It wasn't my intention to upset you, just trying to give some advice that would prevent some of the hardships I went through at 18.
I lost some good friends that thought they were the toughest guys on earth, they took on some older gentleman who didn't want anything to do with it and just shot them, they are buried a few hundred feet from my house and the older man is still in prison, a waste of 3 lives over an attitude.
I hope you don't think I am threatening you in any way, just the opposite, I am trying to help you avoid the problems that go with the 18 year old conception that we are invincible and tougher than anybody else. I hope you never have to go through any of the things I did as a youngster, I read your post and just had to say something, it brought back alot of bad memories.

Please accept any appologies you have coming and listen to us old farts, with age comes wisdom.