fellow Jammer onelongsong..........

angelica · April 2008

I know many of you had extensively debated and online-interacted with fellow Jammer onelongsong. In January, Jeanie - his girlfriend - posted the devastating news that he had passed away. I, for one, experienced the mourning of a one-time close friend.

Today I received this email. Two summers ago, Allen (onelongsong) and I had corresponded via email, from the same email address I received this letter from today. The email I received today is entitled "it's really me":

"the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. i came back from brain surgery and coma to find that i'm forever banned because i'm dead and kat won't reinstate me because her not verifying the information would be an embarrassment. i don't know if a 'bring back onelongsong' thread would help; but i miss all my friends on the board. especially now that i'm bedridden and have no one to talk to. i was in a coma when all that went on in early january so i couldn't intervene; and now it's too late. i still read the board but i can't respond. thank you for being good friends.
sincerely
allen
ols"

I thought it was important that all of you who had been touched by his "death" be privy to this information. I am curious what you, my friends, think/feel about this situation. Please share.

jeffbr · April 2008

:eek: WTF??? I, too, mourned the passing of OLS. I argued with and against him on various topics, and I was sad when he passed. This email is certainly troubling. Have you asked Jeanie it? What a strange turn of events - very twisted no matter what ends up being the truth.

wolfbear · April 2008

Wow! Strange indeed. I for sure would see what Jeanie has to say. ???

sweetpotato · April 2008

FinsburyParkCarrots · April 2008

I had a feeling about that. Dunno. Call it intuition. Something didn't click.

angelica · April 2008

sweetpotato wrote:

I think we'd all know it was him in a heartbeat......

baraka · April 2008

Whoa, I am speechless. I was very upset to hear about his passing. I'm a bit confused on the matter now.

angelica · April 2008

jeffbr wrote:

:eek: WTF??? I, too, mourned the passing of OLS. I argued with and against him on various topics, and I was sad when he passed. This email is certainly troubling. Have you asked Jeanie it? What a strange turn of events - very twisted no matter what ends up being the truth.

I am hoping that Jeanie can offer us some clarity on the subject.

sweetpotato · April 2008

angelica wrote:

I think we'd all know it was him in a heartbeat......

so? if that's the case, then the mods would be forced to either admit they goofed or let him have his new screen name. either way, he's back in.

stuckinline · April 2008

onelongsong, wherever you are, if you are reading this, i really enjoyed reading your posts.

peace!

angelica · April 2008

sweetpotato wrote:

so? if that's the case, then the mods would be forced to either admit they goofed or let him have his new screen name. either way, he's back in.

It doesn't look to me as though the mods goofed....

decides2dream · April 2008

"the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. i came back from brain surgery and coma to find that i'm forever banned because i'm dead and kat won't reinstate me because her not verifying the information would be an embarrassment."

how does one "greatly exaggerate" a death? either one is dead, or one is not. period. as far as kat and/or sea being *embarassed*...i highly doubt it. i am sure if OLS emailed either of them, he could be reinstated, unless there extenuating circumstances regarding his membership here that none of us are privvy to. i highly doubt that the mods here "verify" board members' passing. i would think they'd leave it to close friends/family members to announce, perhaps PM one of the mods, etc...i honestly don't know.

back when OLs's passing was announced, and then not too much later...there most definitely seemed to be some controversary regarding his "death"....and i for one have no idea what did go on. however, whatever occurred, i think it is up to OLS to email the mods and get reinstated if that his desire, if the mods think it's acceptable....or he can easily make a new usernmae as countless others have. the mods didn't "goof"...they went on information presented to them, by a CLOSe friend of OLS, who had gotten the information supposedly from his family members, so what else would one feel to 'verify'....? who would think one's family would offer false information of a family membrs death? cmon..

no matter what, IF indeed all is well for OLS, i wish him well.....but it most definitely seemed like a very ugly hoax was played on at least one, if not all, present on MT. tis sad. happy to know he's alive though and wish him good health.

Derrick · April 2008

I've dealt with this on other online groups. IMO, no one is dead until an obituary is posted by a newspaper.

ledvedderman · April 2008

Derrick wrote:

I've dealt with this on other online groups. IMO, no one is dead until an obituary is posted by a newspaper.

Was there ever an obit from OLS? I don't ever remember seeing one. If he is still alive that would be AMAZING news.

yosi1 · April 2008

Something really sick is going on.

polaris · April 2008

this is very strange

sweetpotato · April 2008

angelica wrote:

It doesn't look to me as though the mods goofed....

you mean, you think he's actually dead??

and wtf happened to my initial post??? talk about strange. i feel like i'm in a parallel universe here.

mammasan · April 2008

This by far is the strangest post ever on the Moving Train. I was pretty shocked when I heard of Alan's death back in January and was saddened by it. We used to debate back and forth via PMs and he was always someone I greatly enjoyed corresponding with. I hope this is not some cruel joke by someone with access to his e-mail.

sweetpotato · April 2008

that's kinda whati'm thinking. someone in his office or household has access to his email and for whatever reason has decided to f*ck with people he used to correspond with. for all we know, we're not the only ones they're doing this to.

i say, leave it alone and let "him" figure it out for himself.

angelica · April 2008

sweetpotato wrote:

you mean, you think he's actually dead??

and wtf happened to my initial post??? talk about strange. i feel like i'm in a parallel universe here.

No, I don't think he's dead.

I think, however, when the mods got wind of the situation, and that he wasn't dead after so many mourned him, and on the tail of hippiemom's passing, they rightfully deleted the original "death-thread" (which myself and another cannot find) and have decided not to let Allen on the board.

angelica · April 2008

sweetpotato wrote:

you mean, you think he's actually dead??

and wtf happened to my initial post??? talk about strange. i feel like i'm in a parallel universe here.

double post...and while I'm at it....

your initial post suggested he try to get on under a different identity, which is against board rules...I'm not surprised the moderators deleted that.

fellow Jammer onelongsong..........

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