Geezer with a Grudge: Future "Bikers?"

Jan 30, 2013

Future "Bikers?"

Sorry, but I can't resist this one:

We can all see these boys in 10 years, right? Dressed exactly like they are in this picture plus some pirate accessories and a Glock strapped to their butts. Could be on a Harley/Victory or on a LED-geeked out sportbike, but they are the same goofball either way.

Yeah, I know. I didn't wear a helmet or shoes when I was a kid, either. My dad was a WWII veteran and would have no more thought carrying a sidearm was "protecting" his kids than he'd have bragged about his kids surviving childhood without his having had the sense to make us wear decent gear. In the '50's, bicycle helmets either didn't exist or they didn't filter their way to Kansas. I still wear a bike helmet intermittently and look how badly I turned out. It is, honestly, a miracle of some sort that I made it past 9 years old.

Some people should not consider parenthood. They are clearly unsuited for the responsibility.

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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.