# ChiefScott \[has passed away\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2011, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553 "2011-01-30T21:37:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/41 "2011-02-01T16:40:07Z")
If I had the patience to spell out “Fair Winds!” in smilies, I would. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/42 "2011-02-01T16:46:09Z")
If I’ve done my homework correctly, [this is his obit](http://obrienfh.frontrunnerpro.com/runtime/49546/runtime.php?SiteId=49546&NavigatorId=209452&op=tributeObituary&viewOpt=dpaneOnly&ItemId=506674) (Oh, and mods, if I’m completely off-base, feel free to scratch it, not that you need my impratur:D) ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/43 "2011-02-01T16:51:34Z")
Very sad news indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/44 "2011-02-01T18:07:25Z")
Wow. His last activity here was August 3, and the obit said he died August 5. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/45 "2011-02-01T18:16:24Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > If I’ve done my homework correctly, [this is his obit](http://obrienfh.frontrunnerpro.com/runtime/49546/runtime.php?SiteId=49546&NavigatorId=209452&op=tributeObituary&viewOpt=dpaneOnly&ItemId=506674) (Oh, and mods, if I’m completely off-base, feel free to scratch it, not that you need my impratur:D) Worry not. Marley linked it back in Post #8. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/46 "2011-02-01T20:29:33Z")
_Eternal Father, Strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bid’st the mighty Ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep; O hear us when we cry to thee, for those in peril on the sea._ ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/47 "2011-02-01T20:31:49Z")
Oh my. I am so sorry to read about this. My condolences to all. Too young. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/48 "2011-02-01T23:09:30Z")
A couple of other funny threads **ChiefScott** posted in the last few years: [Gerrymandering myself out of a great job](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=447408) [Mrs. Chief: Whadda Maroon\*!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448172) [“So… got a little problem this morning, do ya?”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=452803) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/49 "2011-02-02T02:56:18Z")
Unfortunately, the two I remember best disappeared in some purge or another. In one, he relentlessly unloaded on some hapless newby who had posted the “-gry” riddle. One of the mods was deleting posts as fast as he was unloading them. And in another one, he was calling a court to order to adress the charges that SanibelMan had dropped a friend’s dog on a hard tile floor. Too bad they’re gone. . . . And as others have said. . . “Haze gray and underway” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/50 "2011-02-02T14:36:55Z")
He was awarded a Bronze Star? I never knew that, but somehow it doesn’t surprise me. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/51 "2011-02-03T16:18:26Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > A couple of other funny threads **ChiefScott** posted in the last few years: > > [Gerrymandering myself out of a great job](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=447408) > > [Mrs. Chief: Whadda Maroon\*!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=448172) > > [“So… got a little problem this morning, do ya?”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=452803) [ChiefScott’s infamous toilet post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9192890&postcount=16) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/52 "2011-02-03T16:46:55Z")
[Here](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/app/obituary-preview.aspx?n=scott-s-kalbach&pid=144533891&referrer=2382) is the beginning of the Asbury Park Press obit, along with a photo of Scott. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/53 "2011-02-03T23:52:42Z")
How…interesting that I should log into the boards again now, when I so rarely do. I and my husband interacted with the Chief many times on the boards. My husband was active duty (AF) as well, at the time, and at one point, was returning from a deployment in Saudi Arabia just as the Chief was heading out for one in the Persian Gulf. He had a rather humerous and vulgar comment about that, as I recall. We also privately communicated, and made vague ‘someday’ plans to get a drink. I wish that had actually happened. Fair winds and following seas, brother. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/54 "2011-02-06T05:04:13Z")
ChiefScott was one of my favorite Dopers in the early days. 'Tis a sad day, indeed. I hope someone who knows the family can express our condolences to them and share our joy of his written words with them. This one’s for you, brother. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/55 "2011-02-06T15:03:16Z")
**CheifScott** has not been added to the [In Memoriam](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510802) thread yet. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/56 "2011-02-07T13:45:10Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > **CheifScott** has not been added to the [In Memoriam](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510802) thread yet. I usually wait about a week between the announcement of a member’s passing and adding them to that thread. I’ve made the update and I’m de-stickying this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/57 "2011-02-07T14:53:56Z")
[Piped over the side](http://www.usshancockcv19.com/music.htm)(scroll down to bosun pipe calls). Another sad day on the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/58 "2011-02-08T13:38:18Z")
I am saddened by this news. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/60 "2011-02-10T11:38:52Z")
Reported. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553/61 "2011-02-10T12:07:01Z")
**ChiefScott** was a fine Doper. And his death a great loss to us all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefscott-has-passed-away/569553.md?page=2)