Don't Mess With The Elderly

All I can say after reading this is don't mess with the elderly.

The 27 year old thief had no idea what he was getting himself into when he tried to pick-pocket a 72 year old former marine, former golden glove boxer, and former iron worker. He had no idea that this 72 year old man had lived his life gaining experience and skill enough to kick butt at 72. He had no idea that his "easy mark" had been trained to end a human life with his bare hands, worked one of the toughest jobs I have ever heard of, or had other men try and beat the snot out of him repeatedly in the ring.

Now I am not going to go into how stupid or wrong trying to steal is. I have often said that if thieves had any other marketable skills they would probably have a normal job like the rest of us. Instead I will say don't mess with the elderly. Here is why:

1. In all the years they have walked God's green Earth, they have probably learned a thing or two about how to survive.
2. In their life, you probably aren't the first who has tried whatever you are about to try.
3. They may have raised children far worse than you are, and in their day you could still beat the snot out of a kid when they were bad without dealing with CPS.
4. They come from an era when life wasn't so easy and they hard to bust their humps to get what they got, and they will hold onto it with both hands.
5. The come from the very same era that was comprised of Americans who fought for what they believed in, didn't wimp out or take anything lying down, and prided themselves on fixing what was wrong with the world. At this moment in time, you are probably what is wrong with the world.

With the above in mind, you may want to rethink messing with the elderly.