Memories of AJ
I bought the remote jammer! I would wait while he surfed the tv channels and zapped it on when it got to to the channel we wanted to watch - great sport!! I can still see him bashing the remote vigorously after changing the batteries and declaring "bloody remote is on the blink again, I'm off to bed". To be fair he did only watch golf or Star Trek and it was constantly!
I did see his compassionate side after the fatal crash of 2 of our Sqns pilots in NI. He was first on scene in his Puma and managed to find a tarpaulin which he placed over the victims. I phoned him rather drunk after the incident to thank him for his actions and was truly humbled by his kind and fatherly words, a side of AJ I'm glad I had the pleasure to witness.
Rest in peace and sincere condolence to his family at this difficult time.
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