You ole Codger...

[Code4inCustody]

Thanks for those replies. I hope my first post here was something different than the usual...
BTW, I disagree with all of you!
I will now return to watching my heroes from Deadwood.

 

[judcole]

"Codger" blends are also referred to as "drugstore" or "OTC" blends. One gent I used to share a forum with referred to the old time American burley blends - Prince Al, Carter Hall, Granger, etc - as the "American classics".

 

[Doctor Chopper]

A codger is an older grey haired, bearded man with a pipe and perhaps even a hat with an attitude. That definitely is NOT ME!! So get off my damn lawn and leave my tobacco alone!

 

[AcesAndEights]

Enjoy the codger phase, because the geezer phase is next!

 

[Doctor Chopper]

codger /ˈkɒdʒə/​

NOUN (informal) a man, esp an old or eccentric one: a term of affection or mild derision (often in the phrase old codger)​

[C18: probably variant of cadger]​

Hardly anything in that definition limiting the term to rough old men.

Definition of codger: See OP
Just sayin......

 

[reloader]

I wear the Codger badge with pride. I've been a grumpy old buzzard for decades!

 

[captpat]

I don’t mind the term codger, it connotes a degree of hard earned experience and discernment, it takes more than smoking codger blends to be a codger, nor are codgers limited to only codger blends.

 

[ray47]

I'm 76 yrs old and smoke most of the so called "Codger" blends. I don't have a beard and I'm not an irritable person. I'm just an elderly pipe smoker who wishes to smoke in peace and be left alone to enjoy my tobacco.

 

[rmbittner]

On at least one Facebook page, many posters have referred to Capt Black, Half / Half and some others as "Codger" tobacco. Now, I'm the furthest thing from a snowflake, and have about the thickest skin as any elephant but that term, "codger" really irritates me.
I grew up with dad occasionally smoking CB, and now at 53 yrs old, I enjoy those mild brands along with many of the aromatics. But a codger (to me) is an old grey bearded and scruffy cowboy or a miner panning for gold (or similar tv & movie looking characters).
Are those of us who smoke Prince Albert really codgers or is a tobacco that's been around for 50 years like Capt Black really codger tobacco by definition?

Signed - "Seeking the fountain of pipe youth

I’m not a fan of the word as a descriptor of tobacco blends because it seems to focus exclusively on American over-the-counter blends. If that’s what’s being discussed, that’s fine. But if we really mean any OTC blend—sold and enjoyed in any country—then I think “OTC” is more inclusive.

 

[Bassman65]

Is that Cult Blood Red Moon you’re smoking? Get off my lawn and let me smoke my Borkum Riff Cherry Cavendish in peace! Lol.

I actually rotate both .

 

[Silvrbdgr]

54, like PA, SWR and just ordered some Grainger. I wear my codger badge proudly and in a cloud of smoke. Forgot to mention my "work' coffee cup has "Caffeine and Hate" emblazoned upon it.

 

[vosBghos]

I'll be 50 soon and celebrating with a new Grabow and a tub of PA.
I already smoke Five Brothers daily and have been grey since my late 30s.
Some say I was born old.
I have been cantankerous all my life so I guess if the shoe fits.
For me, an offense can only be given never taken, just words a label or stereotype fits or doesn't I guess.
LONG LIVE THE CODGERS

 

[kcghost]

Codger blend is a term meaning something that our father and grandfathers smoked. It isn't saying anything about you. I certainly qualify as a codger (76) but smoking a codger blend is open to everything one of us who is 21 and older.

 

[Highlandpiper]

Codger also infers a lifetime of real learning and therefore someone to be respected. At least that's what I want to believe as I hurtle towards 50.

 

[sablebrush52]

Are those of us who smoke Prince Albert really codgers or is a tobacco that's been around for 50 years like Capt Black really codger tobacco by definition?

Codger by definition, at least the blend is, just another term for OTC, or Drugstore blend. You'll find it in about a thousand threads, spread out over decades worth of writing, representing about a milenia's worth, or more, of life experience with pipe smoking. Personally I don't care two steamers about debating this one.

You're welcome to define it any way you like. It's the current fashion to just make shit up to please one's sense of self entitlement. Just don't expect the world to agree, or even notice. They're all busy making up shit as well.

 

[mso489]

The linguistic judo of the terms codger or geezer goes like this. Take it as a term of endearment. If somewhat younger or much younger people are so lucky as to get to this advanced age, especially with lifespans decreasing in the "first world," they may count it a blessing, or at least as a pleasant surprise.

I like many up-market blends and have my small supply of McClelland, GLP, SPC, Dunhill blends, C&D limited editions, and such. But I throughly and regularly enjoy Sir Walter Raleigh regular and aromatic, Granger, D&R two-timer, Ohm Red burley with Turkish, which I'd classify as classic, if not OTC or codger.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

I'll be 50 soon and celebrating with a new Grabow and a tub of PA.
I already smoke Five Brothers daily and have been grey since my late 30s.
Some say I was born old.
I have been cantankerous all my life so I guess if the shoe fits.
For me, an offense can only be given never taken, just words a label or stereotype fits or doesn't I guess.
LONG LIVE THE CODGERS

Has Five Brothers changed much over the years?

 

[mortonbriar]

I feel like they mainly get called OTC (over the counter) blends.

And of course you disagree with us all, it is absolutely your right...........as a codger!

 

[augiebd]

I also see codger blends as OTC blends that have been around for a long time. I don’t see the term codger as overly negative, rather more the recognition of experience and practice that is based on that experience. There are all kinds of personalities behind the first layer of crustiness that may be there. Many of them very willing to share the wisdom that has been accumulated. Embrace the status.

 

[Searock Fan]

A codger is a grumpy old man with a quick temper and a frail constitution. If anyone calls me a codger they're going to get beaten around the head and shoulders with my cane.