one under god

<< but i fear he didnt like my comments on the cancer post..[it turns our dear forrest has cancer]...so im presuming he is fighting it >>

I've tried to find the thread you're referring to but haven't been able to. Could you please post the link to it.

Belly

<< We have lost many to cancer, some of our best contributors. >>

I don't doubt you at all, but I'm just curious as to how you know.

It's got me thinking that perhaps we should all consider letting someone next of kin know our OLO log-in and password. Not that we on OLO really need to know of course, but more in the interest of posterity than anything else. Long term users of OLO build up a collection of writing which could quite possibly be of interest and comfort to family members in the case of bereavement. I know if I got hit by a bus tomorrow, no one in my family would even think of looking up OLO, let alone know how to do it even if they did.

<< Well meaning advice to those with such an illness needs well thought out and researched care. >>

I agree, but I also think that OUG is quite possibly correct in his comments regarding cancer and the industry that feeds off it. If we can't raise these issues with someone we know who is affected personally, we lose a vital opportunity to get closer to the truth.

Your call for 'researched' care is a little disingenuous. The vast bulk of medical and health research is funded by pharmaceutical companies and others with a vested interest. If we wait for the 'research' needed to prove the efficacy or otherwise of claims made by people like OUG and many others, we'll be waiting a long time.

Forest

Not wanting to sound like I've written you off already, dear friend. If you're out there, hang on in, and please grace us all with your wisdom and wit once again.

It's a good idea Bronwyn, a few years ago now an online aquaintance (well offline as well) died and his poor sister had to go to some amazing lengths to work out which people online and in e-mail were friends of his.

He happened to run a site and his sister managed to go through his user lists. I've instructed my daughter to pop in and let you all know if I pop out permenantly and you all have to say it fast tens times, out loud.

I also seem to have missed something with OUG and Forrest (was Examinator mixed up in it too?) - what thread are you all talking about?

on first coming here a poster made me welcome, dreadful I can not remember his name.
But he was dieing and told us so, after he died we got the message.
I have a different slant on unwanted advice for the dieing.
Sorry no Offense meant but so very many foolish people give hope , some times at a cost to such people.
My job is not just in the workplace, if asked or invited I spend time with many who know its about over.
I have horrible memory's about false hope for some great people.
One may explain my point, a long time ago at a polling booth the woman handing out the other sides HTVs fell into my arms crying.
Her husband had just died, he grasped at every straw a grubby bloke sold him nothing except false hope
He was unaware he was dead and tried to sell her more, she is ok now but passionately hates people who feed of tragic things, so do I

Piper, Bronwyn

No one would know about my interactions here at OLO. My partner knows about it because occasionally I have a little rant about certain people I shall not name. But he doesn't know my login or password, I don't think he even is aware of the full name of this site. None of my family know about me - they really don't know me at all.

Piper

Forrest Gump is one of the most eloquent writers here - he loved poking fun at you, but underneath you knew he was not malicious at all.

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=2063&page=0#43516

Just brilliant.

The Pied Piper

<< I've instructed my daughter to pop in and let you all know if I pop out permenantly and you all have to say it fast tens times, out loud. >>

What the hell is 'it'?

If it's ten Hail Marys or some other religious equivalent you'll have to count me out. There'd be no disrespect intended to your dear departed soul of course, but ten religious mutterings would be a bridge too far for me I'm afraid. On the other hand, some written thoughts about your friendly and intuitive posting style - well that I could manage quite easily!

Seriously though, if OLOers are informed of a member's departure, it would give them a chance to post some thoughts. There are definitely some, who - if I knew they'd left us - would leave me wanting very much to honour them with some words of what their contributions meant to me.

Belly

<< He was unaware he was dead and tried to sell her more, she is ok now but passionately hates people who feed of tragic things, so do I >>

I agree, so do I. There is a difference though in sensitively sharing ideas that may be helpful to a person in the early stages of treatment and in callously pushing one's own barrow as this man did.

Without having seen the thread in question, I can't comment with any authority as to which camp OUG's comments would have belonged. My guess is that he was definitely coming from the former position, but that lack of tact may have caused him to unintentionally give offence.

I agree, that sort of discussion is fraught at the best of times, and certainly being conducted online, without the access to facial and other visual clues, makes it even harder. Does that mean we avoid passing on information that might just make a difference? I guess it does, but should it?

Fractelle

I knew as I clicked onto your link which one it would be! It has to be one of my all time favourites!

<< No one would know about my interactions here at OLO. My partner knows about it because occasionally I have a little rant about certain people I shall not name. But he doesn't know my login or password, I don't think he even is aware of the full name of this site. >>

Yes, I've decided I'll tell my son next time I see him. Hubby has a certain antipathy toward the site as he considers I spend too much time on it. He could really flip on seeing, all in one go, the number of words I've posted over the years, and I wouldn't be around for him to berate me personally! Besides, he's even less computer savvy than I am and would get completely lost I'm sure.

<< None of my family know about me - they really don't know me at all. >>

Their loss I'd have to say!