lol...let me start by saying it is a truly long story but i will do my best to keep it short...
my grandfather(who was by far the hardest man i ever met and was the only person i ever met who got his eye stabbed out over a poker game) read me treasure island as a child. before he started the story he told me it was the best story he had ever read and the day he finished looked at me and said "told you so". after that he would tell me random stories he had read or heardabout pirates. if it was anyone i would say it was him that shaped me into the man i am today. I was twelve when he died but in those twelve years he taught me everything form how to drink to what it took to truly be a tough son of a bitch. To me at least he was truly the worlds last true badass.