THANK YOU ALL !
Wow!!!
I feel the love!!!
I would like to take the time to thank each of you, one at a time, but that would just take too much time & too much room on this forum, and that index finger on my right hand would never hold up doing all of that typing, all by itself!!!
All of your comments ,make me feel so good about all of the help I have attempted to give, through hundreds of PM questions, thousands of open forum comments, and I know many of you like my Step by Steps.
I appreciate your kind words more than you can imagine. You guys are surely the cream of the crop, and I appreciate all of the beautiful kind words. People who have not dealt with you guys personally, like I have, are really missing out on hanging with some outstanding human beings!!!
I was actually starting to second guess whether I should keep trying to help people, after being banned, then after losing my OTBS status, and then being told that I have a "My way or No way" attitude, and being told that there are actually people who won't come on this forum, because I am here. I am so rotten that people hate me!!! I asked for proof of that "My way or No way" in some of my 9,000 posts, and I even looked for them myself, and I couldn't find any evidence.
Maybe the fact that I put exactly how to do things in my step by steps, means I'm saying you have to do exactly what I say, to some people.
If I don't put exactly how I do it in a step by step, it wouldn't be a very good step by step. I want them to be easy to follow---not confusing!
If someone can point out a "My way or No way" in a few of my posts, I can assure you I would be quick to apologize, unless of course I was fighting to explain why something is or isn't safe. It is not easy to give in on a safety issue, if I know I'm right.
Actually the only time I get really serious about how to do things is when "Safety" is in the picture. Then I may be bullheaded, because I feel it is so important to not have unsafe things in threads, especially because some new guys could get in trouble. Sure, I realize it is each of our responsibilities to follow safe procedures, but it doesn't help if we who know the right ways do not try to help others learn those things. I figure for every one person who doesn't like that, there are 500 who appreciate it.
I have learned my lesson---From now on if it is a safety issue, and a certain 3 or 4 people are involved, I will flag it & let the moderators deal with it. Any other occasion, I will continue to help as many of you as I can.
I'm not here to fight with people---I'm here to help & to learn.
After reading so many kind words from so many wonderful people, I am no longer worried about the lies that have been told about me. The truth is on this thread, and no matter what happens to me, I will be "One Happy Bear", because I have met so many of you on this forum! Also anything I said above is not meant to start trouble. It is merely to explain the way I think, and why I conduct myself the way I do. It is also not to argue about. If you disagree with anything I said above, I don't want to hear about it in this thread. This thread is all about LOVE !
I used no names, so nobody should feel the need to defend themselves.
I'm done for now----Gotta go rest my typing finger!
Don't stop now though---If I helped make things easier for you, let me know!!! I love reading it, and Mrs Bear is finally learning that my time on here has been well spent, and appreciated by so many!!!
Thanks Everyone,
Bear
PS: I also want to thank all of you who wanted to raise the devil in my support, for listening to me & not getting yourselves in trouble. You all know who you are & I appreciate your concern, but This is still a great forum, whether I'm here or not. Thanks Again!
Thank You Shooter!Congrats Bear, keep em coming brother!
By the way, remember when you did the carpenter bee thread? You asked if anyone was interested and I was one of the ones who was. You then did a very thorough and informative thread. Well I went on vacation this Summer with some friends that had just built a house on top of a mountain in Brasstown, NC. Now they do not have an actual log cabin like you but they went with a log siding that looks just like whole logs, very beautiful. The first day we arrived and they were showing us around and I noticed a perfect hole in the overhead beams and then I started looking on the wooden deck for sawdust and of course there was some. I tell them you have a carpenter bee problem and if you don't do something about it soon you are going to have these holes everywhere. Well we were there for a week and we found new holes everyday. I told them about you and the carpenter bee thread and they wanted me to fire up the computer right away. When I showed them the thread they were amazed and were going to order a trap right away and then have their builder construct a bunch of them to match the house. I was the hero thanks to you and a thread about a carpenter bee on a BBQ forum.
Who would've thunk it?
Thanks Bear!
Thank You Todd !CONGRATS BEAR!!
Yes, You have!
Todd
Thanks Craig!!Congrats Bear!!
You have helped lots of folks..including me!!!
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Have a great day!!!
Craig
Thank You Much, Roller!!!Bear your the best. And the step by steps you have posted are always right on. YES you are a inspiration to this forum..LOVE those Bears that you carved...Thanks and Congratulations !!!!
LOL---Thanks Jimmy!Brother Bear, Where would BEAR VIEW be without you! Congrats!...JJ
Thanks Bum!!Thanks for all the valuable info Bear!! I hope I can contribute 1/10 as much to this forum as you have.
Thanks Barry---I'm glad I could help!Nice Job Bear!!!
When looking thru a tread with a lot of responses, sometimes I am guilty of skimming over some of them but I always stop when I see your Avatar because I know it will be relevant and very Informational. I have always valued your opinion and have tried a few of your step by step recipes and have had great success.
Keep it up my man!
Barry.
Thank You Very Much, Meat !!! I hope another 9,000 !Bear my friend you a great asset to all here on SMF. I just wonder how many members have been enlightened by your tutorials ! Looking forward to the next 9000.
Thanks Dave!!!---But you are no Newby, and I learned a lot from you too!!!Bear, You know how much I have learned from you.....I appreciate your time and dedication to making smoked meats easier for us "newbees" to understand.
Your friend in smoking food......Dave
Thanks Al----These Great people are always polite, and not afraid to show their appreciation.Wow Bear! 9000, are your fingers getting shorter?
Just kidding, you have been a great asset to this site & have helped so many with your tutorials.
Almost every day I run across a thread that they are thanking you for your help.
Looking forward to 9000 more.
Thanks Willie!!wow...9000 posts in a little under 2 years, impressive indeed. Thanks for all the info and advice posted. I know I have made good use of much of it and still have things on my list to do thanks to your threads. It's been my great pleasure to use your posts as information blogs when wanting to tackle a new smoke. You, and many others on here, make this the best forum to be on, learn from and avoid pitfalls that we may otherwise may have fallen into. Oh, and some of that wierd shit you smoke and eat amazed me <grin>. Keep 'em coming buddy....thanks for everything....looking forward to many more posts from you....best regards, Willie
Thanks for the kind words, K!!!You are one of my go to reads. If you type I listen. Congrats and keep em coming! Happy Smoking, Smokin - K
Thank You!Congrats on 9000 posts. Thats a lot of typing. I'm still a newbie here but i still appreciate all your knowledge that you share.
Thanks scar!!!Hey my friend, 9000 - wow you need to get a lifeLove ya man - great job
Thanks Buddy!!!YupI commend you on the milestone.Thanks for the enlightening information,pictorials,and of course HUMOR.I will continue to try to improve my "Bearview" capabilities,and although I realize I'll never achieve that level,I love the challenge.LOL
Keep it coming my Brother , and as always...
Thank you very much Len!!!Congrats on the Milestone Bear!!!!
You have personally taught me a load about smoking and i look forward to your next 9000 posts.
Your step by steps are classic tutorials helping beginners and master smokers alike, but your kind encouraging words to almost every thread by rookies make everyone that comes here welcomed!!! Thanks Bear...Len
Thanks Ahron!!!
Wow 9000 Wow , my Friend thanks for all of them. I am here only a short time but i learn plenty from your knowledge .
Keep it rolling .
LOL---Thanks Rick!!9000? well i only got 7851 to go to catch up, i guess i better put this beer down, quit looking at all the pictures and type more, did you have to replace the keyboard yet
whats the secret? go online and type when mrs bear is on you to do chores around the house? yeah thats it, you figure shes already on you so why not
Anyway keep em coming!
you look tired after all that work take a nap!
Thanks Nepas !!!Congrats Bear
I need one dem bears to take south.