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Originally posted by O.D.My last name and my son's first name qualify me for Grahams assessment of the term geezer
I think I'll take it.
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Me too. That's why I proudly wear my "Diamond geezer" t-shirt.
You better not be on my lawn!
Think of an old guy. Now add ten years. That's me.
Wha'd I tellya? Get the h@ll off my lawn!
(all in good fun) Man,I earned every grey hair.
Edited by - Nopix on 06/28/2026 13:38:40
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Originally posted by O.D.quote:
Originally posted by AndrewDquote:
Originally posted by O.D.My last name and my son's first name qualify me for Grahams assessment of the term geezer
I think I'll take it.
EMe too. That's why I proudly wear my "Diamond geezer" t-shirt.
Where can I get one Andrew ?
Sorry - Don't know. It was a gift a few years ago. But if you google "diamond geezer t-shirt" a gazillion of them come up (at least on UK Google - ymmv). And diamond geezer socks, which are now on my shopping list. They'll go great with my banjo sneakers.
Edited by - AndrewD on 06/28/2026 15:15:45
I'm extremely reluctant to admit anything. All I know is that I'm the same age as a lot of old people. In 1952 my great grandmother got her name in the town paper when she turned 80. That may happen to me in another 11 1/2 months, but without my name in any newspaper. My most significant age was turning 16. It was circled on the calendar and my mom agreed to drive me to the DMV office to get a learner's license after school. When the old desk clerk saw my birthdate and looked at his calendar he looked back and said... " Your late! You should have been here at 9 o'clock this morning". Then he gave me a shallow grin. I also waited for the day I turned 65. As it happened the company was top heavy with geezers so they gave me a buy- out at age 62.
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Originally posted by STUD figmo Alquote:
Originally posted by AndrewDquote:
Originally posted by O.D.My last name and my son's first name qualify me for Grahams assessment of the term geezer
I think I'll take it.
EMe too. That's why I proudly wear my "Diamond geezer" t-shirt.
Pic please...!
It was hiding in the ironing basket.
AI tells me, in part, that: "In the US and Canada, "geezer" almost always refers to an elderly man. The term is used informally and is often mildly disparaging, carrying the connotation that the man is old, stubborn, or slightly strange. [1, 2, 3, 4]"
I submit that something's "wrong" with ya if you're NOT slightly strange. ![]()
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Originally posted by O.D.I'm just curious what the qualifying age requirements are for the official old geezer designation.
I believe that family, friends, neighbors, and other peers informally vote you into the club, whether you want to be in it or not, and that no specific age is required. You may hate them for it, or do like I do, and simply "flaunt the imperfection". This does NOT mean that I feel that I have a license to be rude, sexist, racist, etc. It may be a permit for a few extra dad jokes, but that's not my style, either.
It's just something that I accept, like my growing percentage of gray hair. My daughter still thinks I'm pretty cool, and we're headed to a folk festival later this summer. She's learned that she likes folk music, which itself is a nebulous category, similar to geezer. Folk music varies wildly across countries (Mali, China, Tibet, Ukraine, Australia...) and cultures, not to mention within a single country (see: United States of America).
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