Broken Pipe: Chris Chopin

clickklick · Jan 30, 2018

Chris Chopin, also know as flatticus, passed away in October unexpectedly.
While controversial to some, a bowl in his honor should be considered. May he rest in peace!
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/palmbeachpost/obituary.aspx?pid=186935459

lightmybriar · Jan 30, 2018

Controversial for sure, but I really enjoyed his knowledge and wit. Learned a lot from him regarding pipes and tobacco. Very sad.

georged · Jan 30, 2018

Lots of drama and strangeness surrounding his death:
https://medium.com/@kevinsarpei/about-the-death-of-twitter-user-actualflatticus-aka-alan-smithee-5b1952eb5330

sablebrush52 · Jan 30, 2018

Well, I'm sorry for his family. That's quite young to die. I remember him for showing up here just to create a stink over WarHorse before he got the boot.

daveinlax · Jan 30, 2018

WoW, Very Sad News, I was just thinking about him the other day. I didn't know him in person but I spent a lot of time with him online over the years and we got along well. He was quite the student of pipes and had an impressive collection of pipes and ephemera that I only saw on video chats. RIP

woodsroad · Jan 30, 2018

Having had extensive email and PM exchanges with Chopin, I can tell you that he was quite intelligent, had a lawyer's brain and was moderately to severely unhinged. I admired some of his personality characteristics, but his lack of empathy, sympathy and ability to engage socially, while it made him the perfect divorce attorney, must have made his personal life difficult for him.
RIP, Chris Chopin.

zack24 · Jan 30, 2018

Chris was an interesting character indeed...

condorlover1 · Jan 30, 2018

A sad loss to someone or other. Its a shame the offer did not extend to 'BOGO' as there are one or two other citizens of the sunshine state that might have improved the world by joining him on a little journey across the River Styx who have said less than pleasant things about SToP products!

zack24 · Jan 30, 2018

Mmmm...let's show a little kindness on this thread...just because...Many of us have faults to varying degrees....and everyone's passing is mourned by the people in their lives....

condorlover1 · Jan 30, 2018

Your probably right. A tragic loss. Will you be unbanning him now that he is deceased?

pylorns · Jan 30, 2018

Oh jesus. I setup his website for him. He was in the middle of updating the content I put on the site for him: http://www.cchopin.com/wp
No wonder I hadn't heard from him lately.
Here is a picture of us back in 2015

clickklick · Jan 30, 2018

Condor,

That’s the most disgusting thing I’ve read in this community. A pipesmoker who mentored and started MANY people into the hobby has passed away. Sometimes the best said words are none at all, especially in cases like this.

zack24 · Jan 30, 2018

I've deleted a couple of comments to keep this thread going in the spirit intended by the OP...

jvnshr · Jan 31, 2018

Rest in peace Chris Chopin. My condolences to his family.

piffyr · Jan 31, 2018

Man, this is quite a shock. I haven't spoken with Chris for a good while, but to find out that he's passed away four months after the fact makes me feel pretty terrible. I can say without reservations that, on a personal level, Chris was a really good guy. I never had a problem getting along with him. However, it was sometimes hard to reconcile the guy that I knew the persona that interacted publicly online. He was passionate about both pipes and his opinions and sometimes that passion turned into something ugly. I know that he made no new friends when he caused a stink around here a while back, but I would hope that we could all forgive, forget, and lament the passing of another fellow pipe man.

disinformatique · Aug 13, 2019

Holy God !! i had no idea, I just posted on his wall how he was doing a few days ago !!
Chris

Broken Pipe: Chris Chopin

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