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CH - of course we're behind you! You are still dreaming and working on a better future. The only thing that stops me turning into an old fart is the belief that some things can be still fixed and that all the experience and confusion of my previous life might prove useful in some small way, somewhere.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Nov 29th, 2008 at 02:45:03 PM EST
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Re: Bremen (4.00 / 2)

Old Farts? check out Udo Lindenberg; Der Geiss ist Heiss. (Geezers are Hot!)

Well, i couldn't find it, but here's Udo with another famous Geezer with trenchcoats. We rule, sorta.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sat Nov 29th, 2008 at 03:00:44 PM EST
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Re: Bremen (none / 1)

Trenchant! ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Nov 29th, 2008 at 03:02:58 PM EST
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Re: Bremen (4.00 / 2)

I found another version from the one i was looking for. Couldn't find it because geezer is not Geiss, it's Greis.

But it's still Geezers are Hot.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sat Nov 29th, 2008 at 03:28:58 PM EST
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Re: Bremen (none / 0)

You found before I posted my reply...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sat Nov 29th, 2008 at 03:31:57 PM EST
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Re: Bremen (none / 0)

Der Geiss ist Heiss. (Geezers are Hot!)
Well, i couldn't find it

Der Greis ist heiß :-)

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sat Nov 29th, 2008 at 03:30:51 PM EST
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Re: Bremen (4.00 / 3)

And you know, i'm not at all certain how to translate Der Greis, but Anya, who "stands on me," swears it's Geezer.

Us Geezers are not know for our accuracy, except in analyzing turbine technology innovations.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Sat Nov 29th, 2008 at 03:41:05 PM EST
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Re: Bremen (4.00 / 2)

i'm not at all certain how to translate Der Greis, but Anya, who "stands on me," swears it's Geezer.

Thinking of it, I have no good idea, either. Beolingus gives "old man" or "geriatric". At any rate, I believe the German word has positive/reverent connotations, am not sure about "geezer" in English (or maybe I'm too much influenced by Granpa Simpson's image).

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sat Nov 29th, 2008 at 03:51:19 PM EST
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Re: Bremen (none / 0)

'Geezer' depends on who is speaking. If cockney, the object is simply a 'bloke' - a standard male. In the US there is an additional 'old' attached to the meaning.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Nov 29th, 2008 at 04:28:39 PM EST
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