Where's shrugs?

[J.A.W.]

Anyone know what happened? Shrugs hasn't posted here since November last year, and judging by the recent stream of neutral and negative feedbacks on eBay (seller ID: shrugs), he seems to have vanished into thin air...

Edited March 19, 2005 by J.A.W.

[wesbed]

Search me.

**shrug**

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Even though the three LPs were purchased by 'thesquaresaol' on different dates, it's quite odd to see an 'A+' sandwiched in between 2 negatives. That's a first.

[Daniel A]

Even though the three LPs were purchased by 'thesquaresaol' on different dates, it's quite odd to see an 'A+' sandwiched in between 2 negatives. That's a first.

It seems that nothing was ever shipped from the auctions ending in January. He had flawless feedback until a month ago, then got 40 bad or neutral in a row.

Most alarming is this feedback, submitted by the same user for 20+ auctions:

No records or response to e-mail. Unlike Dave. Something must have happened.

[J.A.W.]

I posted the same question in his "Pimpin' my eBay" thread over on JC, where he posted more regularly than here anyway - though not since January 12...

[JSngry]

Didn't he move back to New Orleans a while back?

[J.A.W.]

Didn't he move back to New Orleans a while back?

He did, but he was still posting after he'd moved.

[Big Wheel]

Is shrugs out of the navy for good? I wonder if he had to deploy in a hurry or something.

[JSngry]

Hmmm.... was/is he still in the military reserves? I believe his pal "Joe Christmas" was. Maybe he got called into action?

[J.A.W.]

Is shrugs out of the navy for good? I wonder if he had to deploy in a hurry or something.

I don't think he would have left so many of his buyers out in the cold, that's not his style.

[Big Wheel]

Agreed. Maybe Al (JC) has an idea...guess he's still at sea for awhile, though.

[ghost of miles]

Hmmm.... was/is he still in the military reserves? I believe his pal "Joe Christmas" was. Maybe he got called into action?

I thought he served on submarines... I seem to recall him posting either here or at JC that it was unlikely he'd be called back up. Not that that means much these days, though.

Edited March 19, 2005 by ghost of miles

[.:.impossible]

Joe Christmas is out at sea until early summer. I think shrugs got out of the Navy last year. Other than that, I don't have any info.

[Daniel A]

This does not look good.

There are in fact more cases of members "disappearing" - for whatever reason - than those brought to general attention lately. Shrdlu, for instance, seems to have suddenly stopped posting in November last year. And unlike shrugs he remained very active up to that point.

[Big Wheel]

Well, shrugs did get married fairly recently, I believe. I imagine that could be playing a part--although probably not enough of one to explain why he hasn't followed through with his ebay transactions.

Shrdlu's wife passed away at some point (he mentioned it here) and I wouldn't be surprised if that has something to do with his hiatus.

[Dan Gould]

Shrdlu's wife passed away at some point (he mentioned it here) and I wouldn't be surprised if that has something to do with his hiatus.

The passing of shrdlu's wife was quite some time before his recent hiatus. He announced it, wasn't around much for a while, and then came back and was a fairly regular contributor.

[.:.impossible]

I don't think shrugs is the type to announce that he's no longer interested in internet chat boards. Just my take. Still doesn't explain ebay deals falling through though. I don't have any information unfortunately.

[Christiern]

I just called and left a message on Joe McPhee's machine. He and Craig Johnson were in touch with Shrugs from time to time, so it is possible that they have heard from him or seen him at a performance. Anyway, this is quite disturbing and I'll stay on the case. Hope to be able to report a sighting.

[paul secor]

I sold shrugs a few LPs sometime last year and he e-mailed me saying that he was out of the Navy and was going back to school. He said that school was taking up a lot of his time, so he wasn't posting much. I hope that all's well with him.

[J.A.W.]

Any news? Chris?

[J.A.W.]

I posted the same question ovcer on JC, where shrugs posted more regularly, but so far there's no news there either.

[Christiern]

I just had a call from Joe McPhee. He last saw Shrugs about a year ago when he and his new bride came to a concert in New Orleans. He has since learned that the marriage ended, so Shrugs may have gone back to the Navy. Perhaps he is just taking time off to readjust. Let's hope he's okay.

[.:.impossible]

I'm sure he's fine. I'll let you know if I hear anything.

[J.A.W.]

Still no news? Over on JC the only (ominous) news is, that shrugs is no longer a registered eBay member.

[Jim Dye]

http://www.jazzcornertalk.com/speakeasy/sh...?t=10147&page=3

According to a poster at JC, he's OK.