On the bus today, two old men had a brief chat about Chief Justice Rehnquist's cancer. It was pretty different from the average conversation:

Old Man #1: So did you hear about the Supreme Court justice?
Old Man #2: I just hope that he ends up alright.
OM#1: Yeah.

There seemed to be something specifically age-relevant about this; I guess they empathize with him more than they care what it means.