Should there be a Transport Blog on Freaky Trigger?

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There are group blogs on FT for so many of the things that interest us - Sport, Literature, Music, Films and Science. Yet we talk about transport a lot here (speshly buses and underground trains). Should there be a transport blog? If so, what would it be called?

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 22 January 2004 09:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Con: no-one has anything interesting to say about it.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 22 January 2004 09:34 (twenty-two years ago)

This is the worst idea ever, Mark.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 January 2004 09:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't agree with Andrew - I think plenty of people have interesting things to say about it, but we perhaps have not been presented with what they have to say in the clearest, most well-argued way, because ILX threads on transport don't give ppl that opportunity.

Matt -why?

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 22 January 2004 09:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Because its too limited in its remit? Because it would either be people ranting about x time their journey went wrong, or talking about an other piece of machinery which could go in Proven By Science at any rate.

The only thing I can think of that would be actually constructive and interesting and not covered elsewhere on the blogs are things like cool bus/train rides through London/NYC/wherever. So maybe a 'travel' blog would be better (and so much wider-ranging), if you overlook the Sunday supplement lifestyle mag connotations. But then again Ilxers are such a well-travelled group that such a blog could be great.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 January 2004 09:49 (twenty-two years ago)

ie just because I want to read and/or contribute to a thread in which people sound off about transport does not necessarily mean I want to regularly read a blog on the subject, any more than I think there should be, for example, a sex blog on FT.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 22 January 2004 09:51 (twenty-two years ago)

i'd have to come down on the side of matt here, although there has been talk of further blogs, there's not really (yesterday's flurry after a week off notwithstanding) enough going on on the six we already have (not that i am the voice of FT or owt like)...

why not start your own mark, and then get everyone here to contribute/link etc...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Thursday, 22 January 2004 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Why not write for Smoke instead? (Like I keep saying I'm going to, and then never spend enough time in London any more to actually do.)

― the river fleet, Thursday, 22 January 2004 14:40 (twenty-two years ago)

A travel blog would be excellent.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 22 January 2004 14:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I'd contribute!

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 22 January 2004 14:53 (twenty-two years ago)

seven months pass...

I'm going to try to find this Smoke which Kate mentions.

― MarkH (MarkH), Sunday, 19 September 2004 11:55 (twenty-one years ago)

smoke

― nick.K (nick.K), Sunday, 19 September 2004 12:02 (twenty-one years ago)

thanks Nick - there's some great stuff there!

― MarkH (MarkH), Sunday, 19 September 2004 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought that I started a Smoke thread... but I've been searching and I can't find it.

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― Danger Whore (kate), Monday, 20 September 2004 07:14 (twenty-one years ago)

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