The Real Skinny: "Every generation does its own thing"

The real skinny (according to Boy): Evie must have read my chapter—she and I are on the same page on this one. The major difference between her account and mine would be her allusion to our granddaughter. That was clever and insightful. Every generation does its own thing. What seemed really cool to us in Greenwich Village, probably sounds dumb to our children, perhaps much more to our grandchildren. Change is good, for the most part. Those unwilling to embrace it become irrelevant.

Evie did take issue with my comment about my wearing Brooks Brothers suits to my job in the Diamond District. She recalled my having worn holey clothes. We are both correct.

Initially my job was working in the office, counting and weighing diamonds. Later, when I became a courier, I dressed down.