Be prepared with pepper spray
Yesterday the missus and I ran into our friend Kevin Thompson,
who’s the only guy I know that on the luckiest
day of his life, was slammed face first into a
guardrail. Lost his teeth and crushed most of
his face, but you’d never know it to look at him
now. Now he looks even better than me. Maybe he
always did, but I’ll never admit to that.
You see, on the luckiest day of his life, Kevin
had 2 options, the guardrail, or the end of his
life. Kevin used to be a commercial ocean
fisherman–I can’t recall the exact name they use.
But maybe you’ve seen the show on TLC or
Discover, the 10 Most Dangerous Occupations? Kevin was
numero uno. He worked on deck of a commercial
fishing boat. They would sail the North Pacific and
the Arctic Oceans, fishing for the fish that we
enjoy at restaurants, or out of the box at home.
If you haven’t seen the tv show, Kevin and his
mates would be on the deck, trying to work and hold
on at the same time, while their boat is
fighting 30 foot waves and bouncing them all over the
place.
Then one day a huge wave came over top the boat
and picked up Kevin and sent him for a ride across
the deck. Maybe it was dumb luck, or maybe his
guardian angel couldn’t think of any other
alternative, but instead of being washed overboard, it
was a guardrail sandwich at 90 miles an hour,
right into the TOP rail of the guardrail.
A few inches higher and Kevin would have been fish food.
Might have even turned up in one of those nets one day.
That was Kevin’s last voyage.
Why would anyone even think about doing that job? The money
is great, that’s why. Kevin was able to make more in 3
months than most people make in a whole year.
So he risked it, and he won.
If you ever get a chance to hear Kevin’s story, it’s
a real good one from a real good guy.
We all take risks in life, risks that seem
worthwhile for us, that others would never even think
about. But there’s one risk that no one should
take, cause the odds are stacked against you if you
do.
All of us, every single one of us, have a 1 in 7
chance of being a crime victim at some point in
our life. For some it may be a simple mugging,
for others it may be the fight of their life.
One in seven. You know, if we had a 1 in 7
chance of hitting the lottery, we’d mortgage
everything we had, including our future earnings, on that
one chance. 1 in 7 is almost a done deal, gonna
happen, bet the farm kind of thing. Everyone
knows that.
So protect yourself with some pepper spray, or
stun gun or Taser, and take advantage of my $5.00 offer when you get there.
There may not be a guardrail there when you need it. It might be just you and
your wits against some very nasty dudes, and your wits may not be enough.
Be prepared, and be safe.