Category archive for ‘Opinion’ 
The Old Coot takes his medicine (0)
1/31/12 •
Have you noticed? Everything on grocery store shelves is good for you. The packages scream out as you walk down the aisle: – I’m low in salt – I’m low in fat – I have zero calories – I’m light – No trans fats in me – I have natural flavors – I’m gluten free [...]
Collector Car Corner – Spokane reader builds rare Dana 427 Camaro (0)
1/31/12 •
Q: Greg, I read your article in Saturday’s paper “Remember those model building days,” which brought back many memories of building models in the mid to late 1960’s. I am now 56 years old, and bought many models weekly with the money I earned from my newspaper route. All my money went to two things [...]
Test Drive – 2012 Buick LaCrosse Premium (0)
1/31/12 •
Base Price: $32,440 Price as Tested: $36,685 This week we’re driving Buick’s 2012 LaCrosse Premium I, featuring a 5-year, 100,000 mile powertrain warranty and impressive 4-cylinder fuel mileage. Finished in a “Premium I” series, the latest LaCrosse is a strong statement from General Motors emphasizing Buick’s ability to build what the American public wants while [...]
Dairy Princess News (0)
1/31/12 •
Happy New Year! Did you make a resolution? Maybe it included losing weight and eating right. Consuming 3 servings of dairy every day can help with that! We all know that dairy products are very nutritious and contain eight essential nutrients plus calcium. These nutrients are: Calcium which builds stronger bones and teeth, Vitamin D [...]
Obesity on the rise, in people and pets alike (0)
1/31/12 •
The New Year has begun, and I think it is a pretty safe bet that more than one of us has a New Year’s Resolution along the lines of “Lose Weight” or “Eat Better.” Obesity is on the rise in the human population. Unfortunately, this trend is mirrored in our pets. A study done in [...]
Car Collector Corner – Edsel owner needs advice (Comments Off)
1/24/12 •
Q: Greg, I own a 1959 Edsel Ranger 4-door sedan. The door panels are rough and need to be replaced. I am aware that the ’59 Ford had similar mechanical parts, including engines, rears and transmissions, but are any of the interior parts the same? I might have a better chance to find door panels [...]
The Old Coot dreads the number three! (Comments Off)
1/24/12 •
Things come in threes! So goes the old superstition. Good things. Bad things. Things in between. I learned this from my mother when I was 14. My uncle died. “Oh, Oh!” my mother said. “Bad things come in threes.” Sure enough, my grandfather died the following year, my grandmother the year after that. “We’re safe [...]
Collector Car Corner (Comments Off)
1/17/12 •
Q: Greg, I really enjoy your articles on the older cars in the Wayne County Times here in upstate New York. Last week’s article on model cars was especially interesting. Like you, I built quite a few models when I was a youngster, both airplanes and cars, but they were lost over the years. Around [...]
The Old Coot”s New Year’s Eve was different this year (Comments Off)
1/17/12 •
My wife and I had an “old coot” New Year’s Eve. It was a gathering of neighbors. I’m always the oldest guy there and in the minority (old coot-wise). It was a pretty tame event compared with the all out, all night New Year’s Eve bashes that once were a part of our world. Now, [...]
Test Drive – 2012 Subaru Forester 2.5 XT Touring (Comments Off)
1/17/12 •
Base Price: $29,895 Price as Tested: $31,670 This week we’re driving Subaru’s top line 2012 Forester XT Touring, one of five All Wheel Drive (AWD) Forester models available. Notable is Forester’s impressive entry level price, as consumers can park a base 2.5X AWD Forester in their driveway for just $20,595. (As many people have). Subaru [...]