Sunday, December 19, 2010
Dear Mary, Mark, Glenn and Laura,
As my fellow "clicker", I will miss Roger very much, though we never spoke much about our clicking. As my very good friend over the years since I met him, I will never get over his passing at such a young age and I will never forget him. When I first met Roger, at the request of our doctor, I had to convince him to "join" the "clicker" club. I realized right away that I had never or will never again meet anyone like him. He was very special. In 1989, he helped me buy my very first computer and laser printer. I spent $3,500!! That was the going price then. The 286 computer didn't even have the internet!! I could create a very nice resume though and a few nice spreadheets. That was about it.
Computing has come a long way since then to say the least. In 2003, he help me buy another PC, plus a digital camera and a video camera. I still have all of this equipment today and they run like a charm thanks to Roger's great advice on computing and digital photography. I really take care of my equipment thanks to his helpful advice.
Going out on the boat with Roger was a real treat too. I am so glad my girls, Kelly and Jessica got to met him.
Who can forget the "crab fest" party at his house. Hundreds of Maryland Blue Crabs! After the party I had the pleasure to go with Roger to dump the hundreds of of blue crab shells at a local 7-11 dumpster. We didn't want to upset the neighbors with the smell since garbage day had already just passed.
Then, I can never forget Roger's first cell phone which was the size of a shoe box! We went to a pizza place and he would call Mary, since no one else had cell phones. Roger was always on the cutting edge of technology. I remember him telling me about the Radio Shack TRS-80 and the Commodore 64 computer. I was always impressed about how much Roger knew about so many topics. He was a walking and talking Google search engine.
Another memory was when Roger and Mary came to my wedding to Jennifer in 1992. He spoke on my wedding video with his great sense of humor. I believe he said that he is so happy to be at my wedding, he said he has been to "all" of my weddings.:>) That is another "Rogerism".
We love you Roger and we will miss you very much.
Be sure you make the angels laugh. Hopefully they get your sense of humor.
Love, Dave, Jennifer, Kelly and Jessica
