:thumb: +1 to thatJeltz said:I don't think Aleman intended to bully, he just lacks tact at times (quite a lot of times to be fair :P)
BrowserUk said:Did I cause myself to be ostracized because I stood up to the bully?
graysalchemy said:I agree with what has been said already. Aleman is probably our most experienced brewer and his knowledge is second to non. If aleman gives me a piece of advice I take it, he is not usually wrong.
graysalchemy said:I do understand where Aleman is coming from though there is a lot of advice which is dubious at best and often third or forth hand with key elements lost in translation. With any forum, the more people who post on a thread, the more you see an underlying trend to the advice given and you soon get to know whose advice to trust.
bobsbeer said:BrowserUk said:Did I cause myself to be ostracized because I stood up to the bully?
Aleman is not a bully.
BarnsleyBrewer said:At the Spring Thing he kept nipping me, that's bullying.. :whistle: :whistle:
BrowserUk said:That's me done around here. Bye
BrowserUk said:graysalchemy said:I agree with what has been said already. Aleman is probably our most experienced brewer and his knowledge is second to non. If aleman gives me a piece of advice I take it, he is not usually wrong.
If I ever started brewing, that might make it worth tolerating his "way"; but it would never make it worth defending.
graysalchemy said:I do understand where Aleman is coming from though there is a lot of advice which is dubious at best and often third or forth hand with key elements lost in translation. With any forum, the more people who post on a thread, the more you see an underlying trend to the advice given and you soon get to know whose advice to trust.
If someone is handing out bad or mangled advice it should be countered.... by shouting (if he must) at the persons so doing; not the newbie asking a question.
That's me done around here. Bye
The funny thing is that I actually feel a lot of remorse for the fact that a new member has left. Still I did apologise for having a rant at other posters in the same post that I actually answered his question first, yeah I should have quoted the other posts I was referring to, or done it in a separate post.robsan77 said:Absolutely ridiculous. I see no personal insults in that thread by Aleman. There is no defending required in my opinion.