Dear favorite brother-in-law (Charlie always did get a good chuckle when I called him that, as of course, he was my only one!),

When we met, 42 years ago, you were not overly impressed with me.  I soon came to realize, that you were ...

Charlie was a great coach, trainer and mentor and brought Falconbridge (now Glencore) into provincial winning form in mine rescue competitions. We hadn't won in over 20 years until Charlie raised our level to winning 3 consecutive years...