Anyway .... this guy and my dad were never the best of friends, to put it mildly. There was always some kind of competition between them, with my dad usually putting my uncle down and hard.

He retaliated by attempting to belittle my achievements. The first time he did it, it hurt a little. But, it was ALWAYS the same put down. Like he was SO IMPRESSED his reptilian brain came up with it he had to use it over and over. Like Panzer and "your mama" pathetic.

His line was "that and a subway token will get you thru the turnstile". He had early onset of dementia by the time tokens were obsolete. So, I don't know if he would have updated to "Metrocard".