Geezer with a Grudge: Can't Get More Patriotic Than This

Jul 4, 2013

Can't Get More Patriotic Than This

RiderwearHouse/Aerostich are two of the most American things I know of. You should buy something from this great Duluth, Minnesota company and keep America strong (and keep a few jobs in America, while you're at it):

2 comments:

Troubadour said...: Challenge accepted! Ordered my RC Light (as recommended by our friend Chris), vegan gloves and a T-shirt this morning. How's that for being a patriotic Canadian?; 7/6/13, 12:50 PM
T.W. Day said...: Consider yourself red, white, and blue plus simply red and white. Andy will appreciate your patronage and you will love the gear.; 7/6/13, 6:11 PM

The Geezer Story

I stumbled upon this column name (Geezer with a Grudge) almost 20 years ago, in 1999. The first Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly editor I worked with, in late 1999, complained that the magazine was getting no mail and the editors wanted to know if any readers were still out there. I fired off a sarcastic note, as a joke, intended to provide a little humor and some feedback. He published it as an article and later called me to say he'd received more mail on that letter than he'd received in the past year! I followed that with an offer to write a monthly column attempting to piss off a particular section of the magazine's readership to see if that tactic would generate some mail.

It did, probably more regularly than the magazine wanted at times, and I wrote a monthly column for MMM until the magazine died in 2018.

I plan to post an occasional old Geezer article into the blog, followed by short comments about the current status of my perspective on our activity/sport/vehicle of choice.