“No, no. It’s not a class envy argument. I’m not looking for a handout, Ron. I’m just saying that I’ve done my part, I’ve earned my pension, and I want to make sure that the auto companies are there to do their part as far as I go.”

“Of course. These are things that you’ve earned, but I want to make a couple of points, Morris-”

“I worked up there in Lordstown and the misconceptions about the people who work there . . . we take so much pride in them cars that come out of there. There’s nobody getting paid $32 an hour to put a book in the glove box-”

Change the channel, head south from Toledo.

“- and so I’m wondering, is it going to get worse? Or should I leave it alone?”

“I think it’s safe to say that when you have a problem, it never gets better.” 

“Right. Just curious.”

“It never gets better. The chances are better that it’s going to get worse. So I’d go ahead and fix it. You know where it is. Shouldn’t be too big of a deal and there’s a couple of ways to fix it. The proper way would be to shut off the water, drain the pipes, and cut the pipe right there. Usually there’s enough movement in that pipe to go ahead and solder a coupler on-”

Turn the dial.

“-and right now I need to know: is an eight-year old boy capable of evil?”