Meet the Geezers!

Our members make all the difference!
Some of you have been with us since the very beginning.



The Geezer in Chief (for now)
(His high school graduation photo.)

E-mail: geezerinch@aol.com

Equally split between 55+ Geezers and Geezerettes (actually, Wikipedia also defines a Geezer as "an eccentric older person"), the members are literally from all over North America and one from Germany! Average age is about 70, four years younger than Donald Rumsfeld! We're guessing, though. The truth is, we haven't checked people's ages for ages.

We have recent retirees and gift recipients and, people so far over the hill they're in a tunnel and can't receive phone calls, AND, until they passed, both the oldest surfer on the 'Net and a former Chairman of General Motors (his daughter gave him a membership!) were members.

We're a REALLY diverse group of Geezers held together by our senses of humor.

Here are the winners of our recent online "Look Like A Geezer Contest."

"Maui Gothic"

"Maxine 'n Me"

"Gabby McGeezer
on the Merry-go-round"

Here are some typical profiles, edited to protect member privacy.

But, first, our LATEST Geezer:

I grew up in an extensive French Canadian family in rural New Hampshire. We lived off the land.

The opportunities for a penniless young woman who wanted to be an artist were dismal.

Learning that the state of California offered an affordable college education, I migrated to San Francisco to find the GOLD. I coiuld support myself and earn a college degree at San Francisco State University in Art.

I became a ceramic artist (potter) and taught my craft for 38 years.

I "followed my bliss." (Joseph Campbell)

-- JG, Corte Madera, CA

NV, Indiana. I used to be a lot of things -- young, slender, stylish, well-shod and also occasionally funny. Much has changed. I am no longer young or slender. I wear pants to hide varicose veins and partially cover my orthotic shoes. And, I'm only mildly funny after a couple of glasses of wine. I'd try more wine but someone would have to wake me. (P.S. I'm single, still working, have kids and grandkids, plus I'm looking at a Big O birthday in 2005 and it's not 60.)

AL, Illinois. 80 YRS OLD, SINGLE, TWICE WIDOWED, SHORT, CHUBBY, CHARMING, WITTY, THROWER OF BULL,

LOVE THE LADIES (BEST THING THE LORD HAS PUT ON THIS EARTH) TOY MAKER, PEN & INK ARTIST, AND PRETTY GOOD COOK. 

I DON'T DRINK OR SMOKE BUT I AM A CLOSET CHOCAHOLIC..

MT, New Jersey. I'm an up to date greatgrandmom.

Do lots of volunteering,reading &
crafts.

Your messages brighten the day.

Good start!!

 GV, Wisconsin.  I'm a 67-year-old, divorced mother of 3 sons and 9 grandchildren, the light of my life.  Retired from a 20-year job in Milwaukee to move out here to Glacier Country in Sept. of '95,to start a new life. My middle son & family lives here in a newly built home with a beautiful view of lake & mountains.   I still have a full-time job in a community action agency, doing transcription for nurses and social workers in the Case Management/Personal Touch HomeCare Dept. which provides home care attendants for elderly and/or disabled people; rewarding work.  I have made wonderful new friends at work and church.   In my leisure time I do a lot of knitting, baking, and take drives around this beautiful Flathead Valley/Glacier National Park. God's Country!  I've joined a local Red Hat Society, having the time of my life with a great bunch of women, acting silly, having fun. You have to maintain a good sense of humor in this type of business or it could be depressing. I'd love to hear from other "Red Hatters" among you, for an exchange of ideas. I'm also a Weight Watchers member, having lost 90 lbs. in 20 months, feeling like a new woman, looking for love in all the right places - not finding any! So maybe I should try the wrong places?   Nah
SS, Florida. I'm a 70-year-old single lady retiree with a literary bent. I consider those who lack a sense of humor to be genetically deficient. Having immigrated to Florida--a foreign country not at all connected to the U. S.-- from Ann Arbor, Michigan 16 years ago, I'm not quite a redneck, but I'm working on it. I live in a delightful new mobile home at an over-55 co-op resort on the shores of a darn-near virginal lake out in the country. In keeping with the "trailer trash" tradition, I have (upscale) restrained pink flamingos in my front yard featuring stained glass rather than plastic and a gorgeous, original enamel-on-lucite painting of a hanging fern on the street-end of my home. All very la-de-da. Mobile homes now cost more than twice the price of a Rolls Royce. DM, California. Single, 64, reading& bowling are 2 of my interest.  sight seeing on vacation. still work for a living. 5'8", 170,blue eyes,brown hair, closely cropped,but all there.  Looking for?
CM, Illinois.. 59 yrs. male, board certified in Pathology and Internal medicine, semi-retired, loves travel, good humour, movies. J&AW. Michigan. HE is a Leo, retired CPA / CFO accountant type whose jaded eye catches every durn imbalance in HER checkbook. SHE a marketing and graphics person, an artist, illustrator, webdesigner and cook, who, sly Scorpio that she is, has learned to disavow any such checkbook exists. Their 6 grandchildren and 1 great grandboy are entertaining and entertained, smart and funny and some are getting all growed up. We dote. And that's about it. Oh yeah, SHE never gonna retire. He's never gonna work again. Life in the dichotomy in terms upper lower Michigan is good
JV, Oregon. Crossword puzzles (mania of mine) A bit o' gambling: Indian casinos here in Oregon. Reading. Watching soaps. Sending E-mail messages. Grocery shopping. Home shopping, etc. Two years in the WAVES during WW2, Elementary School Teacher (5th and 6th grades), Truck Driver (Over the road), and for diversion, Bar Tending. Believe you, me the latter was, in itself, an education!!!! Let me clarify re Truck Driver -- My late Husband and I drove for 10 years, He as pilot and I was copilot. Life goes on, never LQQK back!!! - Joanne.


JG, New York. Born on January 30, 1944 in Tel-Aviv Palestine (Israel) under the British mandate to Polish parents. Left Palestine during the 1948 war for the state of Israel - traveled to Egypt - lived in tents as DP's, then on to Italy, Spain and finally Germany who accepted my mother, father and myself as DP's in what used to be Hitler's old concentration camps. Lived in a compound of about fifty barracks surrounded by barbed wire with a large tower in the middle of the compound, which contained two soldiers, rifles at the ready just so that we would not escape into the general population of Germany.

Came to the United States in 1951 through sponsorship of the Catholic Charities.
SC, Florida. Retired, relocated from Michigan to Florida. Addicted to NY Times crosswords, pinochle and sudoku. Once had a handle on life but it broke off so now spend time under the old oak tree listening to the chatter of silence. J&CM, Ontario. I’m still gainfully employed. Having been wiped out by the Gulf War and American recession in the early 90’s and again heavily damaged by the antics of the robber baron CEO’s of the late nineties, I can’t quite sustain my extravagant lifestyle on my retirement fund. I live in Canada, the Toronto area, with my wife. Our training is in psychology (trained as psychotherapists) and organization behaviour. We consult to business executives (avoiding, if possible, the Enron and Nortel types) on matters of leadership and effective executive work groups or we work as business executives (hopefully not emulating the Enron and Nortel types), occasionally taking internal assignments when long-term projects are necessary.
CL, Nebraska. How do to all the "other" Geezers. I am an 80 year young computer nut. Lost my wife of 42 years in 1989 and retired in 1991 after two careers. Raised three girls and two boys of whom I am very proud. They are scattered from East Coast to West Coast. Nine grandchildren keep me busy with graduations and weddings, last but not least there are eleven great grandchildren. Keep up the good work, (Geezer in Chief---for now). LB, Massachussets. . I am a "piece of work" (in progress - getting worserer) Punch up the lyrics of GoodOl' Jimmy Buffet's Piece of Work and please keep in mind the choirboys face and the part of women watch out no longer apply. I can and will sing this accompanied by Mrs. Schmid. GeezerLee Parrothead on a good day - birdbrain on Wednesdays and Sunday afternoons.
RH, Minnesota. Another Elite Elder Artisan. "I was born in a boxcar north of Esterville, Iowa in 1934 and raised on a hardscrabble farm in Dodge County, Minnesota. I am self-taught and have been practicing since 1959. I work in oil, watercolor, pen and ink, and pastel. My subjects are primarily landscapes, buildings, and boats. I have created fund-raising calendars for several towns in the upper mid-west over the past quarter of a century, usually for non-profit organizations. ..." EW, New Jersey. I see myself as well-aged, but not decrepit. Found myself recently without responsibilities, figured out what I want to do for enjoyment outside the home. My dream trip is to repeat the vacations I took in the 70's and 80's. Have spent months but can't find one important part, a woman over 75 who wants to see this country's wealth of beautiful scenery, the magnificent mountains, the buried caverns, the ever-changing paintings of the sky-filling clouds in the vast open spaces of the prairies. I saw them 30 years ago and long to see them again .... but not alone.

MC. Montana. I am a Widow and try to keep busy volunteering at the Hospital and at the Council on Aging. Still traveling--planning on spending the last week in October in New York City with my Son's future Mother-in-law.

Will be going to Alabama to visit oldest Son and Wife over Christmas Holidays. I still drive to Kalispell, Great Falls and Billings, Montana every chance I get. I have lots of friends and enjoy spending time with them.

RR, Wisconsin. Howdy, Geezers, I'm a retired Management Consultant living in Appleton, Wisconsin with my wife of 45 years Appleton is about 20 miles from Green Bay so guess what we talk about nine months a year. As a Geezer I find myself much more interested in good humor, rich food and fine wine than the fortunes of overpaid athletes in the entertainment field. I guess that's why I keep re-upping in the Brigade. The Geezer-In-Charge, TGIC, keeps reminding me that I've been reading and exchanging quips with other Geezers for half a decade. I make this point so those new and reasonably new members will understand that the Brigade is only as good as our participation makes it. So come on, join in the fun... and the nice part about Geezers is they always laugh with you, never at you. Happy trails to you.

JB, Alabama. Hi, All - just turned 68 last August and hardly noticed. Spent 37 years in the Aerospace businesses, mostly in the computers and software areas. Retired from Lockheed Martin at the end of 2000, and immediately signed on as an Asst. Professor of Computer Science at a local university. Wife still working as well, and we are just starting to count down by signing up for cruises (to Greece and Alaska, for starters).		 BH, Missouri. Been with you nearly a year now, I think. I was 65 when I signed on and turned 66 last November. To celebrate, I spent a week at the Cooper Institute For Aerobics Research (Dallas, TX) getting certified as a personal trainer. I plan to be the trainer in the old geezers home. That's if I ever get to retire; I'm still working on that three years I promised my employer and have a year-and-a-half to go.

Here's what some of the members have said about The Geezer Brigade:

"Keep up the good work. I still look forward to tapping into that E-mail thingy to get my daily dose of humor. It keeps me regular and less dyspeptic. I wrote this very slow because I am not sure how fast you read." -- T.I., San Diego.

"Great group of Geezers. Keep up the communication." P.R. Azusa, CA.

"Enjoy very much!" M.C.M., Mt. Pleasant, SC.

"Please renew my subscription for another year!" G.O., Fredericksburg, VA.

"I love it!" L.S., Benton, MT.

"I've seen a bazillion humor sites... you're still the best." V.R., West Nanticoke, PA.

"Your Geezer Brigade idea is the best thing I have heard of since E-mail." H.E.F, Sandy, UT.

Here are pictures of some actual Geezers including a number of Geezers of the Week!





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