Ah, yesssssss ... the Professor knows all too well about the hard work I have put in towards enhancing my "Inner-Curmudgeon," now don't ya?!
The Professor says, "A hell of a lot less tolerance for horsesh!t, and at our ages, our hides don't have all that much value anyhowz - they get way too thick to hurt."
If I may borrow a phrase from the Canucks in response - "F*ckin' A!"
Gig 'em, Monkeyman!
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence