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Dan

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Rant on.

I come here to read brewers' posts, legendary brewers, experienced brewers, new brewers, all grain guys, extract brewers; always seem to learn something from them and if I have the knowledge answer questions too. i even come here occasionally for grammar correction.

I use HBT as a social outlet too. I've laughed my ass off on some of the humor injected into post. Lately, not getting much of that. I'm sure it's just me but reading the threads from a few years ago I notice much more technical research and good will.

Recently (and some of my rant might have started from this) A guy started a thread to help newbies out. He didn't make any false claims to be an expert. He gave a link to a website and on the site he gave answers to many new brewers questions, and he did a very good job of it.

Somewhere along the line in his post "USE THE SEARCH BUTTON" topic came up. WTF. If you're a new guy you probably don't know about the search button aside from the one at the center top of the page which if you do use sucks butt. There was one in the glass of foamy beer on the top of the page which works great. I swear when somebody first enlightened everybody about that it was just a small little google image in the glass but now boldly states search above the glass and has a window to type the search words into.


Anyway, carry on. Rant over.
 
Aw come on Dan, every sidewalk has a few cracks. Yea, that thread fell apart pretty fast, but... aw, I'll quote Anne Frank...

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.​

I visited that house she hid in in Amsterdam and it is moving. Really puts things into perspective. Good luck with your thread.
 
I know what you're saying Passedpawn. It was just a rant. There are many great people here on HBT who do care and help a whole lot. I'm pretty sure I was being a bit of an A$$ with that post.
 
agreed, it took me a little while to find the magical search function in the corner. My life was forever changed the day i found it. I agree though, some posts reccently have gotten off topic. You could put 10 homebrewers in a room and they might never agree on a topic. There is more than one way to skin a cat and thats fine. People just need to stop being so sensitive
 
I've noticed that some folks here are REALLY passionate about their beer. So sometimes posts get a bit heated and snarky. I try to overlook that, because I've learned a lot about brewing here, even though I've been homebrewing since the early 1990's and did a 4 year stint as a brewmaster at a brewpub in NJ.

But you are right, there are 2 or 3 rather large egos that occasionally post on the internet... in between uploading pornography and bizarre conspiracy theories. Just kidding, folks.
 
raptorkeeper89 said:
agreed, it took me a little while to find the magical search function in the corner. My life was forever changed the day i found it. I agree though, some posts reccently have gotten off topic. You could put 10 homebrewers in a room and they might never agree on a topic. There is more than one way to skin a cat and thats fine. People just need to stop being so sensitive
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I love skinning cats!!
 
Dan said:
Rant on.

I come here to read brewers' posts, legendary brewers, experienced brewers, new brewers, all grain guys, extract brewers; always seem to learn something from them and if I have the knowledge answer questions too. i even come here occasionally for grammar correction.

I use HBT as a social outlet too. I've laughed my ass off on some of the humor injected into post. Lately, not getting much of that. I'm sure it's just me but reading the threads from a few years ago I notice much more technical research and good will.

Recently (and some of my rant might have started from this) A guy started a thread to help newbies out. He didn't make any false claims to be an expert. He gave a link to a website and on the site he gave answers to many new brewers questions, and he did a very good job of it.

Somewhere along the line in his post "USE THE SEARCH BUTTON" topic came up. WTF. If you're a new guy you probably don't know about the search button aside from the one at the center top of the page which if you do use sucks butt. There was one in the glass of foamy beer on the top of the page which works great. I swear when somebody first enlightened everybody about that it was just a small little google image in the glass but now boldly states search above the glass and has a window to type the search words into.


Anyway, carry on. Rant over.
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There are already 14 threads about this. Why didn't you use the search function?!
 
Is this thread infected? I can't figure out how to post a picture of it, but it seems like it might be.
 
worksnorth said:
Some say there is no reason to secondary, letting it stew in it's original juices may be better!
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I read in a 30 year old book that you gotta get it off the maggots after a week
 
lschiavo said:
There are the a$$holes and then there are the good at heart folks like us. There are more of us. A good filter is all that is necessary.
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I never use filters they make for bad brew. And if you guys would realize you are all doing it wrong and just do it my way there'd be no debate. :)
 
lschiavo said:
There are the a$$holes and then there are the good at heart folks like us. There are more of us. A good filter is all that is necessary.
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Good point Ischiavo. I see from your profile you're an electrician. I was for many years. Aircraft electrician and pretty good at it but have to admit AC in the home I've never quite understood. So simple on airplanes because pretty much everything is a ground.

Anyway. I learned a few things over the years about electricians. Good people, savvy, excellent trouble shooters, and use much common sense along with applied science to achieve the task at hand.
 
SittingDuck said:
I never use filters they make for bad brew. And if you guys would realize you are all doing it wrong and just do it my way there'd be no debate. :)
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I agree. Never filter beer. And I AM doing it your way as far as you know.
 
lschiavo said:
There are the a$$holes and then there are the good at heart folks like us. There are more of us. A good filter is all that is necessary.
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Agreed, almost everyone here has some interesting insight and the desire to share that knowledge.

Beyond site navigation fluency, the touchiness is the balance between the newer, nervous brewers that want instant feedback to their "unique" question and those seasoned HBTers that have forum fatigue from seeing the same panicky questions repeatedly. Degrees of patience. And like most everywhere else, the small percentage of jerks, new and old, will ruffle a few feathers. But, there is an equilibrium, those new brewers learn and help answer the newest, new brewers and so on and so on, a lot of good folks here.

Sorry for the momentary bout of seriousness in this thread, fart.
 
dcHokie said:
Agreed, almost everyone here has some interesting insight and the desire to share that knowledge.

Beyond site navigation fluency, the touchiness is the balance between the newer, nervous brewers that want instant feedback to their "unique" question and those seasoned HBTers that have forum fatigue from seeing the same panicky questions repeatedly. Degrees of patience. And like most everywhere else, the small percentage of jerks, new and old, will ruffle a few feathers. But, there is an equilibrium, those new brewers learn and help answer the newest, new brewers and so on and so on, a lot of good folks here.

Sorry for the momentary bout of seriousness in this thread, fart.
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Great post!!
 
Dan said:
Good point Ischiavo. I see from your profile you're an electrician. I was for many years. Aircraft electrician and pretty good at it but have to admit AC in the home I've never quite understood. So simple on airplanes because pretty much everything is a ground.

Anyway. I learned a few things over the years about electricians. Good people, savvy, excellent trouble shooters, and use much common sense along with applied science to achieve the task at hand.
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I cannot understand DC vehicle wiring. People always ask me for help on cars/trucks. It's greek to me but I can fix the wiring in your house right quick. It's just what you know and do.

Electricians are good folks. I've seen quite a few of your posts and I'm not surprised that you're a wireman.
 
DC is straight forward. Direct current seeks a ground. In a car pretty much everything metal is a return path.
 

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