tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post997570138839142445..comments2024-03-22T16:38:44.587-05:00Comments on Yours for Good Fermentables ™: Free goodsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-83545068053791951572010-05-08T08:36:58.506-05:002010-05-08T08:36:58.506-05:00A thoughtful response from Martin Wooster, a write...A thoughtful response from Martin Wooster, a writer for Mid-Atlantic Brewing News:<br /><br />Well, my rules are:<br /><br />* I do accept free dinners but I have always written about the dinners I accept. I only ask to be comped for dinners I think have news value (i.e. you're bringing in a brewer from Lower Slobbovia).<br /><br />* I of course accept review copies of books I'm THOMAS CIZAUSKAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485107199809830204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-59011527865799587852010-05-06T16:31:07.198-05:002010-05-06T16:31:07.198-05:00The ability to publish (with or without real crede...The ability to publish (with or without real credentials) is empowering. It even sometimes gets us things we normally wouldn't get in "real life." However, uttering the phase you overheard in any way that isn't clearly facetious is shameful.SirRonhttp://www.theferm.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-72569939321587055502010-05-06T11:57:24.892-05:002010-05-06T11:57:24.892-05:00Yeah, you're right, disgusting behaviour. Samp...Yeah, you're right, disgusting behaviour. Samples - not really the same as demanding free food just co you managed to get a free blogging account.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05512660051158275112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-11462401529076711052010-05-06T10:55:31.634-05:002010-05-06T10:55:31.634-05:00Also, in a related theme, see today's "Pe...Also, in a related theme, see today's "Pearls Before Swine" comic:<br />http://images.chron.com/apps/comics/images/2010/5/6/Pearls_Before_Swine.18.g.gifAlexander D. Mitchell IVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16063927891723178579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-13010881179115310482010-05-06T10:46:00.829-05:002010-05-06T10:46:00.829-05:00My reply:
http://beerinbaltimore.blogspot.com/2010...My reply:<br />http://beerinbaltimore.blogspot.com/2010/05/why-im-not-camra-member.htmlAlexander D. Mitchell IVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16063927891723178579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3999587.post-30219164298845549612010-05-06T08:51:53.481-05:002010-05-06T08:51:53.481-05:00Have I ever begged for "free"? I really ...Have I ever begged for "free"? I really hope not. I have been offered samples and asked for them as well. But from the distributor so I figure this is part of the PR budget. But being in a pub or restaurant and demanding discount or free? I am not sure where on the continuum between rube and arsehole that would place me but I am sure that it would be somewhere in there.<br /><br />Alan<Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01670495301758701170noreply@blogger.com