Ozzy where art thou?

[kewlJ]

Is it possible that Ozzy decided to stop posting as Ozzy and decided to post with a brand new name for a fresh start?

I am going to say no to that, IMO. Most people won't/don't consider something like that. the only person I can recall that did that was Alan with the AndrewG account. I think Alan realized that much like you and I, he had become a target of the trolls. Almost as soon as he posted anything at all, he was likely to be trolled. I think he really did want a fresh start with the AndrewG account.

But then he commented on and opined on the very same subjects that Alan was involved with. And then bizarrely he linked the AndrewG account to himself by claiming AndrewG worked in the office of Alan's lawyer or something like that. By that time it was just bizarre. But then again, maybe that is what he wanted all along. Who Knows. But again, I just don't see Ozzy doing something like that.

I will say this about Alan. I miss him on these forums. While he too had some troll in him, I don't think he really meant to harm anyone, even through his 3am jaunt to the strip and months/years of trying to prove me wrong with the tracking of 2 tables. I think Alan was simply the grandfatherly type (at least when I came to know him on the forum) lifelong gambler with a love of gambling. I wish I had been a little nicer to him and gotten to know him a little better, maybe even met him for a couple coffee or a meal and gotten to hear some more of his gambling war stories. But, he also made it hard to like him at times.