. You've captured the inner me when I'm doing reviews.

44 minutes ago, marc smith said:

Pole of the month? How have I got this far in life without seeing such a thrilling contest?

I basked in momentary fame last year - http://www.telegraphpoleappreciationsociety.org/west-somerset-poles/ 

14 minutes ago, k22009 said:

my layout Windmill End

I did clock that a few weeks ago; like it!

13 hours ago, Ramblin Rich said:

I remember being able to catch a glimpse of a yellow BSC locomotive (possibly Yorkshire diesel?) down in the works as trains left Wolves towards New St. on the Stour Valley line.

Yup, Little and Large YEs.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/95430950@N07/26191858350/

9 hours ago, Fen End Pit said:

your Stour may be bigger but I'm guessing mine is cleaner

Your project will always be far, far more attractive David!

2 hours ago, Mikkel said:

I guess we'll be viewing the layout from the basin side? 

That's the intention but I know the shed's going to give me some uncoupling headaches in the lines behind it so it may get shifted laterally to suit.

11 hours ago, Jack Benson said:

Would this be useful?

Very possibly Jack; thank you!

1 hour ago, Captain Kernow said:

Why is that local road named after a lawnmower, by the way?

Welcome to the backstreet world of Wolverhampton's foundries. Qualcast was just the other side of the steel mill sitting beneath both sides of the Stour Valley line.

The lineage of the business is well described here http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/OtherTrades/CraneFoundry/Foundry.htm and it's then apparent it's more to do with safes, stoves and tractor bits than cutting grass.

And all that got flattened just over ten years ago. A shame.

2 hours ago, Stubby47 said:

Will it be ready for Taunton next year ?

A later entry will explain a bit more why not; not just Taunton.

15 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

Black Country Blues v2?

 

Far smaller and lighter but not necessarily quicker.

The boards will not be measured in chains nor hundredweights.