Remembering Robert Douglas "Doug" Badger of Long Beach, California

March 30, 1951 - January 16, 2023

Doug Badger, devoted dad, husband, friend, mentor, shipmate, and sharer of knowledge, "crossed the bar" on January 16, 2023. I was on the phone speaking with a vendor out in California yesterday. I brought up Doug in the conversation. The vendor said "I guess you haven't heard". Right then my heart sank and I wept.

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.

—Tryon Edwards

I guess it was around 1996 when I first contacted Doug. We traded a few old sea stories and it was like I'd known him all my life. I'm sure a lot of other people got the same impression. Over the next 25 years or so I'd ring up Doug on occasion to see if he could help me with some material, or just to shoot the breeze with him. But every single time, without fail,  I'd end up picking his brain. Because he knew his business. And that is a fact. I made a trip out to see Doug once. I'm glad I got to meet him, thank him, and shake his hand.

The best conduct a man can adopt is that which gains him the esteem of others without depriving him of his own.
—The Talmud

Today my thoughts are with Doug's family. Celebrate his life. The last time I spoke with Doug he was happy and well, and loving life and family. That's how I knew Doug, and that's how I will always remember him.

Character gives splendor to youth and awe to wrinkled skin and gray hairs.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rest In Peace, Doug.

Dave

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