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Jun 28, 2026 - 6:32:51 AM

O.D.

USA

4015 posts since 10/29/2003

I'm just curious what the qualifying age requirements are for the official old geezer designation.
I'm not sure I'm there yet.
I'm sure certain demographics and criteria are applicable
Thanks
E

Jun 28, 2026 - 6:51:11 AM
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BobbyE

USA

3890 posts since 11/29/2007

It's always the number that is one year higher than where I presently am.

Bobby

Jun 28, 2026 - 7:27:03 AM
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9449 posts since 9/5/2006

it use to be 40 ,,,then 50 then 60 then 70 now i don't know where it is exactly !!!!

Jun 28, 2026 - 7:38:25 AM
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chuckv97

Canada

79309 posts since 10/5/2013

Geezerhood starts at the time your thumbpick is covered with drool

Jun 28, 2026 - 8:07:14 AM
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3394 posts since 2/4/2013

Do you have to be old to be a geezer. In the UK a geezer can be any age. Geezers are streetwise and charismatic people. Diamond geezers are the best.

Jun 28, 2026 - 8:14:11 AM
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9449 posts since 9/5/2006

over here on this side of the pond it means stubborn old man.
and you know there are none of those on this web site

Jun 28, 2026 - 8:19:28 AM
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63641 posts since 12/14/2005

And let us not forget to honor the wise old Geezerettes, who help keep Geezerhood interesting.

Jun 28, 2026 - 8:53:09 AM
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45175 posts since 3/5/2008

Liz gave herself the..Old Bat status at..60....

Me...I still think I'm..
Cradle Robbing.... ;0)

Geezer..me guess ..65....
Makes me qualified...from here on out.... :0/

Jun 28, 2026 - 8:55:04 AM
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45175 posts since 3/5/2008

Geezer.. =.. long life award...
Not all...get there... :0/

Jun 28, 2026 - 8:58:46 AM

O.D.

USA

4015 posts since 10/29/2003

My last name and my son's first name qualify me for Grahams assessment of the term geezer
I think I'll take it.

E

Jun 28, 2026 - 12:21:20 PM

4993 posts since 4/29/2012

quote:
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.

E


Me too. That's why I proudly wear my "Diamond geezer" t-shirt.

Jun 28, 2026 - 1:23:50 PM

O.D.

USA

4015 posts since 10/29/2003

quote:
Originally posted by AndrewD
quote:
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.

E


Me too. That's why I proudly wear my "Diamond geezer" t-shirt.


Where can I get one Andrew ?

Jun 28, 2026 - 1:35:43 PM

Nopix

USA

413 posts since 6/11/2025

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.

Geezer Rock (yeah, it's me)

Edited by - Nopix on 06/28/2026 13:38:40

Jun 28, 2026 - 3:10:31 PM

4993 posts since 4/29/2012

quote:
Originally posted by O.D.
quote:
Originally posted by AndrewD
quote:
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.

E


Me 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

Jun 28, 2026 - 3:48:41 PM

45175 posts since 3/5/2008

quote:
Originally posted by AndrewD
quote:
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.

E


Me too. That's why I proudly wear my "Diamond geezer" t-shirt.


Pic please...!

Jun 28, 2026 - 3:51:15 PM
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banjonz

New Zealand

12848 posts since 6/29/2003

I once saw a lapidated tilting structure built by an old feller in his retirement. I called it the leaning tower of geezer. (This is actually all made up but In felt it fitted the post...sorry!)

Jun 28, 2026 - 4:47:04 PM
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7228 posts since 10/13/2007

"Old Geezers" is a fictitious term representing a non-existing people. Those that brought this term to your attentions are "young pups" and must be house trained and leash trained in order to approach a stage of being useful to or presentable in society.

Ken

Jun 28, 2026 - 9:08:31 PM

donc

Canada

7795 posts since 2/9/2010

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.

Jun 29, 2026 - 3:53:28 AM
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4993 posts since 4/29/2012

quote:
Originally posted by STUD figmo Al
quote:
Originally posted by AndrewD
quote:
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.

E


Me too. That's why I proudly wear my "Diamond geezer" t-shirt.


Pic please...!


It was hiding in the ironing basket.


Jun 29, 2026 - 4:04:05 AM

45175 posts since 3/5/2008

Exalant... !

Jun 29, 2026 - 5:13:42 AM
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9449 posts since 9/5/2006

Jun 29, 2026 - 8:02:53 AM
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rinemb

USA

17852 posts since 5/24/2005

I used to frequent a group of folks for after work chat and beer, we called ourselves The Geezer Group. Were were in our 50s and 60s then. Brad

Jun 29, 2026 - 9:36:38 AM

O.D.

USA

4015 posts since 10/29/2003

It appears that diamond geezer is an earned designation.
It would be better than a
dodgey geezer

E

Jun 29, 2026 - 9:48:15 AM
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Owen

Canada

19457 posts since 6/5/2011

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.  wink

Jun 30, 2026 - 5:25:45 AM

Buddur

USA

4417 posts since 10/23/2004

Jun 30, 2026 - 9:22:15 AM

1221 posts since 4/27/2020

quote:
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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