When Insider was a kid he used to occasionally sit in the kitchen and watch his grandmother toast flour. To this day he doesn’t know shy she did that. She did it in a cast iron frying pan, slowly and carefully. Constantly stirring with a spatula, she toasted the flour until it was a dark… Read more »
The old guy is not exactly the optimistic type. He’s too old to always see the half-full side of things. He is not a pessimist. He’s a realist. There’s a difference. However, Insider does not remember ever hearing and reading about so much gloom and doom in the world. It all has to do with… Read more »
Being old is swell. It’s the one excuse everybody accepts. Like “I don’t eat peas because I’m old and they give me gas,” or “I’m too old to walk the Boardwalk” or “I can’t go to the grocery, I’m too old” or “I can’t bend over to tie my shoes, it hurts my old back.”… Read more »
Insider’s best friend is a coupon clipper. She seems to really enjoy it every Sunday when she takes the paper and sorts through all the inserts to see all the deals. When she goes grocery shopping every other week, she takes along her envelope of coupons. It usually takes her about two hours to do… Read more »
Two days went by this week before Insider spoke to anyone other than his best friend and his dog. Those were two beautiful days. It was Monday and Tuesday of this week when snow, ice and a stiff wind made leaving the house a painful chore. All was quiet around the house. The phone was… Read more »
It’s the way it is, but it’s stupid. Old people who have only a few years to live drive as if they were going to live forever. They even walk, talk and eat as if they had a thousand tomorrows. Now kids in their late teens know there is no tomorrow. They haven’t time to… Read more »
Today you can cross the Atlantic Ocean in a couple of hours and it means nothing. Does anyone really have to get across the ocean in a couple of hours? What could possibly be that important? Crossing the big pond was a lot more fun when it took several days aboard one of the major… Read more »
The old guy has always admired people who ride motorcycles. He has never been on one in his life and would be foolish to consider any such thing now. His brittle bones would never be able to handle even the shortest of rides, let alone any type of accident. Insider always smiles when he sees… Read more »
The old guy browsed through the mall bookstore the other day and was shocked to see people actually paying $16 and $25 for hardback books, even $10 for pocket editions and $5 for audio versions. One guy bought three of the same book, Obama’s biography, saying to the clerk the editions would be worth something… Read more »
Insider loves breakfast, any time of day. His best friend prefers scrapple as her breakfast meat. She likes it cooked think and mushy, while the old guy likes his thin and fried crisp, almost like a potato chip. After all, we are dealing with pig snouts here. Insider thinks all sausage links should be outlawed…. Read more »