I recall that while growing up, I always wanted to hang around the older people. While kids my age were busy giving each other “Noogies”, I wanted to hang out with the grown-ups because that is where I thought the real action was at. I loved nothing better than to listen and learn from my father as he negotiated a trade or when my mother would talk about what happened to some poor soul. As a result, I grew up having a firm understanding of the w…