# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/21 "2003-11-08T04:40:54Z")
Public radio. 50’s kitchenalia/60’s anything/futuristic antiques _grins_ ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/22 "2003-11-08T04:50:59Z")
Not having to go to work or school. If I could just get rid of doctor and dentist appointments everything would be great! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/23 "2003-11-08T05:27:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Herge \* > \*\*Grieg piano concertos > \*\* When I was your age, sonny, Grieg had only written _one_ piano concerto. . . ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/24 "2003-11-08T05:33:10Z")
I play bridge. The only place to play is at the senior center in town and so I go there once a week and hang out with the old people. At any bridge tournament I’m at, I instantly drop the average age by 20 years just walking through the door. What’s even better is that I get all these people giving me their numbers and asking to be my partner for an afternoon or so. It’s like they’re teenagers and I’m Elvis or something. Anyway, I just qualified for the Nationals in Reno, so I’ll be interested to see how geezerific it is at that level. ---
**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, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/25 "2003-11-08T05:44:36Z")
If you can walk into a cafeteria at 5:00, step on a duck in front of a group from a bingo bus and then hold up the line asking for extra cornbread then hell yeah, geezerdom is pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/26 "2003-11-08T16:33:19Z")
Bingo! (Well, I’ve only played it once recently, but I did share a win with another player! Got $10 bucks out of it…) BTW, bingo’s changed a lot since I was a kid! ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/27 "2003-11-08T17:59:12Z")
Another young bridge player here, although I doubt I’m anywhere near **Enderw24’s** level. Writing actual letters, on paper. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/28 "2003-11-08T18:09:04Z")
Rat Pack music. Ealing comedies. Radio 4 and the Archers. I really enjoyed the two rounds of golf I played, too. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/29 "2003-11-08T18:13:12Z")
Another vote for Rat Pack music, plus having a nice cup of tea and reading a book. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/30 "2003-11-08T18:28:11Z")
– I like a good polka as much as the next guy. – I wanted to keep my grandfathers thick wool jacket he used on his farm and he gave to me but my mom kept saying it wouldnt be “cool” at college and wouldnt let go till I threw it out…and now he’s dead :(…sorry, not geezerish but it brought that up, I thought at the time that I didnt really care about fashion, just wanted a good jacket. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/31 "2003-11-08T19:05:25Z")
Car coats/long overcoats. Made of wool and they reach down past my knees (I’m 6 foot tall). I have three, all from Goodwill. Two are from local stores that no longer exist. I feel sophisticated when I wear them, they look great with dress clothes and have tons of pockets. Now that my hair is short, I’m thinking about getting a dress hat. But you don’t even see that many geezers wearing hats anymore. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/32 "2003-11-08T19:09:48Z")
So, anyone here wear driving gloves? ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/33 "2003-11-08T19:30:21Z")
Pocket watches hats (no baseball) trench coats complaining about kids these days [TV’s Frank]these kids today with their hula hoops and fax machines…bahhhh[\TV’s Frank] ---
**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, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/34 "2003-11-08T21:07:48Z")
Oh yeah, I carry a pocket watch too! I’m all about the pocket watch. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/35 "2003-11-08T23:03:31Z")
Can you imagine how much fun we would all have at our very own Dope Fest? I love Harris tweeds and sensible shoes for a good walk. Fortunately our city zoo was built on a farm a couple of blocks away. The farm has been preserved and I have the place pretty much to myself while everyone else is interested in exotic animals. It is complete with stable and horses, sheep, and cows. I wear hats all the time. I’m taking several cloches to Paris in April. I need a Holly Golightly cigarette holder for cafe sitting. I have a wicker rocking chair and a six foot white wicker swing on my front porch. Come by for a little port and Edith Piaf. Ya’ll are swell! And I _am_ an old geezer! Aside: ( **Guin** , is that _really_ a photo of you in LJ?) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/36 "2003-11-09T00:21:03Z")
Rockabilly. Be-Bop. Swing. P-90 Pickups (electric guitar pickups made by Gibson in the '50’s - trust me, you know how they sound and you love 'em in a timeless way). Noir. In a non-postmodern, unironic way. Pocket Watches, of course. (great call, **BBVLou** ) Books, in a day when books _mattered_. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/37 "2003-11-09T00:51:04Z")
I’ve long used the local PBS station as background for my Saturday afternoon naps (cooking shows sequing into “This Old House” et al.). This truly scares the hell out of me – I’ve started leaving it on that channel at 7 when Lawrence Welk comes on. Hey, it’s the only place you can see tap-dancing on TV anymore. It’s not very good tap-dancing, but… Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/38 "2003-11-09T02:09:03Z")
Now some folks Try to tell you Lester Young He’s out of style But now I’m Here to tell you Prez is happenin’ Happenin’ now Life story Love and glory If you listen While he plays it for you Now listen And listen And dig it Can’t you dig it Lester Young is playing what he’s feeling ---
**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 9, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/39 "2003-11-09T02:14:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\* > Aside: ( **Guin** , is that _really_ a photo of you in LJ?) \*\* I WISH! Actually, I just changed my avatar, but that picture was of Kate Winslet. It’s one of the photos of Rose in _Titanic_ that Old Rose has beside her bed at the end of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947/40 "2003-11-09T02:18:03Z")
Fred and Ginger Early jazz (Bix anyone?) The Continental Op Deco and **BBVLou** ’s “antique futuristic” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-geezer-things-do-you-find-cool/211947.md?page=3)