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I'd do it. The stories that our eldest generations have are amazing, and time is running out to hear them.

And free beer to boot!
 
News story one month later: Elderly Man Dies of Liver Failure, brought on by daily trips to local pub

Actually doesn't sound too bad
 
My first thought: ah sweet.

My second thought: If I was the guy, how would I feel if I found out my 'friends' were actually just people being paid to spend time with me?

Kinda reminds me of when I was younger, I was in some housing project, and I used to have casual chats every now and then with the project worker. I found later that she was logging her time talking with me as part of her paid working hours. All above board - it was part of her contract to spend time talking to people - but it put a different light in retrospect on our casual conversations.

Never mind the nit-picking, I do appreciate what the son is doing, and I'd say the end justifies the means, just makes me squirm a little, but that's modern life.
 
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