Callout for Great Post

March 8, 2005 7:08 AM

I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed grouse's post yesterday on London Underground maps. It was informative, well-written, well put together, and - well - just generally full of goodness. Thank you, grouse!
posted by carter to MetaFilter-Related at 7:08 AM (21 comments total)

it was great. and it's nice to be able to say - this is the best of the web :)
posted by triv at 7:19 AM on March 8, 2005

Best thing I've seen on here in a long time.
posted by Optamystic at 7:28 AM on March 8, 2005

I liked it a lot.
posted by dios at 7:34 AM on March 8, 2005

I think he got a little carried away with labelling the links, personally.
posted by smackfu at 8:34 AM on March 8, 2005

grouse kicks ass.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 9:35 AM on March 8, 2005

Oh god, I just saw

The Way Out-> map's clever, easy to use system shows you which carriage to board to arrive right opposite the platform exit at your destination.

I think I'm gonna cream.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 9:46 AM on March 8, 2005

And thank you, Carter, for using MeTa for something positive!
posted by LarryC at 9:50 AM on March 8, 2005

I agree! Meta is sort of like customer service repping. You have to listen to tons and tons of bitching, so the occasional attaboys are a really nice change.
posted by absalom at 9:54 AM on March 8, 2005

Thank you, LarryC, for your gracious acknowledgement of this constructive use of MeTa.
posted by Wolfdog at 9:57 AM on March 8, 2005

This is when we break out the lemon cookies and tequila, right?

(Nicely done, grouse. I actually have most of those maps on the laptop, and never thought to meld them into an uberpost.)
posted by eriko at 10:16 AM on March 8, 2005

Double good as I got to feel smug about having seen 90% of these already ;-)
posted by i_cola at 10:32 AM on March 8, 2005

Actually, I'm grateful that this post was such a standout. If all Mefi posts were on this level, I'd never, ever, get away from this place.
posted by jokeefe at 10:49 AM on March 8, 2005

[This is good] x2
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 10:53 AM on March 8, 2005

This post was excellent. Good work, grouse. Keep it up!
posted by loquacious at 1:43 PM on March 8, 2005

I totally had no idea what was going on, but somehow it entertained me, nonetheless. Quite funky to explore all those links!

Therefore: Yay for grouse!
posted by Kleptophoria! at 2:10 PM on March 8, 2005

Holy shit. I never expected all the praise in the blue, and I certainly never expected to get a positive callout for it here. You guys are too kind. You have made my day.
posted by grouse at 3:10 PM on March 8, 2005

I'm strangely compelled to point out that grouse is actually a member of the International Chicken Genome Sequencing Consortium and therefore wildly attractive to me, in both the platonic and ionic sense.
posted by naomi at 7:35 PM on March 8, 2005

That's so hawt. I nominate grouse for Mefi pinup of the month.
posted by jokeefe at 5:37 AM on March 9, 2005

I didn't even click on the links (having seen several of them before and never having been to London in the first place) and I still thought it was a great post.
posted by squidlarkin at 10:06 AM on March 9, 2005

It is a great post, and it makes me wonder: Can we ever have cross-referenced links from AskMe to MeFi, based on tags or something? This would be great the next time someone asks about London.
posted by amberglow at 2:43 PM on March 9, 2005

also, armage has a good one up too

*spreading the love around*
posted by amberglow at 2:45 PM on March 9, 2005