your new family fatherhood tips for the gearhead


Think you don’t have the right tools to be a good dad? Think again


BY DARRELL BROWN


As a next-door neighbor, Bill was the kind of guy who was always handy to have around. A mechanic by trade, he was forever tinkering away on motors and engines. He certainly


knew my wife’s car well and, on many occasions, offered his services free of charge. Bill and I would often spend many


evenings in his garage — heads under the hood with beers in hand — talking about the inside workings of an engine. Although I did my best to match his enthusiasm, the reality was I was simply doing my best to keep him company. Unlike a lot of guys,  didn’t do it for me. My own father was never much of a hands-on-tools kind of guy and I guess that rubbed off on me. I always admired  their way around an engine and at the same time understood that my own 


To the average observer Bill and I had little in common other than


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