Questions and Answers

You say you’re a “cranky old man” but how old are you?

Old enough to be your dad, but not old enough to be his.

Old enough for AARP to start sending me snail-mail.

Old enough to remember Jimmy Carter’s election.

Old enough to love the sound of an electric guitar wailing.

Old enough to have watched All In The Family, but too young to have really understood it.

Old enough to have owned a Sears-branded Atari 2600.

Old enough to have watched Escape From Alcatraz at the drive-in, from the backseat where I was supposed to be sleeping.

Old enough to X, too young to Boom.