[End Times Sentinel]

I can’t talk to him about that, so your insight would be appreciated.

[Category Four]

Glad to help as I can ...

My guess, such as it is, is that if he were closer to your age or to mine (I'm 49, for what that's worth), he would likely feel more energy, both physical and mental, to arm himself for whatever fight must lie ahead, in which we can make what recoveries we can.

He, however, being in his mid-eighties as you say, has likely grown tired enough, both physically and in disgust* with the State of affairs now, that he takes the Red Redding approach: "Stamp your form, and quit wasting my time, because to tell you the truth, I don't give a s---."

Thus my two cents; I don't know how well this helped, but I can only hope it did.

* = spell check tried to put 'discussed.'