There are a few who qualify as a true geezer on the list. By the way we have a
micro brewery here in the So Cal area by the name of GEEZERS that we have
banquets
at and brew the fastest beer in the world of land speed racing. Does my first
drag
race in 1951 at Santa Ana put me on the list, damn right.
The timer Geezer
FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Dave , In my book , you aren' t a GEEZER yet ! You' ll
> be qualified
> sometime in 2003 ...... you probably still have more dark hair than white ,
> you
> can' t remember Pearl Harbor , rationing , blacked out headlights ,
> snoods ,
> or VJ Day . Nothing personal , pal ....... you just haven' t
> experienced enough
> winters / sunsets / haircuts / new pairs of shoes ....... or heartbeats .....
> YET !
> I' ll bet when you were in high school you and your buddies didn' t ride
> around
> in cars that were cool because they had long shackles, fender skirts , or
> ECHO CANS . Back then a car was regarded as hot if the word got out that
> " It' s got a CAM in it ! " That mystical camshaft also was classed
> as being
> " three quarter " or " semi " or " full race " ....... not much talk
> about overlap,
> duration or lobe separation back then .
> When you first attended the drags , did they start with a flag man
> ....... or a
> Christmas tree ? Or could Top Eliminator be grabbed by a flathead rail ,
> driven
> by a guy in a tee shirt and a crash helmet with leather sides , that cranked
> out the
> fantastic speed of 109 mph ? I don' t know if you recall those days ,
> Dave ,
> but if you do , you probably hadn' t been a teenager for very long .
> I don' t know exactly when we become " geezers ", " greybeards " , "
> pop ",
> or " that old guy over there ", but I think you' re not quite there yet
> , and it
> won' t be too much longer ........ and you' ll be in " the over the hill
> gang " .
> I am looking forward to seeing you and your sleek machine at El
> Mirage in
> May , and also hope I can be there again , when you ARE a GEEZER , in
> three or four years ! Considering the line of work you' re in , I might
> make a
> slight suggestion that can only help you to reach that status as a GEEZER :
> When you go out on your shift ...... always wear that vest !! I am
> SURE
> you DO !! Got your injectors up and runnin' yet , youngster ?
> ........ NOT the oldest on this list ........ but NOT the youngest
> , either !
> Bruce
> PS : One more old time memory ......... do YOU remember a man bringing a
> block of ICE every week ........ to keep your ICE BOX cold ??????
>
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