The Old Coot takes note, of a notebook
I watched the Master’s Golf Tournament last week. In November! Not May! No fans! No azaleas! Just golfers, PGA officials, TV videographers, and members of…
Opinion
Collector Car Corner – AMC Marlin: A fastback family car that was not a muscle car
Q: Greg I enjoy your AMC and Rambler columns but what about the Rambler Marlin? How about some info on the Marlin and your recollections?…
The Old Coot can’t live without the newspaper
The newspaper is under attack. It’s been going on for a long time. First, it was radio that took a crack, and then TV joined…
The Old Coot doesn’t know your name
Here I go again, sticking my nose in where it doesn’t belong. In the “Men are from Mars” – “Women are from Venus” arena. The compulsion…
The Old Coot has an alias. Several!
We acquire many names as we spin through life. The first one is “The Baby.” How’s “The Baby” doing? Is “The Baby” walking yet? Has…
The Old Coot tells all!
I’m a blabbermouth! Most old coots are. Tell us a secret and we go public! We love it when someone starts a sentence with, “Don’t…
The Old Coot learned from a master
Not every man becomes an old coot when he gets old. You need a mentor, a trainer, to make it into the old coot fraternity….
Old Coots hears an echo
A friend of mine from the Starbucks coffee gang in Ormond Beach, Fla. sent me a note the other day, just to say hello. (Due…
The Old Coot wants a change (of clothes)
These days, many people wear single purpose clothes. Whether for work, shopping, going out for dinner, to a party or some other event, the same…
The Old Coot supports the Tuesday Afternoon Club
The Tuesday Afternoon Club came by this week, right on schedule (Tuesday afternoon). The first member passed through around two o’clock. He grabbed two jars…