I love this story. It’s awesome in so many ways. First you have a Son that loves his dad so much that he pays someone to be his drinking buddy. Second, you have a Dad that is still kicking it even in his elder years, and third  you have some lucky s.o.b. that gets to get paid plus gets free beer just to hang with some old geezer. Why can I not catch a break like this? Why do all these cool jobs escape me? Is this not the coolest old person job you could ever have? No ass wiping, no bed pan changing, none of the nasty shit. Just beer and money. 

LONDON (Reuters) - Found: drinking companions to join elderly gentleman for a friendly beer at his local pub.

Mike Hammond was bombarded with offers after advertising in his village post office for someone to accompany his 88-year-old father Jack on visits to a southern England pub from a nursing home.

He offered the lucky winner 7 pounds ($14) an hour plus expenses and, after sifting through the applicants, decided on a job-share. Drinking duties are to be divided between a retired doctor and a former military man.

“Dad’s now going to be going down to the pub several times a week — three with his new friends and twice with me,” Mike Hammond told The Times on Thursday. “I want to give him some of his old life back.”

via Reuters