We were sitting out in the sun, baking our bones and talking about memories.
Old guys do that a lot.
And for some reason they're especially interested in first times, like the first time they drove a car or kissed a girl or got a base hit. Sure, I remember the first time I ever drove a car. All the cars that man ever owned ended up with bad clutches because he was a clutch rider. My Dad rode clutches, too. It was a common habit among people who learned to drive in Model-T Fords.