RIP rogdochar - Gatorchatter will never be the same

[deuce]

I read every post in this thread. Great memorial to a man's influence on the World around him.
In a very personal way, a part of my life has been removed and I'm hurt but I'm grateful for the opportunity to reflect on Rogers example to all of us.
I celebrate the life and times of a man I never met but that I loved like a Brother. My funny, sensitive, smart Gator Brother.

My sincere Testimony is, "I will miss him".

 

[CU-UF]

Not that we really know someone behind the keyboards of a message board, but Rog, you could tell was always a stand-up guy with a good heart and character. He was always with some wit or pun, sometimes you couldn't even understand what exactly the joke was. But he never engaged in some of the vitriol that happens on here. Never went down to the name-calling and belittling of others. And he was always around. Kinda like that having that presence of an old faithful dog. You may not have interacted with them every day, but you knew they were always there, and when they did pass you felt a terrible loss. My deepest condolences, he will be missed.

 

[Gatorbait25]

Condolences to Rog’s family . He was a good and smart man. Also a very clever poster as well that was always good for a laugh . RIP doc .

 

[GatorCatsi]

Condolences. I feel fortunate to have spent a little time time here with him.

It was very generous of you to have let us know.

 

[Spurffelbow833]

You aren't going to find many folks Rogdochar's age with a South Park avatar. That alone tells you how he marched to a different drummer, and I mean that with respect.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

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[RivalFlorida]

A huge loss to Gatorchatter, and society at large. There was a pun that I made a couple months ago, and Rogdochar commented that he like my pun. I appreciated his appreciation of my pun.

RIP Rogdochar!

 

[Sec14Gator]

We were all fortunate to read his work

This is the best summation of how so many here feel, condensed to 8 words.

 

[DocZaius]

****.

 

[B52G8rAC]

This is the best summation of how so many here feel, condensed to 8 words.

We need to chew on that, huh?

 

[aka]

"We are all fortunate to have read his work."
Really nine.

 

[AuggieDosta]

I can't lie, when Lee "liked" some of my posts, it showed up as from Rog and my heart leapt before I realized the connection...

and I was mad again.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

I can't lie, when Lee "liked" some of my posts, it showed up as from Rog and my heart leapt before I realized the connection...

and I was mad again.

Same...I did a double take.

I bet he's laughing his arse off.

 

[AuggieDosta]

Same...I did a double take.

I bet he's laughing his arse off.

I hope so, he deserves a good laugh.

 

[deuce]

I hope so, he deserves a good laugh.

I think he laughed at us often.

 

[rogdochar]

I can't lie, when Lee "liked" some of my posts, it showed up as from Rog and my heart leapt before I realized the connection...

and I was mad again.

Heh, sorry. I just wanted to acknowledge that Rog's family is reading all of your replies and we appreciate them. I had no idea. I was worried some of you would think this was some sort of Andy Kaufman-esque prank, that's why I wrote a novella up there. His jokes could go over my head sometimes too, as many of you said, but when they hit they hit hard. Watching a movie with him was something else...out of nowhere would come a Mystery Science Theatre 3K quip that would have me rolling...which is ironic, because he hated MST3K. He did love South Park though....he was pretty hip for a septuagenarian.

It's going to be several days before his remains are ready, lots of paperwork and such the place has to complete. I got him a biodegradable urn with starfish on it, it slowly dissipates after you place it in the ocean...don't want him braining a sea turtle on the way down or strangling a dolphin, that would bum him out. I considered getting some quick-crete, mixing his ashes in and setting it into a mold to make a playpen for coral and fish, but I foresee so many ways that could go wrong. I don't know...I'm still in some amount of shock. I agree he was a "treasure", as one of you said, maybe the Treasure Coast reefs would be an apt resting place for him. I wish he had done a little funeral planning, but most people don't...we have to play the hands we're dealt.

I'll report back in a week or so...I don't want to torture yall and open the wound repeatedly, I know you guys are genuinely sad he's passed on. We'll all eventually see him down the road. I think it would be cool if he hung around a while and went full-poltergeist on his ex-wife... ...but rattling chains isn't his style, rattling funny bones is. And he has a cruise to catch.

 

[AuggieDosta]

I'll report back in a week or so...I don't want to torture yall and open the wound repeatedly, I know you guys are genuinely sad he's passed on. We'll all eventually see him down the road. I think it would be cool if he hung around a while and went full-poltergeist on his ex-wife... ...but rattling chains isn't his style, rattling funny bones is. And he has a cruise to catch.

Don't know if there is a lab test or something but you definitely have some of the gift that Rog had.

 

[CDGator]

Heh, sorry. I just wanted to acknowledge that Rog's family is reading all of your replies and we appreciate them. I had no idea. I was worried some of you would think this was some sort of Andy Kaufman-esque prank, that's why I wrote a novella up there. His jokes could go over my head sometimes too, as many of you said, but when they hit they hit hard. Watching a movie with him was something else...out of nowhere would come a Mystery Science Theatre 3K quip that would have me rolling...which is ironic, because he hated MST3K. He did love South Park though....he was pretty hip for a septuagenarian.

It's going to be several days before his remains are ready, lots of paperwork and such the place has to complete. I got him a biodegradable urn with starfish on it, it slowly dissipates after you place it in the ocean...don't want him braining a sea turtle on the way down or strangling a dolphin, that would bum him out. I considered getting some quick-crete, mixing his ashes in and setting it into a mold to make a playpen for coral and fish, but I foresee so many ways that could go wrong. I don't know...I'm still in some amount of shock. I agree he was a "treasure", as one of you said, maybe the Treasure Coast reefs would be an apt resting place for him. I wish he had done a little funeral planning, but most people don't...we have to play the hands we're dealt.

I'll report back in a week or so...I don't want to torture yall and open the wound repeatedly, I know you guys are genuinely sad he's passed on. We'll all eventually see him down the road. I think it would be cool if he hung around a while and went full-poltergeist on his ex-wife... ...but rattling chains isn't his style, rattling funny bones is. And he has a cruise to catch.

Maybe it’s just the wine talking but it sure would be a lot of fun if those of us who are divers could set a memorial on a reef in SoFL for Rog in his honor in a year. What a tribute.

Go Gators, Go Rog.

 

[NOLAGATOR]

Maybe it’s just the wine talking but it sure would be a lot of fun if some us who are divers could set a memorial on a reef in SoFL for Rog in his honor in a year. What a tribute.

Go Gators, Go Rog.

That sounds awesome.
I'd pitch in for a plaque or an engraved Gator

 

[TN G8tr]

I would contribute as well.