Taryn: Beware Of The Old Codgers

On her Facebook wall, former SR buddy Taryn Hecker-Thompson tells of seeing a Spokane news crew filming an “old codger” with a snow blower across the street. When I asked Taryn, with concern, how she defined “old codger,” she replied: ” It is someone over 80 who wears golf shorts, drives a golf cart, vacuums — yes, vacuums — their yard, and complains frequently to golf course management about residents under 50 who have kids and kid-related debris in their yard, or stray pine cones, or plants that flower in the wrong color. That being said, you are clearly not an old codger. On the other hand, you could be an old fart.”

Question: How would you define “old codger”? Is an “old codger” and an “old fart” the same thing?