Thing's....

[chris dawe]

This forum is a great place ...no, a fantastic place to visit ,the people here become a real tight knit bunch of friend's ,almost like an extended internet family.

There people here who lend a hand to help with advice ,or part's on the latest project gun often asking nothing more than typed "thank-you " and the unspoken understanding that the same kindness will be payed forward in the future.

There are deal's in the buy and sell section where guy's don't try to haggle your last penny ,the profit come's solely from helping one of the PGCA extended family.

There is a man here whom I've never had the pleasure of shaking his hand in person who called me probably every day during the hardest two week's of my life just to see if I was O.K (Thank-you Jim)

So all this is the reason why I feel comfortable about letting you guy's meet my Dad,he's the reason why I'm the man I am today,he taught me to speak my mind when I'm in the right and to apologize if I was'nt,he taught me the value of working like a dog just to get something right,he kept me on the straight and narrow with a rap from his knuckle's when my hormone's had me chasing every skirt in town ,he taught me everything I know about a hammer and a saw.

As some here may know ,I lost my Dad on the 23 of November this year...he was diagnosed with a massive grade four glyo blastoma (spell?) brain tumor just two week's before,surgery did'nt help and he fought damn hard for every second he had with us...it was hand's down the hardest thing I've ever witnessed,and it made me the proudest son on the planet to bear witness his bravery

I never moved more than 200 feet from him in 40 year's ,and now he's gone and I would give anything for one of his signature knuckle rap's about my head

Every day get's better,but I'm sure there's some hard one's ahead.
R.I.P Pop's