Geezers: Up Close and Personal: On Camp with the SAS

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We were met outside the gate by local historian Gary Magold. Gary told us that the railway viaduct we were walking alongside was built for the London Bridge to Greenwich Railway which opened in 1936. It first started running from Spa Road Station ⅓ of a mile from the Biscuit Museum, which was London’s first railway terminus. Gary Magold (right) of the Biscuit Museum talking informally to some the Geezers The Geezers appeared exactly where they were last time in Stage Eight. As Dan chose to side with the Villagers, they all headed towards the castle. The Geezers notice Dan and the clan, and look at each other. The two eventually shrug it off, and decide not to interfere. The Geezers play no major role in this episode and are not seen anymore after that. In the US, the term typically refers to a cranky old man and can carry the connotation of either age or eccentricity; see fuddy-duddy. It began being used widely in the 1990's. The answer posted by ghoppe contains part of the entry for geezer from J.S. Farmer & W.E. Henley, Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present, volume 3 (1893): Working with MDX engineers, members of the Geezers Club – a group of retired men in east London – designed two floating waterwheels driven by tidal flows

Some people have created non-canon names for the Geezers as well, the most mainstream being Steve and John.

The project has made us think more about this country’s resources – the fact we are on an island surrounded by tidal currents, and that in recent years these have hardly been put to use for energy purposes.”

He then retired from radio to pursue a career in marketing and promotions, returning to the air in 2012 [7] with Sittingbourne's SFM Radio. got the hike about us so they started a women’s group,’ he laughs. ‘They wanted to know what we was doing.’ Dr Michael Buser, an Associate Professor of Collaborative Community Practice at the University of West England in Bristol, has worked with Dr Leeson on a hydro-citizenship project and praised her “insights and contribution to building creative research projects with communities and non-academic partners”. Gipson played as a defender, and his team is and has always been Leyton Orient. ‘‘My heart’s always been with them.’ He would walk to games because the shilling his mother gave him was just enough to get in. Then when the game was over, he would collect autographs and walk home.The earliest instance of "old geezer" in a Google Books search, however, refers to a woman. From " Splashes from our Gridiron," in The Angler's Journal (January 16, 1886): Heap tender epithets upon me," warbled the bride; "hurl as many as you like at me, I shall not flinch much, for, though an arid imperious spirit, I love you.""You are a geeser," said her husband, who had married for money. "A geeser," exclaimed the elderly better half, with eagerness, "what's that?""Oh, confound it! how your education must have been neglected in early youth," said the lord of creation in a lofty manner; and then, after an explanation, they had quit a little tiff.

When purchasing boxing equipment that is on sale, consider factors such as the quality of the equipment, its durability, and the type of boxing you will be using it for. Additionally, consider the fit and comfort of the equipment, as well as its ability to provide the necessary protection and support during training or competition. The Bald Geezer went downstairs, wanting another beer to clear his head. The Hat Geezer followed, but he gave Dan better advice before left: he shouldn’t ask other people how to make love, he should ask his girlfriend instead.Eddie said: “To celebrate this fact that not a lot of people know, the Geezers popped into the delightful Mayflower pub where we watched a Thames barge sail go past.” A Thames Barge sailing between Wapping and Rotherhithe The Geezers have sprites of themselves in the files drinking beer, though they don't do this in the game. Gary introduced Frank Turner, who he described as his living exhibit. Frank had started work at the factory as a police officer in 1960 after he’d come out of the Royal Air Force. He soon transferred to the company fire department, eventually becoming its chief officer. Statuette honouring Chief Fire Officer Frank Turner Maybe fewer people drink alcohol these days but the social aspect is still needed, and it’s the same with the Government’s cuts to spending on youth clubs. Tragically, we use online social media and PlayStations to fill the void.’ The primary link offered in the accepted (and highest-voted) answer is now longer functional and the other links cited (from Dictionary.com) are rather meager, so I thought it might be useful to list what several sources have to say about the origin of the word geezer. There is strong agreement that (as both Gigili and Thursagen report in their answers) geezer derives from guise.