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Quote from: Bealman on September 04, 2026, 09:20:27 AMSo @Tank could actually be a bot?     

Come to think of it, apart from on the forum, I've only had dealings with Tank over the phone, and that could have been anybody    

Well, I'm happy to say that I have had the pleasure of meeting the illustrious @Tank on a couple of occasions and I can confirm that he is indeed a bot. 

Cheers,

Chris (the other one)

'Blood Sacrifice'? I get that just fitting fishplates

I just watched a Swedish thriller series on Netflix called Blood Sacrifice.
One of the protaganists is a railway modeller and we see his layout several times.

    

Our small team of Mods cannot be online 24/7 but if any bot/nutjob does actually get onto the site we're lucky in having a membership and reporting tool that, almost immediately, flags up spammers such that the Mod team can take action so - thanks Folks. Keep up the good work

Quote from: Bealman on September 04, 2026, 09:20:27 AMSo @Tank could actually be a bot?     

Come to think of it, apart from on the forum, I've only had dealings with Tank over the phone, and that could have been anybody    

I actually built one of those robot arm kits. I got more enjoyment out of building it than I have since

Quote from: chrism on September 04, 2026, 08:08:10 AMConsidering that self-driving cars can spot traffic lights and mopeds, I doubt it's beyond the abilities of a bot with only a modicum of AI built in to do likewise 

Mind you, most sites that want to check only ask me to tick a box to say that I'm not a robot - hardly a strong verification requirement.

I mean this was 9 years ago!

Quote from: zwilnik on September 04, 2026, 09:43:23 AMand reject any that have a steering wheel

But you'd need to make sure that it didn't mistake a screw reverser wheel for a steering wheel 

Time for a new member questionnaire that goes full rivet counter including draw the driving cab of a (insert random UK steam loco) and reject any that have a steering wheel