For the past few years, a group of Utah retirees who call themselves the “Old Coots” have been meeting every Saturday morning at the Salt Lake City Farmer’s Market to dispense free advice to the public.
“We were sitting outside, bored stiff from talking to each other, and I said, ‘You know what? I’m going to get us a booth across the street at the farmers market, where we can give advice,’ ” Tony Caputo, founder of his namesake deli where the group usually meets, told The Washington Post back in 2018.
Things have obviously changed since the pandemic began. The farmer’s market no longer allows booths like the Old Coots offered — but the group is still willing and able to give advice.
(They don’t promise that’s it good advice, just that it’s free.)
Reporter Kathy Stephenson spoke with Carol Sisco, Tony Caputo and Gus Wheeler about the group’s history, what they’ve been doing the past few months and what we all should be doing with our lives.
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