Now OK, it's only because the new one defaults to "newest comments first". Perhaps there was no intention to hide some comments below the fold. You decide.
Don't get your point. Having quickly scanned both versions, the second makes him look just as bad as the first. And it's no better written. He also left the comments up so it's not like he's trying to rewrite history. I don't think the lad's done owt wrong basically.
The comments on the new version default to "newest first". It's just a little thing, but you'll miss most of the fun that way. Only real saddoes (like me) read past the first page of comments.
This is Jon's personal "blog" - I work at an independent microbrewery (a small-scale, artisanal producer of “real ale” and other beery treats), based in the Furness area in Cumbria (or N. Lancs if you'd rather). Or a "Craft Brewer", if you like. We're known as "Stringers", or "Stringers Beer". I don't just make beer - I also sound-off in half-informed rants on a variety of subjects. Like here.
I speak!
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I rise at 8 after a long, long sleep. I feel so much better. It seems like
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I've arranged ...
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*A very interesting article by the hop goddess Klara Hajdu in the CIBD
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On Wednesday I attended what is described as "The North's leading
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The Session - Best at Home
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Skip to the end for the important one (assuming that anyone is interested
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Last night at the JT
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*Yesterday evening, I went to the Jerusalem Tavern. It was the pub's last
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The operators, St Peter's Brewery, haven't renewed their long lease, an...
A final pint
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My last blog post was a bit of a downer. I’ll try to cheer up on this one.
I seem to have created a theme of chronicling end of pubs. The travails of
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a ...
The Session: Where I'm/It's At.
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The Positively Unknown
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New book announcement! "The Positively Unknown: A Kid's Guide to the
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Letting go
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Due to various unforeseen circumstances, 'A Swift One' is taking a short
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Way back in 2001, my brother and I opened a specialist beer bar in London.
You can read more about it *here*.
The way we were doings things proved fairly n...
Caxton Inn / XX Inn, River Street
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Thomas Hardy's Ale Reborn
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Don't get your point. Having quickly scanned both versions, the second makes him look just as bad as the first. And it's no better written. He also left the comments up so it's not like he's trying to rewrite history. I don't think the lad's done owt wrong basically.
The comments on the new version default to "newest first". It's just a little thing, but you'll miss most of the fun that way. Only real saddoes (like me) read past the first page of comments.
OK, I'm probably being unfair. Body of post amended.
Almost certainly incidental.
That new comment format is fucking atrociously bass ackwards though.
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