Flooding Plymouth

Non-Fiction

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Look, are you a people watcher? Are you someone who is more interested in how a person reacts to their circumstances? There is always somebody who has an interesting approach and a fascinating personality. They will leave you unblinking and open-mouthed while you endeavour to suck in all their intricacies. Life is full of them and if given the opportunity when circumstances are right, they will provide you with a unique story.

I was hardwired for their characters, and of course the Royal Marines would provide me with many. I was ever watchful for their unique personality, especially if they were my boss. I would observe them, tilting my head and face, endeavouring to glean every last drop of their character.

I never took anything of anyone seriously, even in dangerous times in the Royal Marines; when nerves were on edge, there was always a joke to be had.

This book is a dip in and out of my life. Serious, dangerous and adventurous, but for the most part funny, I think.

Throughout John Francis O’Neill’s life, he encountered many challenges, and his philosophy was that you can never be wrong when you do the right thing. Reminding adults that they were once kids, that life was short, and that maturity was a high price to pay for growing up seemed plausible to him. His goal was to die young as late as possible. Most people who became his boss were joyless individuals who always thought they knew better. They were all too busy being whatever they had become and eventually would make the right decision only after they had tried everything else. He was determined never to be like them.