waterinthefuel
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There was an old man who was a friend of my neighbor at our camp. That old man would talk and talk and talk. If you saw him walking down to the dock you would lie prone as if in the military, or you'd jump behind a boat or crouch down in one, hoping he wouldn't see you because if he did, he simply wouldn't shut up. Nicest old man you ever met, just talked alot.<br /><br />Well a couple of years ago we notice that it's very quiet next door. Come to find out the old man, who was overweight and disabled simply by age, stood up, and went to sit down and had broken his seat off and fallen out of the little jon boat we used to watch him paddle out in.<br /><br />He never wore a lifejacket, and my father, a stickler for boat safety, always used to tell him he should wear it. He would always blow him off saying he didn't need it.<br /><br />The old man drowned not 150 feet from our dock in less than 8 feet of water. Now that dock next door went from hustle and bustle and rowdy and noisy with that old man, to "haven't seen anybody on it in 2 years."<br /><br />That boat was pulled up onto the bank and left there with the broken seat next to it. A strong reminder of what can happen when we ignore safety issues.<br /><br />Very sad. Guys, I know it's not "cool" to wear a lifejacket, but it's not cool to get drug up by the Wildlife Infisheries and placed in a body bag either. <br /><br />Wear your fuKing life jacket. 
