# I'm 61 today... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2003, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702 "2003-10-05T12:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/41 "2003-10-10T01:20:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LouisB \* > \*\*My favorite radio program was Sky King, but I couldn’t stand the TV version—those people on TV didn’t look like the people on radio. \*\* LOL! I’ve often been surprised when I saw the faces behind the voices I heard on the radio. Who woulda thunk that Matt Dillon actually looked like “Cannon.” Thanks for the greet. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/42 "2003-10-10T01:23:24Z")
Guten Geburtstag, **DesertGeezer**! (Sorry I’m late. I’ve been a little preoccupied.) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/43 "2003-10-10T01:35:07Z")
Doesn’t matter to me. A hug and/or a handshake means the same! I am happy to know you. **DG**! Ja, Ich verstehe! Sie können mich zu jeder Zeit “dutzen”. (That means you don’t have to use the unfamiliar “sie” with me, but you can use “du” anytime you wish) Ach Du lieber\_\_\_\_\_! 😃 Quasi der Modem ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/44 "2003-10-10T01:41:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\*Doesn’t matter to me. A hug and/or a handshake means the same! I am happy to know you. **DG**! > > Ja, Ich verstehe! Sie können mich zu jeder Zeit “dutzen”. > > (That means you don’t have to use the unfamiliar “sie” with me, but you can use “du” anytime you wish) > > Ach Du lieber\_\_\_\_\_! > > 😃 > > Quasi der Modem \*\* Grazie! Gracias! Merci! Arigato! …and I don’t speak ANY of those languages. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/45 "2003-10-10T01:47:16Z")
Wie sagt mann “DesertGeezer” auf Deutsch? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/46 "2003-10-10T05:55:49Z")
Loosely (very) Translated: “Der Alte aus der Wüste”. However, the German language doesn’t have much of a translation for American slang such as “Geezer”, and such a word would not be used in Germany anyway. That **DG** uses it _here_ makes it more of an _endearment_ rather than a slur, but I would feel most uncomfortable calling him that in the “Fatherland”. Did that make any kind of sense at all? 😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/47 "2003-10-10T07:06:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > \*\*Loosely (very) Translated: “Der Alte aus der Wüste”. However, the German language doesn’t have much of a translation for American slang such as “Geezer”, and such a word would not be used in Germany anyway. > > That **DG** uses it _here_ makes it more of an _endearment_ rather than a slur, but I would feel most uncomfortable calling him that in the “Fatherland”. > > Did that make any kind of sense at all? > > 😃 > > Q \*\* Sure. In California, or as our governor-elect calls it, ka-lee-for-nee-ya, we tend to be rather less formal than Germans. We don’t have a formal form of address, after all. Everything here would be the “du” form. It isn’t disrespectful to us, but even a modern German might think it was, especially to call someone “geezer.” I might not like the sobriquet either if someone were using it with a disrespectful attitude. But since I called myself geezer, I gave dopers, even German ones, leave to do the same. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702/48 "2003-10-10T13:40:43Z")
Well, sorry I missed the actual day, but Happy Birthday **Desert Geezer**! Oh, yeah: Another member of the crop of '42 checking in. You’re 10 days my senior! I bow to your ancientness. And **Quasi** , my friend: Leave F\_X alone! She’s MINE I tell you! Ever since those fingers that once flashed 20 posts per day hit the boards, I’ve been captivated…😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-61-today/205702.md?page=2)