Since I am severely lactose intolerant I can't drink Guinness and most dark beers :-(
But luckily , being between Philly and NY, can get almost any beer from any country.
Some of the local brewers are getting pretty good too.
I don't have anyone on ignore, and I have had people go after me.
All fine, brought up with a dad with a belt, so my skin isn't too thin.
While I don't agree with some on certain items, there is usually a lot of common ground.
I spent a lot of my childhood in very rural MA and a lot in NY on LI and NYC.
It was fun being in two very different worlds and hearing the opinions of many.
The lumberjacks were always interesting, not heavy on schooling, but they understood people really well and were far from naive, more so than many of the city folk.
The gossip and being in other peoples business is so very different small town vs. big city.
I love having my tractor, and the advice I get on projects from the group.