William Payton's Page

I often wonder, what happened to the type of man who pulled you to the side as a child and offered you a bit of old school wisdom. Where in the hell did that guy go. He would make you sit along side of a broken down vehicle as he lay under it handing him various tools. Lord help you if you handed him a open-end 1/2 wrench and he asked for a 1/2 inch deepwell socket. He always seemed to be near when you fell off of your bicycle, not offering sympathy or even patching your wounds. He would simply… Continue