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Bye Bye Mr Rooney

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No, no, not Rooney as in NFL but an iconic Rooney all the same.

Andy Rooney will bid farewell to his regular spot on 60 Minutes tomorrow night. I always liked his outlook at the most mundane of things even though I rarely get a chance to catch anymore.





I broke my sports ONLY rule on football Saturday for this.

Muddy, even you must have liked Andy Rooney, didn't ya?
 
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Muddy, even you must have liked Andy Rooney, didn't ya?
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Past tense, a bit. I have been a 60 Minutes fan for decades and I used to always watch his segments. I even read one or two of his books way back when. I don't know if he has changed or I have, but I lost interest. I have been skipping his segments for a long time. Our philosophies do not mesh. I am pro-change and let's-try-something-new; he is an aggressive stick-in-the-mud always anxious to manufacture reasons why any change is not as good as the good old days.

I don't have time for people like that.

Plus as he has aged he has gotten that disturbing nubbin thing on his upper lip. That is a bit much to deal with.

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Muddy, some of the old days were better and props to Mr Rooney for reminding us that not everything new is better. Like the days when you didn't need a second mortgage to fill up your vehicle with gas or when a dollar was worth a dollar. Andy Rooney would remember these things and he would agree but he would make me laugh when he said what I just said.
 
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