Whats Your Favorite Forum Argument?

[Back Yard Brewer]

Love the Darren Vs Retailers. No bars hold straight for the jugular stuff. Makes gripping reading the old and the new. Just when you think Darren has dissapearedoff the radar his head pops up on another thread ready to say it how he see's it. Great stuff :lol: Its seems going on the vote count I am not the only one.

BYB

 

[staggalee]

The vote count says it in one.
It would never have been in doubt from the moment it appeared on the board

stagga.

 

[Katherine]

maybe its like prostitution. paying someone else to do the work, while you still get the same result??

baaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[jimmyjack]

Darren V everybody else should be a category & no D you cant ask the mods to delete this post. On a positive point at least D stands up and tells people what he thinks wrong or right.


JJ

 

[TidalPete]

On a positive point at least D stands up and tells people what he thinks wrong or right.
JJ

And that is what democracy is all about. :beerbang:

I may not agree with what you say but will fight to the death your right to say it --- Voltaire .

TP :beer:

 

[Sammus]

heh, I'd say my choice was fairly obvious.

I've never had issue with DIY electrics - I do it too - it's the almost-certain-electrocution-type jobs that get me ranting.

Lol you'd hate to see my oven then.

The thermostat died recently, and my landlord refuses to fix my oven (I swear this must be against the law, I have to cook!) so I installed a spare PID I had kicking around to control the element. I like it better now than before, but it certainly is a bit dodgy :lol:

 

[3GumsBrewing]

maybe its like prostitution. paying someone else to do the work, while you still get the same result??

No that's Fresh Wort Kits.

:lol:

 

[LethalCorpse]

(I swear this must be against the law, I have to cook!)

Yeah, it is, he has to make good any permanent fixtures - including ovens. You can take him to the tribunal and get a repaired oven, plus (I think) a tidy fine and slap on the wrist for him, but you'd have to pull the PID controller off first

 

[bconnery]

Lol you'd hate to see my oven then.

The thermostat died recently, and my landlord refuses to fix my oven (I swear this must be against the law, I have to cook!) so I installed a spare PID I had kicking around to control the element. I like it better now than before, but it certainly is a bit dodgy :lol:

Getting right off topic here...
Unless things have changed basically you can issue him a notice to remedy breach, he must then respond within a certain timeframe, after which you can then go tribunal, or issue him with a notice of intention to vacate...

This happened to me back in the day. Our landlord refused to fix the gas oven, 'there are a bunch of spare nobs there...' and the leaking roof 'we had it looked at, they couldn't find anything wrong', that would be apart from the water in my bedroom of course....
We went through all this and got out of the lease without penalty.

Contact the tenants authority, assuming it still exists, and it is the same in states other than QLD too of course...

 

[reVoxAHB]

Yeah, it is, he has to make good any permanent fixtures - including ovens. You can take him to the tribunal and get a repaired oven, plus (I think) a tidy fine and slap on the wrist for him, but you'd have to pull the PID controller off first

:icon_offtopic: we recently took our tenants (2 guys) to tribunal with a notice to vacate for failure to pay rent, 6 weeks ongoing. get this: the first guy contacts Metro West (charity organisation) who writes him a cheque for 1/3 of rent owing. second guy calls Metro East who writes him a cheque for another 1/3 (as I understand it, only metro east OR west is able to provide 1 assistance cheque specific to the location of dwelling - how they pimped them both, I do not know). Then, they called back and used the first name of tenant 1 and the last name of tenant 2, and got a final cheque for the remaining 1/3 owing for a person who does not even exist! they rock up to tribunal with the full amount owing, a free court-appointed attorney, a counsellor with diagnosis statement of depression, etc. the magistrate let them stay as they technically paid their rent.

coincidentally, their oven went out too and we had someone there to repair it within 24 hours. if you have a dodgy landlord, it's time to move or kick him in the ass with tribunal, if you can be bothered. tribunal and the system, is on the side of the tenant from the word go, imo.

</rant>

 

[PostModern]

I may not agree with what you say but will fight to the death your right to say it --- Voltaire .

I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to mis-attribute this quote to Voltaire.

 

[mika]

Might have muffed that link PoMo

 

[peas_and_corn]

Hey Insider,

Just noticed this thread. I am unsure why the Darren v Retailer thread is so popular but perhaps its because each and everyone of us realise that if we band together and ignore the commonly biased posts from retailers (and their pussies) homebrewing can become significantly less expensive (and intelligent).

cheers

Darren

PS: HOMEBREWING is a passion for me and no-one close to me really thought that I would stop posting 8)

Or maybe the people who voted that option just find it outrageous and funny?

 

[LethalCorpse]

Getting right off topic here...

Is this really a thread where getting off-topic is much of an issue?

Or maybe the people who voted that option just find it outrageous and funny?

Yep. Darren, don't think that anyone choosing your antics in the poll means they agree with you in any way.

 

[white.grant]

Might have muffed that link PoMo

Voltaire actually wrote in his "Essay on Tolerance" no less, "...I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write." it was later paraphrased by Evelyn Beatrice Hall.

see http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall

cheers

Grant

 

[PostModern]

Might have muffed that link PoMo

Fixed.

Voltaire actually wrote in his "Essay on Tolerance" no less, "...I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write." it was later paraphrased by Evelyn Beatrice Hall.

see http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall

cheers

Grant

From the now fixed link:

Hall herself claimed later that she had been paraphrasing Voltaire's words in his Essay on Tolerance:

``Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.''

Seems he was a Golden Rule kinda guy in general.

 

[TidalPete]

I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to mis-attribute this quote to Voltaire.

Thanks for that PoMo. I took a chance & attributed that quote to Voltaire. I stand corrected if it is not but I will probably never know as your link above is not working.

TP :beer:

PS ------------- too late!

 

[wyatt_girth]

Lol you'd hate to see my oven then.

The thermostat died recently, and my landlord refuses to fix my oven (I swear this must be against the law, I have to cook!) so I installed a spare PID I had kicking around to control the element. I like it better now than before, but it certainly is a bit dodgy :lol:

To continue OT... here's a handy starting point for you Sammus.

 

[gundaroo]

the natural carb vs force carb issue has created debate in the past.

 

[SpillsMostOfIt]

I'm disappointed that this isn't a more heated discussion.

Wouldn't it be good if the best forum argument was about which forum argument was the best?