When I was in my prime, I was so fit; my heart would fibrillate. It couldn’t keep up with the rest of my body.It was how I got in shape that was the...problem. I grew up in a violent hick village in northern BC. The closest police station was in town, a 25-minute drive away. If you phoned the cops, they knew that by the time they got there, the criminal would be long gone, so they wouldn’t even try. They would typically get there 2 hours after you phoned.A study was done on the region, which. [ G&F ]Marilyn arrived shortly afterwards and put pizza boxes and garlic bread on the coffee table and handed over the movies."I got 'Kindergarten Cops II -- The Ferret's Revenge' and since you've all been bitching about school since last week I got you 'Revenge of the Nerds'; I thought that would be appropriate."Then for our special entertainment I picked out an interesting little film." She scanned the back of the folder."Basically Nicky, Dennis and Liz kidnap their exes Huey, Margaret and. Always be ready and properly equipped for when the shit hits the fan."I'd been on the receiving end of more of Jacob's rants than I could ever hope to count, that he clearly didn't even have to be present anymore for me to hear them. Every once in a while I even imagined that I could actually see him. I'm not sure what was worse to see on his face, the look of extreme rage at my impulsive nature and absentmindedness, or the look of monumental disappointment, since he knew that I could do much. There I was, minding my own business (another line that I always wanted to use to start a story) playing pool and actually winning, when he came in flashing his money. He had found a job with an Oilfield Electric Contractor in Great Bend, KS just 30 miles from our home town of Holyrood (pop 601). He was making $1.25 per hour and working 80+ hours weekly and I just knew I wanted some of that. He said they were hiring and I should go there Monday.I had been doing some odd jobs in the oil field.