It was our pleasure to meet David at the SurfCity Dopefest years ago. His presence on this board was so special. I will miss him a great deal.
Condolences to your family during this difficult time. Healing thoughts coming your way from hundreds of Dopers, no doubt.
Rest in Peace, David.
Condolences on your loss.
Although I don’t think I ever actually had any sort of board conversation with your father, he was definitely a voice of reason and one of the posters whose opinion on a subject was always worth paying attention to.
On a more personal note, I always greatly enjoyed reading his posts about having been a pilot in the Army Air Force during World War II because it gave me a interesting window into my own grandfather’s experiences as a bomber crewman during the war.
I’m sorry for you and your family’s loss, and I hope there’s some consolation in knowing how he was regarded here.
Peace to David, and condolences to your family. David gave us a tremendous example of how to age well; sharp, vital, and graceful until that last breath. I’m grateful he shared his wisdom with us.
I’m so sorry for your loss. Your father will be missed by many here.
thank you for posting in this difficult and busy time.
i hope that you and your family will be granted comfort and peace.
may his memory be eternal.
I’m never very good in these threads, but having recently experienced the pain of loss I have to say I wouldn’t wish it on anyone… but I do I wish you and your family all the best in your healing journey. How wonderful to know we at the Straight Dope could be some comfort to him. You’ll be in my thoughts.
That’s the most touching thing I’ve ever read here. I’m glad your father knew we were thinking of him.
We’re thankful for his sharing with us. We will be poorer without him.
Thank you. While my dad was humble and never cared much about what people thought about him, the way he dressed or the car he drove ( his idea of car maintenance was change the oil every 3- 5,000 miles and wash it every 5-10 years, if it hadn’t rained recently ) but I had the feeling that all of your posts and well wishes, even the praise meant alot to him.
It makes me think a bit about what we have here, knowing that a Doper on the way out wanted to spend some of his last hours being kept up to date on this message board. W,, it’s safe to say that we reciprocated the sentiment.
I know his flight into the beyond will be a happy one.
I think that membership here will soon be free for everyone. If not, I will pay your membership. That will allow you to search for your father’s old posts. That might bring you a little comfort in the times to come. Certainly you will be able to see how well he got along with everyone – and that is really rare here.
He could really be a tease when he wanted to run circles around gullible people like me. I liked that about him. I also liked that there was someone around that was older than me that still had all his lights on. What a good mind!
It must have been something special to have been raised by him.
Thank you, W.
Class.
And thanks, W. Peace and closure to you.
I was just searching old threads David started. There’s one from 2002 where he tells of a roadrunner on his patio. I posted about a roadrunner that frequented the parking area where I used to work:
David replied:
I hadn’t had my coffee yet, so I didn’t get it. (A French roadrunner would know how to cook escargots.) He had a great wit.
A few other posts:
A “War Story” in response to Zoe. Kind of long.
My one and only war story
Sorry, Golden Gophers, you’re goners.
There are seven pages of posts that David started available in Search. The Search function has a 750 post limit. The threads that David started or participated in go back to January 2007 under that limit. There are comments on politics, military history, movies, engineering… And questions that he posted showing that he was always striving to learn.
A remarkable man.
My condolences. He will be missed.
Thank you for passing on the information.
He will definitely be missed. 
My condolences on the loss of a great man.
Although I never met him face to face he was a solid presence here. I will miss him.