{"id":24887,"date":"2024-01-20T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T08:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=24887"},"modified":"2024-01-20T11:58:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T19:58:55","slug":"geezy-rider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/01\/20\/geezy-rider\/","title":{"rendered":"Geezy Rider"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Joe Berk<\/h6>\n

I like that title.\u00a0 Geezy Rider<\/em>.\u00a0 It kind of says it all.\u00a0 A close runner up was \u201cYou might be a geezer if\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

We haven\u2019t blogged a listicle in a while and I thought it was time.\u00a0\u00a0 Sue and I like to entertain and we had three couples over for dinner recently.\u00a0 Everyone was our age (which is a nice way of saying we are all geezers), we all came from similar backgrounds, we all have grandkids, and we all travel.\u00a0 Those commonalities notwithstanding, the conversation centered on the same topic it always seems to center on these days when I\u2019m with my geezer buddies:\u00a0 Getting old. \u00a0\u00a0Some of you might be thinking that you don\u2019t want to read about old people, but you might already be one.\u00a0 So how do you know?\u00a0\u00a0 Well, here we go.\u00a0 You might be a geezer if:<\/p>\n

You get senior discounts without asking.\u00a0 When you do ask for the senior discount, no one asks to see your ID.\u00a0 You sometimes find yourself thinking that 55 is too young to be considered a senior citizen.<\/p>\n

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A good night\u2019s sleep is based on how many times you had to get up to take a leak, you wonder how in the world taking a leak on the side of the road ever became a sex crime, or you plan rides at least partly based on restroom locations.<\/p>\n

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You know more doctors than motorcycle dealers, and you have a different doctor for each organ in your body.\u00a0 Sometimes you realize you can\u2019t make a planned ride because you have a doctor\u2019s appointment that day.<\/p>\n

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You look at other people at a motorcycle event and think they\u2019re really old, and then you realize you\u2019re the same age as they are.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019re on a first name basis with the Costco people who give out free samples.<\/p>\n

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You can identify pills without seeing the bottle, a day on the bike is routinely preceded by a couple of Ibuprofens, and you have a pill container organized by day.\u00a0 Forget penicillin; you know that Sildenafil and Tamsulosin are the true wonder drugs.<\/p>\n

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You no longer use a tail pack or have a sissy bar because it’s easier to get on and off your motorcycle.\u00a0 You may have pondered where to attach a cane on your motorcycle.<\/p>\n

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You buy motorcycle clothes a couple of sizes larger because the damn manufacturers are making them smaller these days.\u00a0 You buy riding gear with pockets big enough to hold baby wipes.\u00a0 You substituted food for sex years ago and now you\u2019re so fat you can\u2019t get into your own pants.<\/p>\n

\"\"You stopped worrying about helmet hair decades ago and when you get a haircut you find yourself thinking about the cost in terms of dollars per hair.\u00a0 You haven\u2019t carried a comb in decades.<\/p>\n

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You watch news shows based mostly on which ones you don\u2019t shout at.<\/p>\n

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A motorcycle’s weight is more important to you than 0-to-60 or quarter-mile times.\u00a0 You and your buddies talk about cholesterol, A1C, PSA levels, and medications instead of motorcycle performance specs.<\/p>\n

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When it\u2019s time to change your oil, you think about where it\u2019s going to hurt the next day because you have to get down on the floor to reach the drain plug.\u00a0 Ibuprofen is a normal part of your oil change equipment.<\/p>\n

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You don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything particularly wrong with a motorcycle in a handicap parking spot.<\/p>\n

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You don’t like to ride after dark and going to bed by 9:00 p.m. seems like a perfectly normal thing to do.<\/p>\n

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Easy Riders<\/em> or The Great Escape<\/em> is on TV, and you don’t even need to think about it.\u00a0 You’re going to watch it again.<\/p>\n

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A new movie stars Clint Eastwood, you know you’re going to see it, and you don’t need to know what it is about to make that decision.<\/p>\n

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So there you have it:\u00a0 My take on how to assess if you are a geezer.<\/p>\n

Now get off my lawn.<\/p>\n

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