Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
So, to all of you out there, look after those wee things that one day a great grand child will enjoy and yes they really will smile and under their breath they will say, not often perhaps, "thanks grandad!"
What an extraordinarily wonderful statement Jock, well put! I am fortunate to have, from one side of the family, my great-uncle's pocketwatch and a glass he took his scotch in. Glass is very ordinary, but it was his and as children we were fascinated by the lines painted on it and seeing how much of a tipple he poured (with little kids around it was probably greater than most days). The lines are long worn off now, but the memory is still strong.

From the other side I inherited a wall clock that was hand-made in Russia and belonged to my great-great - grandfather. It has been passed down through first-born sons and sadly no longer works. I've had it in to a number of clockmakers and they just can't seem to get it to keep time as it should. From my father I got woodworking hand tools, and often I feel very comforted when planing a board or using a chisel knowing that he had held these very tools. Provisions are already in my will for passing these things down to my sons, and I can only hope they hold them as dear as I do.

Laurie