Membership in the ‘Old Coots’ is distinct honor
Tue, 2014-10-21 05:00
News Staff
By Willis Webb
There are a number of advantages to growing older. One, of course, is that you are indeed growing older. And, as I always say: “Beats the heck out of the alternative.” Another “advantage” to me is being a proud member of the Old Coots, but as a mere 70ish guy, I’m still a “fresh young whippersnapper” to the more seasoned of that erstwhile group. One of the privileges, however, is particularly useful to those who pen a column: “That reminds me of the time…” Not long ago, I was talking to Rebecca Toney Hutchinson about one of the newspapers she edits, The Gulf Coast Tribune in Needville, and that triggered that Old Coot handle in my mind.
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