I think that they said he was their grandfather.

This has to be significant...any thoughts?

I agree that it's got to be significant, but so far the name isn't ringing any bells.

Google is turning nothing up either so it must be in-show stuff...

The symbol on the ring was odd too.

Sortof a cross with an arrow head on each side.

I'm sure we'll hear that name again somewhere down the line!

I think that they said he was their grandfather.

This has to be significant...any thoughts?

a Grandfather on his moms side of the family

To be introduced in a future Charlie FB?

The company "Stratton of London" makes fine gifts. They are well known for their powder compacts (which contain a looking glass). They also make make badges & medals (some military), buttons, swords, cufflinks, coins, etc.
I don't really see any significance in this though.

Perhaps he is related to Richard Stratton, the father of the Ricker on the old tv show "Silver Spoons"

I just assumed they just told us the name to illustrate tha they took the name DriveShaft from the Dexter Stratton initials on the ring.

maybe there's an anagram for it

I seriously doubt this person means anything more than showing they named their band after their grandfathers initials.

I just assumed they just told us the name to illustrate tha they took the name DriveShaft from the Dexter Stratton initials on the ring.
How does one get from 'Dexter Stratton' to 'DriveShaft'? Why not 'Dogs Suck' or 'Daily Swims'?

I wonder if Charlie's mother's family had anything to do with automobiles. And why do I have a niggle of a feeling that it can be tied into 'Widmore'?

maybe there's an anagram for it

ARDENT TEXT SORT

and so on...

If it were grandpa wouldn't you say "we took the name for our band from Granfather's name not from Dexter Stratton? Do grandchildren refer to grandparents this way in England? I would have said something to the effect that "no one realizes we took the band"s name from grandpap's initials"

It may turn out that it's important down the road (many things are), but the main point was to show that the ring was a family heirloom and therefore precious to Charlie. His leaving it in Aaron's crib said volumes about how he feels about Claire and Aaron. The fact that neither Claire nor Hurley found it is heartbreaking. . . unless someone comes back for it later. . . like a not dead Charlie. I did wonder one thing about the ring. We've seen in other Charlie flashbacks that Liam finally did get cleaned up and had a family. Why didn't Charlie give the ring back to him?

This is usually the kind of thing that turns up in future episodes.

To be introduced in a future Charlie FB?

There would have to be a Charlie episone in season 4 for that to happen.

It may turn out that it's important down the road (many things are), but the main point was to show that the ring was a family heirloom and therefore precious to Charlie. His leaving it in Aaron's crib said volumes about how he feels about Claire and Aaron. The fact that neither Claire nor Hurley found it is heartbreaking. . . unless someone comes back for it later. . . like a not dead Charlie. I did wonder one thing about the ring. We've seen in other Charlie flashbacks that Liam finally did get cleaned up and had a family. Why didn't Charlie give the ring back to him?

I agree with everything said here...except they wouldn't have mentioned his exact name if it was not something that was mentioned previously or will be in the future.

It was one of those LOST moments when you say to yourself...that's odd, why would he refer to his grandfather by first and last name...my grandfathers (as well as many other folks) were called "Grandpa" and "Pap"...the name was mentioned for a reason IMO.

What do you bet that old Dex made his fortune by partnering with some an old friend during the war and made a bunch of money but began to see things differently and parted ways.

Dex faded into obscurity while his partner ... Alvar ... went on to other things. :undecide:

I bet we will find out that it is significant, but we don't know it yet.

Wht didn't they name their band 'Dogs Suck' or 'Daily Swims'? I am sure they considered those name but thought Drive Shaft was the best name that fit the parameters of having to have a D and an S as the starting letters of the words in the bank.

Why did they say "Dexter Stratton" and not Grampa? For the benefit of the audience otherwise we would have not understood the context of the DS. why do medical shows state what would be odvious for the doctor they are talking to? because the audience needs to know the information.

I ran the name through an anagram program and nothing cool came up, nothing I flet was relavant

maybe there's an anagram for it

Is Drive Shaft an anagram for anything? I don't remember anyone looking at that.

Dexter Stratton
=
STRAND EXERT TOT
START EXTEND ROT


Drive Shaft
ADVERT FISH
RAVISH DEFT

maybe there's an anagram for it

If the ring is passed down in the family through the generations from male to male then that means it was it passed down from grandfather to father to Liam (who then did a side lateral of it to Charlie). Therefore, I surmise, Charlie's birth name was actually Charles Pace Stratton, and Liam's was Liam Pace Statton. The Pace middle name is a tribute to somebody in the family or is the mother's maiden name. Since Charlie Stratton and Liam Stratton are no names for a rock stars, they adopted their professional monikers using their middle names as last names.

Now that I have explained how Charles (or "Charlie") Pace Statton is known to us as Charlie Pace, we shall now put Charlie Pace Stratton in the anagram-cobobulator and see what comes out the other end:

Charlie Pace Stratton = apt Hostile cancer rat.

Nuf' with that nonsense. My apologies. :redface: More seriously, I do have a question: Can we conclude the ring passes through the family male to male or is that being too presumptuous? And if the former, how do we square away the different last names?

If not passed through the family, then who the heck is Dexter Stratton and why would Liam get his ring? :confused:

Went looking for some information (Google is a good thing) and this is what I found out:

Manchester England was one of the first abolitionist cities. In 1787, over 10,000 people signed a petition to stop transatlantic slavery.

Why is that important?

Who comes from Manchester? Could Charlie's long lost (no pun intended) relative Dexter be an abolitionist that help free the slaves that were on the Black Rock?

Hmmmm :undecide:

Went looking for some information (Google is a good thing) and this is what I found out:

Manchester England was one of the first abolitionist cities. In 1787, over 10,000 people signed a petition to stop transatlantic slavery.

Why is that important?

Who comes from Manchester? Could Charlie's long lost (no pun intended) relative Dexter be an abolitionist that help free the slaves that were on the Black Rock?

Hmmmm :undecide:

Pretty cool find. Nothing about Dexter but...what if we find out that he had something to do with the movement and therefore is a HERO?

Gotta love Google huh?

Can we conclude the ring passes through the family male to male or is that being too presumptuous? And if the former, how do we square away the different last names?
Charlie tells his brother initially that he can't take the ring because Quote "Mom gave it to you liam".