You know, life is an interesting journey. And our journey introduced us to the disboards back in 2004 (I think) and we have become friends with many through our association on the boards.
In December, 2004, a group of us met on the first 10 day Christmas Cruise on the Magic because of the disboards, deck 10 meet, and then a bunch of us ended up cruising on the first WB Panama Canal cruise in May 2005.
When you cruise together for the longer cruises, you really get to know one another and really become a family (except with all the emotional baggage that sometimes your own immediate family brings!)
We have found our friendships with those we met through the disboards to be enriching and we have done many things together since those initial cruises. We have the disboards to thank for these friendships which I know have become life long ones!
Harry was a great guy. Sorry you didn't get to meet him. I'm sure you would have enjoyed knowing him also.