Randy Horton:  

during my senoir year, I ran away from home and ended up joining the Marines. Wound up going around the world as a bodyguard for the 7th fleet admiral. Got out when my hitch was up, came back to denver and still didn't see eye to eye with my dad so I went out to the west coast and got on a fishing boat. Worked odd jobs btween trips and eventually got married to a gal who came from Denver. Knew her from Arapahoe high. We had a boy, now 27. Became the youngest licensed fishing boat Capt at that time and found out fishing for a living and marriage aren't a good mix. I chose fishing. Hey, my specialty was Swordfish with a harpoon. Face to face, adrenaline russshh! Kinda dangerous, but fun and some years worth it. I8 years later, My body couldn't take the physical beating anymore so I got my pilots license and started spotting swords for a living. Very lucrative until I started crashing aircraft all over the ocean. Well only twice in the water and once on the runway. Not bad out of thousands of hours flown. In between trips, I either worked on my boat or worked odd jobs in the fishery industry/ Seafood markets mostly. Had another failed marriage. In 1993, Dec. I came back home, a little worse for wear. It was a bad year. Rekindled my friendship with Gloria Yotter(remember her?) and a few months later was once again married. Still am happily more than 12 years later. Want to know more(it gets better. Addendum 3-2-05 This time last year, I was on a flite for Life to Memorial hospital in Colorado Springs with heart failure and a drug reaction(prescribed drugs) and ended up in a coma for five days. I sort of recovered and was home at my ranch when I was again admitted on Oct 2, 2004. for heart f...Expand for more