is this happening to anybody else??
 

When I click on the link to the forum in my browsing history, i get redirected to a site called 13rules.com.

Just a logo at the top of a blank page...anybody else getting this?

Yes, not me, someone I know. How did you get around it?

I kept getting redirected to www.officiating.net yesterday for about 5 minutes.

I think it's an apache (webserver) error.

The same thing is happening to me. I did a google search for "officiating.com softball forum" and was given a link that bypassed the home page and took me straight to the forum. I'm saving that link to my favorites until I figure out what's up

That is what I have done as well. I also sent a PM to Brad, the Forum administrator.

Yes. I just go to my history and click on an old url

Use the link forum.officiating.com to access the main page for the forums

I have a link in my menu bar for: http://forum.officiating.com/softball/

Brings me right here. And since it's in my menu bar on my Mac, I only need to hit Command+4 (since it's the 4th bookmark in the bar), and it brings me straight here, lickity-split.

Did you guys solve the problem?

I'm not on the staff or anything, but it does appear that the problem has been fixed.

I sure wish browsers on PC's had a place to put favorites on the menu bar! :rolleyes: ;)

Seriously, the problem link was not forum.officiating.com. That one always worked (at least on my decrepit old virus infected sub-par PC... ;))

They do! It's called "Firefox," and it's more secure than Internet Exploder. :D

I have issues with Firefox on my PC......don't know why....but I do.....

Maybe this problem is somehow related to all of the spam that has been popping up.

Poor Bob must be going crazy.....RIP mick.

Joel

Sounds like your PC could use a backup/wipe/reinstall/restore.

Been there........don't know why firefox does not like this computer. I dumped a beer on it yesterday afternoon..........it finally dried out and started this a.m........:eek:

Maybe firefox will work now.......

I sure saw some crazy looking code and stuff before it shut off though.......lol

Joel

Hope you didn't waste a good beer on that.

Most of it...Killeans Irish Red....and I had it in a glass too.........so it was pretty much a flood. I unplugged everything fairly quick, flipped the laptop over on a towel until is seemed pretty dry and then layed it up on its side and let a fan blow on it all night.

I pretty much figured I was screwed.....but much to my amazement, it started for me this morning.

Luckily......I had four more beers in the fridge. But never again will I set a glass down on the left side of this desk. Gonna use a little night stand from now on.

Joel

Don't worry, he didn't. :D

I think Mike may have recommended that to me once...........:p

Joel

I could be wrong.......so maybe you have a good ale or lager (or any other beer for that matter) to recommend......and you have to remember......It has to be something that can be purchased at many places. Not too many specialty stores around where I frequent.

This thread has now officially been highjacked.

Joel

Leinenkugel's Red (from Wisconsin) is tastier than Killians. Don't know if it's available near you, but I know that Leinie's is being distributed more widely than before.

Hey, now, I like Killean's Irish Red

I can't help but notice that you said "like" instead of "love."

I love Leinie's Red. :)

Bah. That's 'cause you're a cheesehead. A bit watery for me. Besides, it's a lager and I prefer ales. I don't know about TX, but these on my list you can definitely get the next time you're in WI. My favorite regional right now is "Two Hearted Ale" (an IPA) out of Kalamazoo, Michigan. A close second is "Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale" out of Cleveland. Both of these should be available at liquor stores throughout the Midwest, at least. My local standby is Summit Extra Pale Ale (St. Paul, MN). If you're an ale man, it is not quite up to the first two, but still very drinkable and a bit less bitter.

I most certainly am. Can't help it if I'm perfect. :D

Actually, I consider Killian's to be watery compared to Leinie's.

Open the link, send shortcut to desktop, drag shortcut down to the left side of the task bar. That's the XP version.

Andy & Little Jimmy ? If not beer on your system. :D

Unfortuantely, this is not available in the stores here in Texas - well, at least not in North Texas. That's brewed by Bell's, isn't it? It's a very good IPA. I've had other Bell's brews that I've enjoyed, too.
I've had some of the Great Lakes brews, but can't remember if I've had this one, or not. Most of them have been pretty good. Again, we don't see those here.
Aha! We do get Summit Extra Pale Ale! This was my wife's favorite until I brought home Stone Ruination. Now, I have to keep the fridge stocked with enough Ruination for us both!

Thanks, but I guess you missed the intended sarcasm! ;) I like picking on iSheep. :D

Nah, Coors screwed it up..

If I cannot pronounce it......it is unlikely that I can get it close by in either the rural areas of the Tx, or Fl gulf coast. Maybe in Tempe.......but I won't be back there until August......

There is a Specks (sp) liquor warehouse about 40 miles away that I can probably get anything.....

My computer is crashing again.....I will have to finish this in the am.


Joel

Line-en-coo-gulls. :D

Or Leinie's for short. Good stuff.

That's like "limey" (a Brit) only with an "n"... "liney"

Sorry I misrepresented you on this........my bad.......;)

Coors became legally available in my part of Tx in the Sping of 1976.......me and some friends bought a case (maybe two) and went the Brazoria County Fair and Rodeo......two of them threw up in the back of my car on the way home.......I have tried to stay away from Coors ever since........

There is a bar in Galveston that my middle daughter and I went to a few months ago that has close to 300 beers on their menu...........I think I will have to go back there with her often and try and sample some more of them.

My youngest is a bartender/hostess at a local Mexican restaurant.....but they don't have a huge selection......I guess I will just have to get out more.

Joel

A mexican restaurant in Texas? Isn't that sort of redundant? :rolleyes: :D

I'll stick with my Shiner, thank you very much.

Bock, I take it.......very good beer! And.....we do have Chinese and Italian also..........:rolleyes:

A buddy from HS had a grandmother that lived in Yokum (just down the road from Shiner). He went to college in Victoria and I in Austin........several semesters I did not have Friday classes and we would sometimes meet up at his grandmothers farm and make the 13 mile trip to the Shiner Brewery...........

Back then, their hospitality room was unlimited. You could sit and drink all day long.......they even had several domino tables where to local retired folk would come and play and take advantage of the free beer. The hospitality room closed for an hour at lunch so the seventy something year old server could take his lunch.

Also, for some reason, you could not get Shiner in Austin back then.......you had to drive down to at least either Smithville or La Grange. On any trip that way, I always had to pick up a case of Bock for one of my classmates and he always gave me a few extra bucks for my trouble.

Looking back.......I am amazed I survived those years.............:eek:

Joel

Spoetzl does a nice job. Nothing fancy, just a good product.

The Bohunk community (German/Czech) is an interesting dynamic..........and I am not meaning to be racist........that is what it was called in the 70's.......it was propogated by them.........

Galveston County (where I grew up) is a pretty big mixed bag of nationalities........

Up near Shiner and Yokum.......totally different......mainly Czech and Germans.......and they love their beer. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.........

Lavaca County is a fun place to be.........I went to a wedding of a dorm friend in 79 or 80........I am still not sure what all happened on that weekend..........:o

I am surprised that Shiner is available around the country now.......We were less than 150 miles in Austin and could not get it.........It is good to see that DE who is a crap load farther away.......can get one of our treasures.........

BTW........I do still like Lone Star.......

And........I will still drink inferior beer if it is free..........and even cheap bourbon tastes good in a $150 glass.


Joel

today 9:57 AM
reported :(

The original link works again. Just had to change it for a few days.

Yes, the "Two Hearted Ale" is brewed by Bell's.

Thanks for the recommendation on Stone Ruination. My local liquor store carries that, but I haven't tried it. It's from Cali, and I didn't think anything good could come from Cali... ;) I'll have to give it a try.

BTW, does anyone else think the way many of these smaller breweries name their beers is annoyingly too clever? They seem to be in a contest to have the most dangerous name. It's just beer, after all.

OK, I'm having second thoughts after reading a bit about Stone Ruination.

Warning: ale geeky post ahead. Sorry, but this thread has already been completely hijacked, so ...

If you're into ales, the three on my list earlier in this thread would fall within the range of what is generally called American-style pale ales, which are an Americanized rendition of the traditional English Bitter (what got me started on ales was Marston's Pedigree unpasteruized - or "live" ale from pubs in the British midlands 30 years ago).

These ales (APA's and bitters) are generally top out at 45 IBU (hop bitterness) and 5-7% alcohol by volume. Summit EPA is 45 IBU and 5.3% ABV. Great Burning River is 45 IBU and 6% ABV. Bell's Two Hearted Ale is an IPA, and therefore should be a bit hoppier and higher in alcohol, which it is, at 7% ABV; the brewer don't list the IBU of this beer, but it tastes hoppier than the Summit and one beer review site estimated it at 60 IBU, another as "not quite a DIPA" which would be about the same. Anyway, this range (45 - 60 IBU) is what tastes best to me.

Stone Ruination is 100+ IBU maybe as high as 130, falling into the Imperial IPA range (or West Coast ale, or "extreme" ales), which gives me pause. I'm not sure I could seriously enjoy an entire 6 pack. Maybe I'll see if I can find it on tap around here first.

Here is a list of APAs available in Texas (source link below) that should be more to my taste on the IBU scale:

Source... Dallas Examiner Drink American, drink a pale ale - Dallas craft beer | Examiner.com

Of this list, I've only tried 2 (Summit and Sam Adams... as he notes, the ale, not the lager). Maybe I'll try the Stone Pale Ale rather than Stone Ruination.

Well, I stopped by the store yesterday intending to buy a Stone ale of some kind. Geez, that stuff is expensive! I passed for now... maybe it'll go on sale. I bought some Alaskan IPA instead (it was on sale). Not bad.

Still looking for the American equivalent to Marston's Pedigree Bitter (the last remaining brewery using the Burton Union brewing method) "live" ale from the cask. Even the bottled Pedigree (when you can find it) is not the same, as it has been pasteurized for greater shelf life.

American ales tend to have hyped up the hops more than the English counterparts.

Sweet Tom.....Thank you......I live in a fairly rural area, but am within 35 miles of the larger cities........my city is not small.......it just has no specialty stores. The closer you get to Houston, you can get pretty much get what you want.

I just have not had many suggestions as to what to get........now I do.

Thanks again.

Joel