Dear Mr,Harris Rest in Peace ,May God be with You . my Condolence to his family and friends
Sad News, Harris Has Passed
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Thanks for passing along the news Mark, and I'm sorry for the loss of your friend and such an integral part of our collective community. I will raise a bowl in his honor today and waft some smoke/prayers heavenwards.
Very sad day. Like others, I didn't know him personally but I always appreciated his input on all things pipe and tobacco on the forums. He will be missed.
Sorry to hear this news. For those close to him, sorry for your loss.
I'm been involved in a number of fora off and on over the years. When you join a forum the membership is this sort of blob of people, it takes time to sort of get a grip on who is who, some people just post glib remarks, sometimes funny sometimes not; others share intersting information and advice, etc., but with many even after a number of years of participation you can't really say you even know these people, and who do we know really anyways, in life? Harris is one of those few, which nearly every interesting forum seems to have, that comes to life in a way that often people in your day to day in person interactions don't, like you can hear the creaking of the planks he rolled his wheelchair over to get to his tobacco, stash of meds, porn perhaps. On the internet, sometimes it doesn't even feel like you are interacting with real people; and I don't mean due to persona's people construct online as actually, sometimes through a persona we get to know the essential truths about a person, if we listen long enough. Harris, I felt like I knew this man, a living breathing man; never shy about certain degenerate aspects of his life and personality, as he didn't seem to obscure or want to offer some sanitized revised version of himself. I can't claim to know anyone really, but I do feel like I knew Harris more than many even if he didn't know me at all.
Mark,
I'm so sorry for your loss of a great friend, and for the community's loss as a whole.
Though I don't puff as much as I used to, I will raise a bowl and good thoughts will rise with the smoke.
I'm so sorry for your loss of a great friend, and for the community's loss as a whole.
Though I don't puff as much as I used to, I will raise a bowl and good thoughts will rise with the smoke.
Larger than life awesome presence here on the forums. It's strange to feel sorrow for a forum member 'friend' but wow, Harris will be greatly missed!! I'm praying for the lamenting his family and several of you his personal friends now navigate.
Better than Abbot & Costello
So sad new ; what an immense loss to our little community. I always enjoyed reading his posts so much.
My deapest sympathy for his family and all who knew him personally, he will be sorely missed.
" La tristesse durera toujours ".
My deapest sympathy for his family and all who knew him personally, he will be sorely missed.
" La tristesse durera toujours ".
Well he seemed like the type of guy I would have gotten along with in real life. RIP Harris.
Aw man, hate hearing things like this. I've seen quite a few of his posts and seemed like a solid guy. RIP and prayers to his family.
I hope this isn't gauche (and my post can be deleted if it is), but are there any "Peck and Harris" threads that stand out as classics? I'd love to read more stuff from before my time, but there's a lot of stuff to search through on PM!
This is indeed sad news. Although I never interacted much with Harris over the years, I truly enjoyed his sense of humor and banter with others here. I will miss him.
He sure seemed like a real one, I hope he’s floating on a cloud of Virginia smoke in the big lounge in the sky.
On a forum that is a bit short on ‘characters’ his absence will be sorely missed. Whilst I wouldn’t of wanted to go into business with him, you could tell as a person he was a big softy. A good hearted bloke who loved his flakes. RIP Harris.