The Old Coot doesn’t measure up
You’re 10 years old and waiting in line to get on the roller coaster. You see the bar ahead, the one you have to be…
Opinion
The Old Coot ain’t a flip-flopper
I need flip-flop lessons. Getting them on, to start with. I have a hard time slipping my foot into the thong that goes between the…
The Old Coot has a ‘bug’ up his sleeve
I’m sitting here in a Starbucks with a container of coffee in front of me, watching a cashier wait on customers. She’s been writing about…
The Old Coot adds things up
We name a number. It’s how old coots respond (to each other) when asked, “How are you doing?” We don’t go into detail about our…
Collector Car Corner – The Daytona 500, racing highs and lows, and the future of motorsports
The late, great author Ernest Hemingway once said, “There are only three sports; Mountain Climbing, Bull Fighting and Auto Racing. The others are just games.”…
The Old Coot buttons up a mystery
I was in one of those outlet stores the other day. It was a Bealls outlet, a popular retail store in Florida. They pronounce it…
Collector Car Corner – ‘Mr. Rambler’ recalls 1957 Dodge D-500 and rare Borgward Isabella
Q: Hello Greg and thanks for all your articles. I look forward to them every week and I’ the guy that wrote to you about…
The Old Coot can’t read the fine print
I did one of those stupid things the other day, a male ego thing; I jogged across the street (like a chicken getting to the…
The Old Coot can’t wait
I bought an RCA “color” TV in 1968 at “Little Joe’s” in Elmira, N.Y. It cost $300, a virtual fortune at the time. Mad-Man-Dewey had…
The Old Coot is overcome
Here we go again, fighting against human nature. We do it all the time. We do it with legislation. We do it with school rules,…