I met Roger in class at St. Clair College. We clicked immediately is spite of our very different styles. There was an admiration which we shared - in fact, to the very end. He allowed me to custom-paint his '70 Gremlin - the first one in Windsor.  We shared a love for Ron Sweed, the crazy, warm-hearted TV host known as The Ghoul.  Ron passed away on April 1 of this year, and April 1 was the date that American Motors had unveiled the Gremlin.

He and I were one half of the passengers in a car returning from Toronto, in which our car, driven by another student, was catastrophically destroyed in a night ice storm on 401 in 1974.

Roger and I celebrated each other's birthdays every year until this past one, and our aim was to see who could make the most outrageous birthday card.