I have to agree. Never have I seen such stupid and useless posts as the ones that come from him....imagine making a list of all the people you think are worth a **** and posting it.....meaning everyone else must be useless.
And the whole thing about the boat people...if he really cares..donate time and make a difference. less time posting and maybe helping in some real way. other wise don't give your useless opinion.
happy new year
Well budwiser, that
is an interesting post. Before dismissing you I actually took the time to read through your posts/topics.* To me, quite surprisingly, they seem to be productive. Haysie should have been permanently banned a long time ago so I find it interesting that you are agreeing with him. Quite a puzzle actually.
I do write long posts and put a fair bit of thought into them. The main one I wrote tonight you can read
here. It took about two hours to write and, if read correctly would take the same amount of time, or more, to digest and think through. I'm a bit suspicious that you mightn't be able to do this.
I enjoy writing such posts about the grey areas of brewing.
If you want to criticise me, then you should criticise me about how much I enjoy writing posts that require some thinking and might make me, after a few beers, look clever :lol:. If you did this, you would be about 25% right, but probably a lot less. When I write, my usual motivation is the challenge of handing on knowledge or experience in an easy to use manner. This is not easy. For me, it provides an intellectual challenge that I find enjoyable. So, it amuses me.
You have criticised me, inaccurately, for making a list of valuable people. As I wrote,
very clearly, the only people I mentioned, were the ones who contributed to this thread. Just acknowledging
them took a few hours and I like, from time to time to acknowledge those who really contribute here. They deserve it.
I could have mentioned many others such as
hashie, jimmysuperlative, wizard78 and NME who have been making a massive difference for at least several years. I could have mentioned Dane and doc and all the mods. These are just a few names that spring to mind.
These people and countless others make a productive, positive influence. They make a difference. Often the difference made is behind the scenes and is never seen.
One thing though that you will find is that when they post here or anywhere else, they post with the best of intentions. They strive as best as they can, to give quality information / service. Occasionally they stuff up.
So, if you find long posts like the one I linked at the beginning non-productive and you don't really know my history here then that is fine. If you want to believe haysies's posts about edits/deletes/etc. then that is fine but...
Don't criticise me for spending time giving a bit of credit to those on this forum to those who deserve it. You should do the same and there are a lot more great members out there making a difference in spite of others.
You have also criticised me for my more humanitarian threads. Maybe this is what made you agree with haysie? I don't know.
But, on a final note, what I think is good practice, are posts like InCider's above. As far as I can see he is willing to waste his time on someone who never writes posts that add value. I wish I could be more like InCider. He's a bloke that strives to make a difference where he walks.
So budwiser, are you really trying to make a difference where you walk or does criticising me have a point that I can't see?
I know I write too long a posts and often write them in a grandiose style. Is the latter all that it is? Or was it my thread on the Christmas Island Drownings that you couldn't quite accept?**
Thanks to you others - I better not mention you but you know who you are so :icon_cheers:
Pat
* You should probably do the same with mine.
** Maybe you and haysie should post directly there instead of obliquely here. You criticise me for late night posts, the same ones you have done here, so, next time bud, maybe contribute to this thread perhaps after 8am and before midday? And maybe do a bit more reading. LOL.