I spent yesterday with old friends.It used to be that I would follow the use of “old friends” with the disclaimer that they were “not really old!” This no longer feels necessary. If they are old friends of mine, I now have to say, objectively, they are pretty old.The “occasion” (if you want to call it that) was finally driving my oldest friend, Andrew, to his colonoscopy— which certainly sounds like an old person’s activity.I had been badgering him for months. After he finally capitulated, it took him months to get an appointment. Then he asked if I would drive ...