What happened to The Pol?

[wildwest450]

LOL.......... I hope someday when I piss everyone off, you all have funny things to say about me.

I'm ready. How about the time you tried to sell your hack piece of a brewing setup for an outrageous amount of money.

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

LOL.......... I hope someday when I piss everyone off, you all have funny things to say about me.

Yea, and what was up with that dude in lederhosen in all his designs?

 

[Baja_Brewer]

LOL.......... I hope someday when I piss everyone off, you all have funny things to say about me.

And a toolbox as a control panel box.... wait, that was actually a really good idea....

Carry on

 

[OMJ]

The Pol got a sandy you know what. He made cool stuff and couldn't handle criticism. The remarks made about his designs were very valid and he just didn't take it well. Don't post to a public forum if you don't want to be corrected. People telling you that you have built something that is unsafe is no reason to get all panty bundled.

I got blasted in the Simple Brewery build thread. Did I cry and quite? No. I made my future builds better and tried to learn from my mistakes. I think The Pol is a good example of how not to act. I also think he rubbed some people the wrong way.

To bad though... it is always fun looking at shiny pictures and he was always good for that.

I think you hit the nail on the head. It sucks cause despite the fact that he didnt come up with the idea of brewing with electric he did make it popular and accessible to more people. I bet there wouldnt be nearly as many electric rig threads if it wasnt for his.

 

[Liquidicem]

It's too bad to see him go. He did a really great job of documenting his builds and helping out people who wanted to replicate them.

If anyone knows where he is continuing to document his current build, please send me a PM.

 

[Yambor44]

Man! I knew something was up. I tried to PM him about something and there was no PM option.

 

[kryolla]

I always found it funny how much he loves his grass

 

[KingBrianI]

No one has stated the obvious... Maybe his unsafe rig up and bit him! The irony!

Just kidding. One shouldn't joke about things like that. I'm sorry.

Seriously though, he was always on the edge of a hissy fit. I remember back when he was posting a new thread everyday about how great brewmasters warehouse is. Hey, I love brewmasters warehouse as much as the next guy, and use them often, but what the pol was doing was ridiculous. When he posted an advertisement for BMW in an AHS thread, I gently mentioned that it might be inappropriate and he had a little fit. He was a jerk to me ever since. Basically, if you question him or his ideas you become his enemy.

 

[humann_brewing]

note to self: don't piss anyone off on this forum

 

[IrregularPulse]

seriously. Everyone seems to be coming out of the wood work at the chance to bash someone who isn't even hear anymore. If you "don't like him", why do you care enough about him to let it ruin your day?

 

[bob1852]

[can't wait until IP is gone so we can bash him]

 

[Walker]

seriously. Everyone seems to be coming out of the wood work at the chance to bash someone who isn't even hear anymore. If you "don't like him", why do you care enough about him to let it ruin your day?

+1 to that.

I have my opinions on a lot of people, but won't share those opinions, be that person active on the forum or not.

I'm actually not sure why I am even reading this thread...

 

[IrregularPulse]

[can't wait until IP is gone so we can bash him]

haha Why wait till I leave? That's why we hang out in the TR!

 

[the_bird]

+2. I'm not around here enough anymore to have noticed Pol slipping out the back door, but it's pretty classless to start talking about the guy when he's not around to defend himself.

Maybe it's stuff like this that keeps me from wanting to be around here as much...

 

[dataz722]

[can't wait until IP is gone so we can bash him]

What? We are supposed to wait?

 

[KingBrianI]

seriously. Everyone seems to be coming out of the wood work at the chance to bash someone who isn't even hear anymore. If you "don't like him", why do you care enough about him to let it ruin your day?

If you're referring to my post, I never insinuated he ever ruined my day. I'm simply amused that he ran off like a schoolgirl when some people questioned a build. That's funny s#!t!

 

[Gremlyn]

note to self: don't piss anyone off on this forum

Too late, I already hate you. Really no reason why though.

 

[Synovia]

+1 to that.

I have my opinions on a lot of people, but won't share those opinions, be that person active on the forum or not.

I'm actually not sure why I am even reading this thread...

If people have issues, and nothing ever gets said, nothing ever gets fixed.

 

[Walker]

If people have issues, and nothing ever gets said, nothing ever gets fixed.

But who has the right to say what is right or wrong and what needs to be fixed?

Were talking about people and personalities. Just because two people don't see eye-to-eye doesn't mean something needs to change.

 

[Yambor44]

If people have issues, and nothing ever gets said, nothing ever gets fixed.

Thank you!

 

[Yambor44]

But who has the right to say what is right or wrong and what needs to be fixed?

Were talking about people and personalities. Just because two people don't see eye-to-eye doesn't mean something needs to change.

True. But I don't think people want anything to change. Just stating opinions which is what a public forum is all about.....or used to be I guess.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

To me, the bottom line is that if you post or say something in public, like in a public forum for example, then anyone can comment on it. If you want to have your own world where you are never wrong, start a blog and disable the comments. The Pol had some flaws in his design, did not want to recognize them, got pissy about it, and quite the forum because he wasn't having fun anymore.

That is his prerogative. I don't feel bad about calling him out on it and I hope someday he comes back.

 

[TxBrew]

+2. I'm not around here enough anymore to have noticed Pol slipping out the back door, but it's pretty classless to start talking about the guy when he's not around to defend himself.

Maybe it's stuff like this that keeps me from wanting to be around here as much...

+1

Not sure the deal with Pol but e-mail him if you want to know what he's up to. Closing this thread, don't want it to continue down a bad path.