# What geezer things do you find cool? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 7, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947 "2003-11-07T18:59:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/1 "2003-11-07T18:59:29Z")
Me: NPR/PRI–especially Car Talk and Wait, Wait–Don’t Tell Me. English “cozy” mysteries. Birdwatching Museum memberships ---
**Author:** ![Rib\_Eye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@Rib\_Eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rib_Eye)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/2 "2003-11-07T19:52:25Z")
Everything about Geezer is cool! [http://www.black-sabbath.com/personnel/butler.html](http://www.black-sabbath.com/personnel/butler.html) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/3 "2003-11-07T20:56:07Z")
Big Band music ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/4 "2003-11-07T21:20:24Z")
30’s Jazz and Swing The smell of Clubman aftershave and/or hair tonic Oversized furniture from the 20’s/30’s (not Deco, per se, but I also adore Deco) 40’s and 50’s art glass My grandmothers sewing machine, circa 1917 Recipies from local churches dating back to 1924 Clawfoot bathtubs Deco perfume bottles Fedoras and trench coats (I really was born in the wrong era) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/5 "2003-11-07T21:50:23Z")
Ealing comedies. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/6 "2003-11-07T22:38:28Z")
Slide rules and spats. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/7 "2003-11-07T22:38:51Z")
Bocce! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/8 "2003-11-08T00:23:15Z")
Not really giving a geriatric shit about a lot of the truly insignificant issues that used to plague us in our younger years. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/9 "2003-11-08T00:43:31Z")
Why is birdwatching considered a geezer thing? ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/10 "2003-11-08T00:48:25Z")
Vinyl records and Humphrey Bogart. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/11 "2003-11-08T02:00:43Z")
I like old slang. I wish a good-looking dame with gams that don’t quit would look me in the eyes and say, “I fell for ya like a ton o’ bricks, ya big lug.” ---
**Author:** ![Herge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/12 "2003-11-08T02:13:49Z")
Radio 4 Grieg piano concertos Local history Bitter To name but a few. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/13 "2003-11-08T02:18:17Z")
I find pulling my pants way up over my stomach very comfortable. It’s like a gentle hug. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/14 "2003-11-08T03:13:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TWDuke \* > \*\*I like old slang. I wish a good-looking dame with gams that don’t quit would look me in the eyes and say, “I fell for ya like a ton o’ bricks, ya big lug.” \*\* I really dig old slang too, hepcat. Check these out: [http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm](http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm) (Jazz Age slang) [http://www.miskatonic.org/slang.html](http://www.miskatonic.org/slang.html) (“Hard-boiled” slang) I also love old-fashioned suits, trench coats, two-tone spectator shoes, fedoras, knit “cabbie-style” caps, bowling shirts, Hawaiian shirts, and other retro clothing. (This is how I try to dress, and I’m 25.) Jazz, swing, big band, early rhythm-and-blues, rockabilly, and “lounge” music. (I’m also a sax player.) Anything Art Deco or “antique futuristic.” ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/15 "2003-11-08T03:29:06Z")
I like the old slang too and so I like old radio detective shows. I will also do mending while listening to them which is a double grammy-whammy. I also like crossword puzzles, lap blankets, tea and ginger cookies, cardigans, baking and I enjoy polishing chrome appliances which might be a stretch but makes me feel like an old lady. I’m also quite charmed by lace doilies. I have an absurd idea that they pull a room together and give it a woman’s touch. But at the same time, they give me a bit of a creepy feeling that there’s a war on and terrible things are happening in Europe so I don’t put them all over the house the way I’d like to. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/16 "2003-11-08T03:36:38Z")
**Big Bad Voodoo Lou** , tell the truth. Did you move to Miami to be closer to the old people? ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/17 "2003-11-08T04:15:52Z")
Charlie Parker. Etta James. The Thin Man movies (hell, movies with PLOTLINES, for that matter) suicide doors on cars hand written notes from friends ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/18 "2003-11-08T04:20:42Z")
Railroad-car diners. Hats. (Real hats, not baseball caps.) Black-and-white TV, films, and photography. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/19 "2003-11-08T04:22:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pokey \* > \*\ ***Big Bad Voodoo Lou** , tell the truth. Did you move to Miami to be closer to the old people? \*\* Haha, actually I was born here and grew up here, and I only recently moved back after going to school in a small northern Florida college town for 6 1/2 years. I feel like a stranger at home, to be honest, and it is way too hot and humid to wear my trench coat, even when “winter” hits. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/20 "2003-11-08T04:31:23Z")
Well, everyone here knows that I love old clothes, old music, history and all that. As for things that aren’t really old and historic, but for old PEOPLE, well, one thing: Blue hair. I want to have blue hair someday. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947.md?page=2)