Tom, I kinda think like you. People wonder why I smile sometime when I see stuff. I know life is dangerous and I have walked some dark paths. I usually will say jokingly to a guy approaching me someting funny. If he does not laugh I smile and get ready. In the middle of the day I was walking the dogs at a rest stop. Some guy comes up and says he needs money. I say sorry. He keeps on so I speak up boy, I am a bit hard of hearing from all the guns I shoot. He took two steps back and I said since he was broken down I would be happy to call the state police. Amazingly he started the broken car and left as I laughed. Now I do not look like a mark but that time I was weak as a kitten. Many times in my life especially as a LEO I was the first one to the fight calls. Our chief had his fight group and I was the smallest guy at 6'4" and 325. It is life and not new and I have a dog that will bark at strange sounds.
