Originally Posted by dunroving (Post 11178705)

The best thing to do when someone is deliberately trying to stir up the sh*t between people (as in the original purpose of this thread) or wind up a specific individual is to ignore it.

Difficult at times but why give them what they want?

Originally Posted by Editha (Post 11178716)

Shenstone is south of Lichfield. Nice place but a bit too close to the M6 for my tastes, and proximity to the motorway puts up property prices.

Stone is south of Stoke and north of Stafford, has a railway station and is on the canal system too (two of my nineteenth century ancestors who were bargees got married there). A lot of new building on the flood plain which is to be avoided, but pleasant Victorian properties in the old town. Admiral John Jervis is buried in the churchyard. Nice church. Good transport links, partly thanks to yours truly who was part of campaign objecting to closure of train station.

Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 11178749)

You got it, spot on. :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 11167471)

Why do you need a moderator?

Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 11178759)

Yes I suppose Shenstone was fairly close to the motorway, never really noticed at the time though.
Herefordshire apparently has no motorways but I suspect one does just cross the 'border' at some point. :D

Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 11178794)

You know there is something that makes Britain crap or more accurately something that is crap in Britain, that is the fact that I cant buy Dim Sims here. Not to be confused with Dim Sum, these are little packets of loveliness that any Aussie will be familiar with. They are quite an odd thing, no-one seems to know exactly what goes into them, most seem to agree it is some form of road kill and cabbage wrapped in a crispy pastry. For something that sounds so unappealing they really are delicious and deeply missed by myself if not the rest of the family :D

Originally Posted by roaringmouse (Post 11178747)

You're another person now who has openly said that this is a troll thread - that's bandrui, Harvester523, (to some extent) old.sparkles, and now you dunroving.

What you say seems to directly match the definition of trolling in the site rulesTo simply ignore a troll thread as you suggest dunrovin, is to ignore the site rules.

Originally Posted by mikelincs (Post 11178810)

Try looking here..

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yum-Cha-Othe.../dp/0207141274

Originally Posted by dunroving (Post 11178814)

Well there are degrees of "stirring" and in this case I think it's more a "known irritant" than some external newcomer who is really pushing the limits. :rofl:

Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 11178867)

I will be totally honest I just wanted to post THIS to be the 400th post in the thread :D

Originally Posted by Shard (Post 11178892)

Can I be 401?!

Originally Posted by roaringmouse (Post 11178675)

I am not "sweating" anything. If you believe the thread had moved on, then why post what you did? I was simply responding to your post.

I would also suggest that if the thread has moved on from "what makes Britain completely crap" to little places people like, then all posts such as those are off-topic. Perhaps if you and others want to talk about such a thing, then a new thread should be started and all these off-topic posts moved over to it.

Originally Posted by chris955 (Post 11178754)

Oh you had to go and spoil it :lol:

Originally Posted by roaringmouse (Post 11178823)

So you're suggesting the site rules should differentiate between new trolls and long-term trolls?

Originally Posted by TheEmperorIsNaked (Post 11178954)

Nah! It's like everything else; if one makes a judgement call on others, they clearly see themselves as not part of it, when in fact they add to the mix. But elevated ground is so compelling if it makes you feel good....
Nothing changes.