MP
873 posts
Oct 02, 2010
1:31 PM
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-some time ago i contacted chris off line asking about his custom harps.
he gave me some info and i didn't follow up because i was broke.(still am)
after a few weeks went by i e-mailed him and explained that my girlfriend has a very aggressive form of leukemia and i couldn't justify the cost of getting a harp from him.
i thought that was the end of it. but.....chris e-mailed me back and offered to build me a harp for free if i sent him a new 1896!! HOW COOL IS THAT!!
i'll paraphrase the e-mail i got from him.
"it would be an honor for me to build a harp for you and spread a little happiness" also, "my first priority is service to others".
IS THIS A COOL GUY OR WHAT?
right now i'm in LA living out of a hospital room. been doing that for a couple of months. my girlfriend just had a bone marrow transplant and everything is very touch and go. after two more months we may be able to go back home to hawaii.
the other thing to look forward to is my first custom harp by a master builder. a Bb MB 1896. ---------THANK YOU CHRIS!!!!
MP
hibachi cook for the yakuza
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tookatooka
1785 posts
Oct 02, 2010
1:50 PM
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I do hope yor girlfriends treatment is a success MP and you are both home in Hawaii soon.
Chris is an enigma. After watching his videos and reading his posts on here I came to the conclusion that although he wants people to think he's a Rottweiler I think he's a soppy old Cocker Spaniel really.
I'd better go before he gets online.
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HarmonicaMick
173 posts
Oct 02, 2010
2:15 PM
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My best hopes for your girlfriend, MP.
That thing about Chris is quite a moving little story. I've wrangled with him on here in the past, and written to him off-forum about the incident. He was, and is, a gentleman. He's just very frank, and a lot of people find it hard to swallow.
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nacoran
2867 posts
Oct 02, 2010
2:16 PM
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MP, hope your girlfriend is ok. I get mad at Buddha sometimes, but he certainly has his moments. :)
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Rubes
126 posts
Oct 02, 2010
3:31 PM
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Good luck MP :~)
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catfish row
5 posts
Oct 02, 2010
4:49 PM
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sammyharp
44 posts
Oct 03, 2010
5:47 AM
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@ catfish row - That's just ridiculous!
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Ev630
766 posts
Oct 03, 2010
6:41 AM
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Hope all goes well with your girlfriend.
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Littoral
107 posts
Oct 03, 2010
8:57 AM
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MP: prayers your way.
I spoke with Chris too and he's a great guy.
Forum "communication" is tricky business. I've
had to do a lot of it professionally and have learned
some things the hard way. His approach is fine but
you have to take it for what it is worth, which is often a
considerable amount.
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MP
874 posts
Oct 04, 2010
8:52 AM
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all thanks guys,
my girlfriend is incredibly brave and suffers greatly. hopefully her life has been extended.
all of us have others sides. for instance, i don't really work for the yakuza. i just say that because i don't think being a super hero is enough. besides, most people have to google semiotics only to find a boring definition.
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MP
hibachi cook for the yakuza
doctor of semiotics
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snakes
571 posts
Oct 04, 2010
1:46 PM
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My prayers and best wishes for your girlfriend MP.
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scojo
122 posts
Oct 04, 2010
2:41 PM
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MP, all prayers and good thoughts for your girlfriend. My mom was supposed to die on the operating table (final stage endometrial cancer), and when she didn't, they gave her about a month. That was in February 1981... she's still with us. I'll be hoping for a similar result for your girlfriend.
Buddha is a class act and a standup guy. He's blunt. Not a problem for me.
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toddlgreene
1866 posts
Oct 04, 2010
2:48 PM
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MP, I will include you and your gf in my prayers as well.
As for Buddha, he doesn't mince words, but he's ok...for a ViQueens fan.
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MP
1146 posts
Dec 17, 2010
8:39 PM
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-spent all day in LAX yeaterday as plane back home to hawaii was delayed 7 hours. girlfriend through with bone marrow transplant. was 4+ months of exile and torture and indignities visited upon her. and i love med science. can't beat it.
today i find buddha was kicked off forum.
to boot, buddha died, probably while we did crossword puzzles to pass the time.
his death seems as irracible, iconoclastic,unreasonable and just plain out of the blue as his posts and the few e-mails i've-shared with him. no, we weren't friends. just people. he never finished the MB 1896 i sent him sept. last. i've no physical momento, but i'll remember him as i remember- those of us who are rather singular. those of talent ingenious, tinctured with madness,childlike believers in what could be. in how we'd like the world to be, and..it never is.-------
MP
hibachi cook for the yakuza
doctor of semiotics
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Ant138
706 posts
Dec 17, 2010
11:56 PM
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Good luck MP, i hope everything works out for you and your girlfriend:o)
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chromaticblues
422 posts
Dec 18, 2010
8:36 PM
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Yeah MP Hope everything is going better! Good to hear you BOTH got to go home!
Check out MoJo Mans harps! He might have something for ya.
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MP
1148 posts
Dec 18, 2010
10:05 PM
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--thanks ant,
thanks chro, i will.--------
MP
hibachi cook for the yakuza
doctor of semiotics
superhero emeritus
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