Generation Gap Connect

  Gen.#1   He returned from his visit to the VA Center where he had gone to get information on eligibility. I asked him what they said.  He said they are going to refer him to some doctor in Troy, whose office had not answered the call when they tried to make the referral, so they will call back when they make the connection.  I asked who the doctor was.  He said he didn't know, only that it was in Troy.  I googled VA referrals and found they have a medical clinic on River Street in Troy, so I relayed the information to him.  "Yes, I know,"  he said, and repeating what I'd just said,  "It's a clinic on River Street." 
  Gen.#3   I had been at his house that afternoon, and had observed a robin building or tending a nest in a shrub near his doorway.  I drove him home later that day and as we were walking down the driveway, I told him I had seen a bird's nest in his yard.  "Yes, I know," he said, running across  the yard to another, nest-less location, "it's over here.  Somewhere."