[Ozzy the dog]

Hi Cotten,

I can certainly relate to your story. The most important thing dad taught me was that if you want something, you have to earn it (something I have passed down to my two sons).

Regarding tools, I always remember dad having a hand operated drill that fascinated me as a small boy. I was mesmerised by the turning gears and see it as the starting point to my interest in engineering and making things. Dad passed four years ago and when mum asked if there was anything I wanted to remember him by, the drill was the thing.

Things I remember him saying: -

If one of us asked for something he would say "Those that ask, don't get"
When someone else jumped in with "I didn't ask dad" he would say, "Those that don't ask, don't want". (He would always follow up with letting us have whatever it was).

Another thing he said that I find myself saying all the time is when he approached an automatic door he would stand in front of it and say "Open, Sez me"

Love him, miss him, never forget him.