Thank God For Old Geezers

There's a thing going the rounds called "Geezers". You'll find it in newsletters, on the internet, being Xeroxed and passed along from one to another person..most everywhere except in the mainstream media. I don't know who to credit it to, but it goes something like this: "Geezers" are easy to spot; this is slang for an old man. But at sporting events, during the playing of the National Anthem, they hold their caps over their hearts and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them.

"If you bump into a 'Geezer' on the sidewalk, he'll apologize. Pass a Geezer on the street, he'll nod or tip his hat to a lady. `Geezers' trust strangers and are courtly to women. They hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make sure the lady is on the inside for protection. `Geezers' get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children, and they don't like violence and filth on TV and in movies. Geezers have moral courage. Geezers seldom brag unless it is about the grandchildren in Little league or music recitals.

"This country needs `Geezers' with their decent values and common sense. We need them now more than ever. It's the `Geezers' who know our great country is protected, not by politicians, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country in foreign lands, just as they did, without a thought except to do a good job, the best you can, and to get home to loved ones. Thank God for Old Geezers.

This is Gordon Sawyer, watching the Old Geezers go by from a window on historic Green Street.