"First he was a butcher, then a barber...always cutting." Now he's retired, and so are the rest of them, but they keep active. The members of the self-styled Orchard Beach Retirement Club in New York City spend every day at the beach, and one proudly recalls, "We were here when it went below zero. We're here when it's raining and when it's snowing."
Sometimes they are at the beach alone, but on nice days friendly joggers stop by to shoot the breeze, and the beat patrolmen more often than not spend their lunch hours with "the boys."
When you meet "the boys" the topic of conversation may as likely be either "that new man Reagan" and how he might even be good for the country, or how one can keep his car from being stolen.
Practicing the old golf swing, taking long walks along the beach, and playing with their mascot Mugs, they keep on their feet.
Oh, and of course, they all take haircuts from the old master at his seaside salon.
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