Conversation with Dad

<background information>  I wouldn't say Dad is lazy, but when he was a young man, his mother had to tell him to "put that book down and get a job."  She had to threaten to throw him out of the house if he didn't do something besides sit around and read.  He's been like that ever sense. Ok, I would say he is lazy.

Today:

"I'm barely alive, that is what I am."

My response--You don't have to be.  Get out of your chair and DO something, and you'll be more alive.

I guess the child really does become the parent.