When you look in the mirror and your first thought is “What’s Grandpa doing in the mirror ?”
What Defines a Codger?
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If you begin to take yard work a little too seriously :
I never dived into Cogerdom so deep. I am not a Coger yet, as I only yell at the bears to get off my lawn and I smoke way too many different tobaccos over the year. All thought I don't try to jump out of my lawn chair and my hair is getting grayer by the day.
Maybe someday I'll be a codger, but for now I prefer variety. I enjoy the variety of pipes I have, and I enjoy the variety of tobacco's I smoke. Nothing wrong with being a codger though. If you got a few pipes and tobacco's you enjoy, then by all means enjoy. Pipe smoking is about enjoying what you like and liking what you enjoy.
I doubt I'll ever be but it sure would be nice to be immune to both PAD and TAD
Right there it is..... you have the makings of "codgerism."
Folks, there is a certain amount of solace to be gained by just accepting the fact that all, or most of us either are or will become codgers at some point. Given this fact of the Universe.... @telescopes why don't you be the first to pick the level of codger that you are.... The choices are: a) Codger-light, b) Full on Codger, or c) Over the Moon Codger Fanatic.?
There is a cathartic healing process that will come with this admission.........
I don’t think I‘m a codger but I am an old fart, so there’s that.
No offense... I just don't think codgers take pipe selfies.
I could be wrong, though.
I could be wrong, though.
Codger-Light.Folks, there is a certain amount of solace to be gained by just accepting the fact that all, or most of us either are or will become codgers at some point. Given this fact of the Universe.... @telescopes why don't you be the first to pick the level of codger that you are.... The choices are: a) Codger-light, b) Full on Codger, or c) Over the Moon Codger Fanatic.?
There is a cathartic healing process that will come with this admission.........
The cell phone is on its way to being tossed. In my day, when we wanted to take a selfie, we grabbed a broken coloring stick that we found lying next to the floor vent, it all melted and messy, and we drew a stick figure on a left over brown paper sack we used for lunch… and we liked it.
No, they don't, and you aren't. In fact, if anyone dares to point a camera of any description at them, they spit, make rude gestures of dismissal with their tarry old pipe, and scowl menacingly. Muttered maledictions an optional extra. I think most of us will need at least another decade to mature into the role.
Your comment struck me as hilarious! In my only thespian/musical acting role in my life, I sang the part of the Major General in G&S's "Pirates of Penzance." Every other musical I was ever in was in the pit lol. I was indeed typecast for the roleYessir, I'd say you are the very model of a Modern Codger Pipesmoker.
I am definitely a codger. I think I was a codger when I was 14.
You can also be codgerly in one way but not another. Harlon Ellison owned hundreds, if not thousands, of pipes but only ever smoked straight black cavendish.Folks, there is a certain amount of solace to be gained by just accepting the fact that all, or most of us either are or will become codgers at some point. Given this fact of the Universe.... @telescopes why don't you be the first to pick the level of codger that you are.... The choices are: a) Codger-light, b) Full on Codger, or c) Over the Moon Codger Fanatic.?
There is a cathartic healing process that will come with this admission.........
Good point. He was an interesting character in many ways. Have you ever read any of his books on the writing of his stories? Particularly the Star Trek episode, "City on the Edge of Forever." Quite a character, indeed.
Nothing. Death creeps in until you feel comfortable in its arms… or something like that.
Anyone over 25 knows the answer. One day you realize everything you liked that was ‘hip’ ‘cool’ or whatever the fuck you liked is old and over worn. But you don’t care and continue to try and stay current. That mileage is different for everyone, but eventually you realize and come to terms that you’re beyond all that hipster shit. You might be successful you may be squeaking by but you definitely are completely out of touch with the youth and that makes you a codger. A strange yet humorous old man. It all starts in your 20’s.
Anyone over 25 knows the answer. One day you realize everything you liked that was ‘hip’ ‘cool’ or whatever the fuck you liked is old and over worn. But you don’t care and continue to try and stay current. That mileage is different for everyone, but eventually you realize and come to terms that you’re beyond all that hipster shit. You might be successful you may be squeaking by but you definitely are completely out of touch with the youth and that makes you a codger. A strange yet humorous old man. It all starts in your 20’s.
Well said.... although not certain about the age that it starts.
One thing for certain... there is a certain level of peace that comes over you once you stop caring so much about what others think of you. That "staying cool" crap is a draining process.