Alan Mendelson, frequent forum contributor, dead at 70
I have said it before, and it deserves repeating. I respected and admired his interesting career.
It sucks he's gone, things here won't be the same without him.
He definitely deserves legendary status.
Quote: AxelWolfI, like many others, didn't see eye to eye with Alan on many things, we certainly had our online battles and I gave him the business many times.
I have said it before, and it deserves repeating. I respected and admired his interesting career.
It sucks he's gone, things here won't be the same without him.
He definitely deserves legendary status.
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Legendary seems a bit over the top.
Quote: billryanQuote: AxelWolfI, like many others, didn't see eye to eye with Alan on many things, we certainly had our online battles and I gave him the business many times.
I have said it before, and it deserves repeating. I respected and admired his interesting career.
It sucks he's gone, things here won't be the same without him.
He definitely deserves legendary status.
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Legendary seems a bit over the top.
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Notorious?
Quote: RayFinkleQuote: billryanQuote: AxelWolfI, like many others, didn't see eye to eye with Alan on many things, we certainly had our online battles and I gave him the business many times.
I have said it before, and it deserves repeating. I respected and admired his interesting career.
It sucks he's gone, things here won't be the same without him.
He definitely deserves legendary status.
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Legendary seems a bit over the top.
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Notorious?
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He seems to have lived a good life. When he stands before The Maker, I hope he asks about the one one in six question.
Quote: billryanQuote: RayFinkleQuote: billryanQuote: AxelWolfI, like many others, didn't see eye to eye with Alan on many things, we certainly had our online battles and I gave him the business many times.
I have said it before, and it deserves repeating. I respected and admired his interesting career.
It sucks he's gone, things here won't be the same without him.
He definitely deserves legendary status.
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Legendary seems a bit over the top.
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Notorious?
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He seems to have lived a good life. When he stands before The Maker, I hope he asks about the one one in six question.
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I wonder if there is a law requiring ID to get into heaven?
Quote: DRichQuote: billryanQuote: RayFinkleQuote: billryanQuote: AxelWolfI, like many others, didn't see eye to eye with Alan on many things, we certainly had our online battles and I gave him the business many times.
I have said it before, and it deserves repeating. I respected and admired his interesting career.
It sucks he's gone, things here won't be the same without him.
He definitely deserves legendary status.
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Legendary seems a bit over the top.
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Notorious?
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He seems to have lived a good life. When he stands before The Maker, I hope he asks about the one one in six question.
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I wonder if there is a law requiring ID to get into heaven?
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I'm sure the hosts recognize the best players.
Quote: WizardI'd like to request anyone who quoted VP, please hide his post in spoiler tags or remove the bulk of the wording. If the window has closed to edit your own posts, please give me permission to do it myself.
FYI one of your own earlier posts still has Vienna's post quoted without spoiler tags.
Also, am I the only one on this site who hasn't blocked ChumpChange? His post on page 1 wasn't explicitly offensive, but still very disrespectful. Almost all of his posts are completely off topic.
RIP Alan
Quote: DRichQuote: billryanQuote: RayFinkleQuote: billryanQuote: AxelWolfI, like many others, didn't see eye to eye with Alan on many things, we certainly had our online battles and I gave him the business many times.
I have said it before, and it deserves repeating. I respected and admired his interesting career.
It sucks he's gone, things here won't be the same without him.
He definitely deserves legendary status.
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Legendary seems a bit over the top.
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Notorious?
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He seems to have lived a good life. When he stands before The Maker, I hope he asks about the one one in six question.
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I wonder if there is a law requiring ID to get into heaven?
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OMG that reminded me of an old joke. I will tell it to lighten the mood.
Jesus was tasked with watching the gates to heaven.
A man approached and Jesus asked him to tell a bit about his life to see if he could be admitted.
The man said "Well, My son was born under a great star in the sky and I taught my son to be a carpenter just like myself."
Shocked, Jesus replied, "Really? Tell me more about your son."
The man replied, "Well, My son died but then he came back to life."
Jesus stretched forward in amazement. "Father?"
The man replied,
Quote: billryanWhen he stands before The Maker, I hope he asks about the one one in six question.
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I hope he also asks to see a replay of the 18 yo's -- but he wouldn't ask, as he seemed 100% confident.
I saw it. I thought it was a bad attempt at humor and only marginally disrespectful.Quote: Wiggins… am I the only one on this site who hasn't blocked ChumpChange? His post on page 1 wasn't explicitly offensive, but still very disrespectful.
RIP Alan
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However, that ViennaPizza post was so terrible that we immediately made an exception, as Wizard explained when he announced VP's suspension.
Quote: billryanWhen he stands before The Maker, I hope he asks about the one one in six question.
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He won't ask. He'll Argue for the 1/6 till the end of time :) Trouble in Paradise! $;o)
Quote: WigginsQuote: WizardI'd like to request anyone who quoted VP, please hide his post in spoiler tags or remove the bulk of the wording. If the window has closed to edit your own posts, please give me permission to do it myself.
FYI one of your own earlier posts still has Vienna's post quoted without spoiler tags.
Also, am I the only one on this site who hasn't blocked ChumpChange? His post on page 1 wasn't explicitly offensive, but still very disrespectful. Almost all of his posts are completely off topic.
RIP Alan
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ChumpChange if you see this post, please block me, I'm begging you.
Quote: billryanQuote: AxelWolfI, like many others, didn't see eye to eye with Alan on many things, we certainly had our online battles and I gave him the business many times.
I have said it before, and it deserves repeating. I respected and admired his interesting career.
It sucks he's gone, things here won't be the same without him.
He definitely deserves legendary status.
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Legendary seems a bit over the top.
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even if legendary is not a great choice of words - his journalism career was quite impressive
he worked with 2 giants of journalism - Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather as indicated in this article from MSN news
I have at least some respect and admiration for anyone who went that far in that field - it's not at all easy to get hired into positions such as that
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kcal9-reporter-alan-mendelson-dies-at-70/ar-AA141bdL
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Consider this. Alan worked for CBS Evening News and had the potential to become an anchor reporter following Dan Rather. He was a good looking guy who resembled Brad Pitt, and who knows what might have happened if he had stayed behind Dan Rather and paid his dues? Perhaps he had to move on from CBS Evening News because he was gambling?
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Quote: tuttigymSort of rhetorical: I wonder what his remainder estate looked like? He, according to his previous posts, gambled away millions of $$$, and in the end was chasing $10-$15 free plays on a weekly basis. He did seem happy.
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Yeah I guess the answer to whether Freeplay lasts forever is no.
It dies with you!
Quote: tuttigymSort of rhetorical: I wonder what his remainder estate looked like? He, according to his previous posts, gambled away millions of $$$, and in the end was chasing $10-$15 free plays on a weekly basis. He did seem happy.
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Millions? I didn't get the impression that he was a high roller.
Quote: JackSpadeQuote: tuttigymSort of rhetorical: I wonder what his remainder estate looked like? He, according to his previous posts, gambled away millions of $$$, and in the end was chasing $10-$15 free plays on a weekly basis. He did seem happy.
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Millions? I didn't get the impression that he was a high roller.
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He got married at a craps table. Is that something casinos allow non-high rollers to do?
Quote: JackSpadeQuote: tuttigymSort of rhetorical: I wonder what his remainder estate looked like? He, according to his previous posts, gambled away millions of $$$, and in the end was chasing $10-$15 free plays on a weekly basis. He did seem happy.
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Millions? I didn't get the impression that he was a high roller.
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I seem to remember a post of his stating he had won and lost millions (in the $3 million range). He posted that he had won $100,000 Royals, four, I think. He got lots of comps for his efforts. Perhaps the Wizard could further enlighten us as to his gambling efforts and habits.
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Casinos consider people who play $25 denomination VP a high roller. You are potentially putting in over 100k an hour in action. At one time he certainly was a high roller.Quote: JackSpadeQuote: tuttigymSort of rhetorical: I wonder what his remainder estate looked like? He, according to his previous posts, gambled away millions of $$$, and in the end was chasing $10-$15 free plays on a weekly basis. He did seem happy.
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Millions? I didn't get the impression that he was a high roller.
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He was a newscaster in the LA area at the network affiliate for 15+ years, a feat, impressive by industry standards.
RIP
I never directly interacted with him, but I enjoyed reading his posts, he was always well-written, eloquent, and had unique takes (especially on craps which is not a game that I know much about).
I also have massive respect for people who come onto online forums with their real name (and even profile photo), which is very rare (especially on this site) (in fact he may be the only one to have used his full name and photo), so that alone gets massive respect from me.
I wish his family and friends well.
Feisty, provocative, occasionally a bit inane: I'll miss him.
What more fitting memorial to this unique gambler than to repost the pic of him marrying at his favorite craps table at Caesars?
R.I.P., Alan, and if heaven's gatekeeper tells you there's only one way to get to heaven, argue back that actually there are eighteen.
Quote: MrVAlan has finally sevened out.
Feisty, provocative, occasionally a bit inane: I'll miss him.
What more fitting memorial to this unique gambler than to repost the pic of him marrying at his favorite craps table at Caesars?
R.I.P., Alan, and if heaven's gatekeeper tells you there's only one way to get to heaven, argue back that actually there are eighteen.
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I don't think the Jewish version of heaven would have Saint Peter as the gatekeeper. Most Jews don't see the afterlife as a gated community you must pass muster to enter.
Quote: MrVWhat more fitting memorial to this unique gambler than to repost the pic of him marrying at his favorite craps table at Caesars?
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I think he would be honored to have his funeral at a craps table as well.
Anyone hear anything about a memorial service?
Quote: WizardQuote: MrVWhat more fitting memorial to this unique gambler than to repost the pic of him marrying at his favorite craps table at Caesars?
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I think he would be honored to have his funeral at a craps table as well.
Anyone hear anything about a memorial service?
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It's probably over. I'm sure he was buried within 24 hours.
Close. Jews bury within 72 hours… which has already passed.Quote: darkoz[…I'm sure he was buried within 24 hours.
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Yep. Another Jewish tradition is the unveiling, which is generally scheduled within the 11 month mourning period.Quote: billryanMy Jewish friends have a family memorial and then a public one sometime after, usually when the headstone is ready.
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Quote: DJTeddyBearYep. Another Jewish tradition is the unveiling, which is generally scheduled within the 11 month mourning period.
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Isn't 11 months to mourn kind of long? When I die, it would be nice to be mourned for a couple weeks, but then I'd want my loved ones to move on with their lives.
Quote: DJTeddyBearClose. Jews bury within 72 hours… which has already passed.Quote: darkoz[…I'm sure he was buried within 24 hours.
link to original postYep. Another Jewish tradition is the unveiling, which is generally scheduled within the 11 month mourning period.Quote: billryanMy Jewish friends have a family memorial and then a public one sometime after, usually when the headstone is ready.
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The maximum delay is three days and that's for family to gather.
Within 24 hours is preferred.
Unless my rabbi who buried both my parents lied to me.
And a seven day mourning period called sitting Shiva is the common length of time.
Quote: WizardQuote: DJTeddyBearYep. Another Jewish tradition is the unveiling, which is generally scheduled within the 11 month mourning period.
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Isn't 11 months to mourn kind of long? When I die, it would be nice to be mourned for a couple weeks, but then I'd want my loved ones to move on with their lives.
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I imagine the different sects observe things differently, but children are supposed to mourn their parents for eleven months. As I understand it, others are not mourned for that long.
My college fraternity's nickname was The Fighting McHebes, as the founding brothers were Irish and Jewish kids who couldn't get into the very WASPish fraternities. It was interesting going from knowing hardly any Jewish people to being brothers with dozens of them in a few short weeks.
Wiz,Quote: WizardQuote: DJTeddyBearYep. Another Jewish tradition is the unveiling, which is generally scheduled within the 11 month mourning period.
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Isn't 11 months to mourn kind of long? When I die, it would be nice to be mourned for a couple weeks, but then I'd want my loved ones to move on with their lives.
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I would use Legendary to describe you at your funeral (which, i hope, won't be till decades away) and would mourn you for 11months
:)
Quote: 100xOddsWiz,
I would use Legendary to describe you at your funeral (which, i hope, won't be till decades away) and would mourn you for 11months
:)
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Ah, thank you! You are officially requested to speak at my memorial.
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I would use Legendary to describe you at your funeral (which, i hope, won't be till decades away) and would mourn you for 11months
:)
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You mean legendary juggler and unicycle rider, of course.
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I imagine the different sects observe things differently, but children are supposed to mourn their parents for eleven months. As I understand it, others are not mourned for that long.
What constitutes mourning? Actual active practices, or just keeping your parents in your mind and heart while you go about your business?
Quote: DeucekiesQuote: billryan
I imagine the different sects observe things differently, but children are supposed to mourn their parents for eleven months. As I understand it, others are not mourned for that long.
What constitutes mourning? Actual active practices, or just keeping your parents in your mind and heart while you go about your business?
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Sitting Shiva is pretty intense. You basically close yourself off to the world for seven days.
I can't imagine anyone doing that for eleven months. It wouldn't even be practical.
Quote: darkozQuote: DeucekiesQuote: billryan
I imagine the different sects observe things differently, but children are supposed to mourn their parents for eleven months. As I understand it, others are not mourned for that long.
What constitutes mourning? Actual active practices, or just keeping your parents in your mind and heart while you go about your business?
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Sitting Shiva is pretty intense. You basically close yourself off to the world for seven days.
I can't imagine anyone doing that for eleven months. It wouldn't even be practical.
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I don’t know the exact details, but the ‘intense’ mourning is only for the week. You can do most normal activities the rest of the 11 months. I think there are just a bunch of daily prayers during the extended period. The last few funerals/shivas I went to had either a single day or two days of the family ‘sitting shiva’.
As I understand the mourning period, certain family members are semi-official mourners, and their primary responsibility is to say a particular daily prayer for the person. The three or four Jewish funerals I attended were sober affairs with no music. Very different from a NY Irish Wake/Funeral.
Shiva is a week or so, the mourning period is different.
There is a large amount of intermarriage
And even when that is not the case……many pick and choose as to what they feel is appropriate
Quote: WizardWhere does the part about ten Jewish men saying prayers come into it?
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At the funeral, ten or more Jewish men offer up a prayer. If they don't have ten Jewish men, they skip it.
I believe the ten men are needed for other religious activities but those I know nothing of. Comparative religion wasn't big in my fraternity and many Jewish brothers joined us on our semi-annual Christmas Caroling.
https://obituaries.reviewjournal.com/obituary/alan-mendelson-1086678915
The obituary is abbreviated compared to some of the articles about him posted online.
I saw a notice about a memorial for him that was scheduled for last Thursday, November 17th, but I can't find the notice online now.
Quote: MDawgAlan's obituary is here, at the ReviewJournal
https://obituaries.reviewjournal.com/obituary/alan-mendelson-1086678915
The obituary is abbreviated compared to some of the articles about him posted online.
I saw a notice about a memorial for him that was scheduled for last Thursday, November 17th, but I can't find the notice online now.
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Thanks and I mean that genuinely.
You appear the only WOV poster who took the time to find the info.
His daughter is an actress and has done some roles. It was on her twitter feed that I found the memorial notice after a google search of Alan's name.
Quote: WizardWhere does the part about ten Jewish men saying prayers come into it?
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That is called a ‘minyan’. For the service to ‘count’ you need a minyan. Imagine the rabbi arriving at 4pm at the house and finding less than the required number of men! It happened in 1974 in Bayside, Queens. I was walking home from basketball, shorts and a T shirt, with a friend. A few men who looked like religious Jews asked me and Perry if we were Jewish, and asked if we could spare a few minutes to ‘make’ the minyan. So we did!
Quote: SOOPOOThat is called a ‘minyan’. For the service to ‘count’ you need a minyan. Imagine the rabbi arriving at 4pm at the house and finding less than the required number of men! It happened in 1974 in Bayside, Queens. I was walking home from basketball, shorts and a T shirt, with a friend. A few men who looked like religious Jews asked me and Perry if we were Jewish, and asked if we could spare a few minutes to ‘make’ the minyan. So we did!
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Thanks! That happened on an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, where Larry was walking with Bill Buckner. The other eight were evidently huge Red Sox fans and they refused to let Buckner participate, over the incident where the ball bounced between his legs in game six of the World Series against the Mets.
