mr. furley
Footballguy
at first i didn't mind this guy. but he proved to be a ##### time & again. he also posts at another beer forum that i read.. and he's a ##### there as well. he seems to specifically go out of his way to nit-pick, #####, challenge, fight, whatever with the owners/founders of every site he posts at.
why? who knows.
but good riddance to the dude.
Todd
People's Republic Of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Beer Mail Privately Todd is on-line
BA Since: Aug 22, 1996
What happened to Venom?
Posted: 08-04-2006 13:17:54 UTC
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We weren’t going to post anything about this, because frankly it’s nobody’s business, but there’s some misinformed gossip going on, some concern, and some childish actions going on. Few are coming to the source for answers, so here:
* Venom was our #1 complained about user on the site for years.
* He was warned numerous times to use his passion and knowledge in a positive way, instead of living up to his username. We’ve cut him tons of slack in the past as we know that deep down he’s passionate about beer and a solid guy. But he just didn’t listen.
* Last week we got 2 complaints in the same day, so we decided to put him in a temporary timeout until this past Monday morning.
* We heard from several sources that Venom was blaming his timeout on a very minor argument with Cfahooligan in the Beer & Food group for the timeout, that we read Beer Mails (like we have the freagin' time), etc, etc … none of which is true.
* The gossip got bad over this past weekend at some beer gatherings.
* Venom couldn’t take the timeout like a man, continued to act out, fed the rumor mills with false information, and finally emailed us with a request to be deleted. If he had just taken the timeout for what it was, he’d be back on-line now.
* And if only Loren was Venom … none of this would have happened, but this is all on him.
For anyone who has an issue with this:
* We highly advise you to not get cute with your profile (making comments or posting avatars related to any of this). We’ll give you the option to clean up your avatar now, or we’ll remove the avatar once, but the second time you’ll be removed from the site permanently. No warning. So grow the hell up. This our business and a place for others to learn about beer … not your personal play ground.
* This was not fun for Jason or I, and our patience on the matter is running thin due to people continuing to gossip and pushing our buttons. So if you can’t handle all of this, please do the adult thing and simply leave or we’ll be forced to show you the door—something we’d rather not do.
Bottom-line: we’ve invited all of you into our house to have some beers. Don’t piss where you drink, and don’t piss in our house. Respect the site and other users. Have fun. This is BEER!
And please stop with the high-five Beer Mails … his removal from the site is not something we should be celebrating. And this will be the last time we explain our decision to remove a user from our site.
So c'mon ... we trying to do something good here, for beer and those who love it, and we're way too busy to deal with this kind of bull####.
Thanks for listening. Onward …
Todd
why? who knows.
but good riddance to the dude.
Todd
People's Republic Of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Beer Mail Privately Todd is on-line
BA Since: Aug 22, 1996
What happened to Venom?
Posted: 08-04-2006 13:17:54 UTC
--
We weren’t going to post anything about this, because frankly it’s nobody’s business, but there’s some misinformed gossip going on, some concern, and some childish actions going on. Few are coming to the source for answers, so here:
* Venom was our #1 complained about user on the site for years.
* He was warned numerous times to use his passion and knowledge in a positive way, instead of living up to his username. We’ve cut him tons of slack in the past as we know that deep down he’s passionate about beer and a solid guy. But he just didn’t listen.
* Last week we got 2 complaints in the same day, so we decided to put him in a temporary timeout until this past Monday morning.
* We heard from several sources that Venom was blaming his timeout on a very minor argument with Cfahooligan in the Beer & Food group for the timeout, that we read Beer Mails (like we have the freagin' time), etc, etc … none of which is true.
* The gossip got bad over this past weekend at some beer gatherings.
* Venom couldn’t take the timeout like a man, continued to act out, fed the rumor mills with false information, and finally emailed us with a request to be deleted. If he had just taken the timeout for what it was, he’d be back on-line now.
* And if only Loren was Venom … none of this would have happened, but this is all on him.
For anyone who has an issue with this:
* We highly advise you to not get cute with your profile (making comments or posting avatars related to any of this). We’ll give you the option to clean up your avatar now, or we’ll remove the avatar once, but the second time you’ll be removed from the site permanently. No warning. So grow the hell up. This our business and a place for others to learn about beer … not your personal play ground.
* This was not fun for Jason or I, and our patience on the matter is running thin due to people continuing to gossip and pushing our buttons. So if you can’t handle all of this, please do the adult thing and simply leave or we’ll be forced to show you the door—something we’d rather not do.
Bottom-line: we’ve invited all of you into our house to have some beers. Don’t piss where you drink, and don’t piss in our house. Respect the site and other users. Have fun. This is BEER!
And please stop with the high-five Beer Mails … his removal from the site is not something we should be celebrating. And this will be the last time we explain our decision to remove a user from our site.
So c'mon ... we trying to do something good here, for beer and those who love it, and we're way too busy to deal with this kind of bull####.
Thanks for listening. Onward …
Todd


Time to go. I'm gonna do a chapter in my "How to brew like a Monk" book. Getting my all grain system soon and want to hit the ground running. I'll be keggin all my beer and serving on tap at my house, so growlers will be available.Thats right, the homebrew I sent to you Tip Top broke in transit. Wingnut, you drink the Old Procrastinator yet?
You sly dog! I thought you sent an OG.....Ok, this ones going in my fridge right now to drink tomorrow.
When I got it I was all "Cool....but Ive had it and still have one...Oh well, good stuff anyhoo"I had no idea.Now Im STOKED to try it!!!!!!!!! Tomorrows the night. What style of beer is it??? Im guesing Barleywine.






BTW, you ever gonna make that beer trip through New England?
things wrong = :list:Bob the Builder = "Can we fix it? Yes we can!"Beer thread group = :yeah: