John Nervo wrote:

> I have been looking back in the archives and notices that as far as I
> can tell you have NEVER started your own topic.

And this is relevant why, exactly? Also, I've posted under other than
just this handle in the past. Archive results are only so useful.

That, and I have a life, and don't spend a lot of it on Usenet. Some,
yes, but not so much.

> Do you acctually have
> an interest in creating useful and interesting conversations or are you
> just here to bitch??

I'm here to tell you to **** off and concentrate on the topics covered
in this newsgroup. So, **** off, and concentrate on the topics covered
in this newsgroup. You got a problem with that?

See, you come here and start asking about stuff, and people answer.
This is bacause Usenet is an open forum. Don't need to sign up or
anything. You just post. If you don't like what is posted, you pretty
much have one option: don't read it. If you don't like that nature of
Usenet, you have a similar option: don't use it. You can hang out
on the web forums if you think that will help you any more than here.

> Tell us about your personal and extentive beer
> knowledge and experiance.

I oughta tell ya, first, that I can communicate in English, so I know
how to spell "extensive" and "experience." Because I can do that, I've
been writing about beer in my region for the last six and a half years,
and also editing an industry newsletter for a while too. Also got a
web site about beer in my region, but I don't feel the need to thump
my chest and advertise it in my .sig any more ... people seem to find
it with a Google search pretty easily. I've also travelled, um,
extensively in the beer-friendly bits of the world, in Europe and
in some bits of the USA and Canada, and am familiar with a broad range
of styles. Got friends who do beer writing elsewhere too, including
a particularly good one in Austria whose friendship I value immensely.

I homebrewed for a while, then moved to smaller digs and decided it
wasn't worth the time, since I was drinking plenty as it was on visits
and road trips to various and sundry beery destinations. I know pretty
much everyone in the industry in my region, and have hung with them and
discussed issues in the trade. I've even been party to the trials and
tribulations some of them have gone through in opening and running
their own businesses in the brewing trade - and some of them are *still*
going through trials and tribulations. Some of them have also
persevered and enjoyed success and the acknowledgement of their peers
in the industry. In all these cases, though, I'm glad it wasn't my
money and my livelihood that was involved, 'cause it's been incredibly
stressful for those folks. It's great to make friends in the trade,
though; it's provided lots of grist for my writing.

So, now I've given you, a total stranger, far more info about me than
you actually deserve. Speaking of searching the archives, I note that
an archive search reveals that you have *NO* posting history at all,
save for your OP in this thread. So who the **** are you to demand of
me what my experience is? Tell us about *your* personal and _extensive_
knowledge and _experience_, Your Petulance.
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dgs