This story is part of the November 8 edition of Good Weekend. See all 15 stories .

Former school principal Tom Mehigan, 93, and retired roof-tiler Jeffrey “Jethro” Brookes, 60 (and his lorikeet, Rosie), live in an inner-Sydney boarding house. They meet daily at a local cafe before heading to the park for a snooze.

Jethro : I met Tom about two-and-a-half years ago at our local cafe in Glebe. My first impression was how razor-sharp his mind is considering he’s in his 90s. We hit it off straight away and we’ve been meeting up twice a day for lunch and dinner ever since. We never need to cook.

After lunch, we’ll go to the park across the road and sit in the sun and enjoy the breeze and listen to the birds. It’s the highlight of our day. We don’t even need to talk. Sometimes he’ll fall

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