It is not easy being a geezer. Not easy at all.
This morning, Lorenzo, who is gradually losing his hearing, came into JJ's, got his coffee and sat down with Frank, Wallace and I. Wallace was telling us about one of his cars -- he has a collection of old cars -- and mentioned a well known local company that works on automobile engines. That was when Lorenzo joined us.
"Is that where we're going to eat?" Lorenzo asked.
"What?" Wallace said, confused. "Where?"
"That restaurant you just mentioned."
"What restaurant? I wasn't talking about no restaurant."
Lorenzo looked at Wallace, disbelieving. "Sure you were. I just heard you say something about a seafood restaurant."
"Okay," said Wallace. "What restaurant did I just mention?"
"Tuna Mashers."
As the rest of us finished laughing, Wallace told Lorenzo, "I was talking about that auto shop down the street on Garfield Avenue, Tuneup Masters."
. . . As I said, it's not easy being a geezer.
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