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The wrath of the buffalo
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johnkitchens
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I made the buffalo angry. I made a thread about a certain alarm system. I want name it for fear of further angering the buffalo, but I will just say the alarm had a reputation for being "simple" and "safe".
I have never had the buffalo trample me so I guess I should be counting my blessings. Maybe it was because my post wasn't "Egg" related, but why have an Off Topic section on the forum if we can't talk about OT stuff?????
Maybe it was because I mentioned the brand name, and the buffalo don't want their forum to be seen as promoting or disparaging a certain brand name.
I realize that BGE owns the forum and the bandwidth, BUT we are your customers. We spend our money with you. I personally have converted a half dozen or more people over and they are now BGE owners.
Why can't we talk in the OT section about other, non controversial, things? Post some rules about what wakes up the buffalo, and we will follow them.
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I have never had the buffalo trample me so I guess I should be counting my blessings. Maybe it was because my post wasn't "Egg" related, but why have an Off Topic section on the forum if we can't talk about OT stuff?????
Maybe it was because I mentioned the brand name, and the buffalo don't want their forum to be seen as promoting or disparaging a certain brand name.
I realize that BGE owns the forum and the bandwidth, BUT we are your customers. We spend our money with you. I personally have converted a half dozen or more people over and they are now BGE owners.
Why can't we talk in the OT section about other, non controversial, things? Post some rules about what wakes up the buffalo, and we will follow them.
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Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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Seems as the Buffalo has been a bit sensitive lately.Las Vegas, NV
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No rhyme or reason sometimes. There are of course the automatic thread killers...
AND, the sure fire instant thread killer - The buffalo hates the colonel
Phoenix -
"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
-Umberto Eco
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Wrong weekend here. Last weekend the buffalo took a break and didn't surface til Monday AM (He/she was certainly fed plenty to address but let it roam). You never know, but every thread I have had torpedoed has addressed a company or product by name. So that is a solid entering buffalo trigger.
BTW- @johnkitchens - I was learning quite a bit from that thread and posts. So much for learning.Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. -
Thank You! I was as well for the limited time it was up.lousubcap said:BTW- @johnkitchens - I was learning quite a bit from that thread and posts. So much for learning.
I love my Big Green Egg. Both of them. Love, Love, Love them. (maybe that will help)Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's -
I hope it wasn't me mentioning another brand of alarm/surveillance system !!! If so I apologize....
Greensboro North Carolina
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Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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South of Nashville, TN
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Buffaloing a thread is fine .... its when we have to #free @johnkitchens when I would worry.
I think I have more posts in buffalo'd threads than in my post count.A bison’s level of aggressiveness, both physical and passive, is legendary. - NPS -
Maybe it's because you never post a cook?
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Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's
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"Maybe it was because I mentioned the brand name, and the buffalo don't want their forum to be seen as promoting or disparaging a certain brand name."
Think you might have it right.......
Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad! -
I have a theory, but I would like to remain a member in good standing."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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Sorry I missed that thread. I would have liked to read what you had to say. I myself am looking into something "simply" and "safe"
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Feels like you just ran with the Bulls doesn't it @johnkitchens
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I'm not a fan of the censorship here. I think the decision to flag any threads about the Joetisserie so that they stop rising to the top after a short while is both sad and short sighted. Decisions like this leaves me with a very negative feeling about the BGE. If the so called leaders of BGE keep this up, my loyalty to their product and their company is gone.
Beautiful and lovely Villa Rica, Georgia -
Hell hath no fury like a buffalo scorned
Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.
Status- Standing by.
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Hell I'm just glad to see you posting John!Slumming it in Aiken, SC.
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Jeremiah said:
I have been posting a little bit! My cooks are very mundane. We don't have many "challenges" down here.Hell I'm just glad to see you posting John!
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He COULD post some cooks....Jeremiah said:Hell I'm just glad to see you posting John! -
Ok here is what I cooked this evening.theyolksonyou said:
He COULD post some cooks....Jeremiah said:Hell I'm just glad to see you posting John!
Louisville, GA - 2 Large BGE's -
That's the spirit!
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So is John. We're practically related.Jeremiah said:Well you are from Georgia... -
Branch kin, but I'm upstream
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Saying stuff like "Hillary for Prison in 2016" is like a mating call for the buffalo. He will be here soon. The buffalo does not like politics, profanity, or trash talking brand name products. It's a forum paid for by BGE so they get to make and enforce the rules.Richmond and Mathews County, VA. Large BGE, Weber gas, little Weber charcoal. Vintage ManGrates. Little reddish portable kamado that shall remain nameless here. Very Extremely Stable Genius.
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Whatever helps y'all sleep better.... Hey it could be worse, y'all could be sporting tied dyed tee shirts too... Slumming it in Aiken, SC.
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That's fine; I think everyone here would appreciate it if they published the rules.JethroVA said:Saying stuff like "Hillary for Prison in 2016" is like a mating call for the buffalo. He will be here soon. The buffalo does not like politics, profanity, or trash talking brand name products. It's a forum paid for by BGE so they get to make and enforce the rules._____________Remember when teachers used to say 'You won't have a calculator everywhere you go'? Well, we showed them.
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If it was clear and consistent and managed tightly it would be boring, and one less OT to talk about.
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