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When You're an Old Geezer and Losing Your Teeth

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Real Estate Agent with Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker DRE #00697006

OK, not everybody who loses teeth is an old geezer, but I just like saying the word. Geezer, geezer, geezer. Because I am an old geezer, and there's just no hiding it when you look at my driver's license, which, by the way, hasn't had a new photo for 15 years and someday I'm gonna get called on that.

I would like a new photo. I can't recall now why I was so irritated with the person at the DMV who shot that photo, but I was. My grin is superficial because I am gritting my teeth. I had driven all the way from Land Park to Roseville because that DMV, I had heard, was a little bit more pleasant to visit. No, they're all just as horrible, and the lines are horrendous, although I think you can make an appointment now.

However, now that I am moving into Geezer-land, I freely share tips and things that I discover with others who might be heading in the same direction. I am also an orphan, so it's not like I have parents I can ask. Us geezers have got to stick together. You can read more about this in my personal blog today and hear an incredible tip that should help you, if and when the time comes, at this link: The Flipper Alternative to a Dental Partial Before a Dental Implant.

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Elizabeth Weintraub is co-partner of Weintraub & Wallace Team of Top Producing Realtors, an author, home buying expert at The Balance, a Land Park resident, and a veteran real estate agent who specializes in older, classic homes in Land Park, Curtis Park, Midtown, Carmichael and East Sacramento, as well as tract homes in Elk Grove, Natomas, Roseville and Lincoln. Call Elizabeth Weintraub at 916.233.6759. Put our combined 80 years of real estate experience to work for you. Broker-Associate at RE/MAX Gold. DRE License # 00697006.

Photo: Unless otherwise noted in this blog, the photo is copyrighted by Big Stock Photo and used with permission.The views expressed herein are Weintraub's personal views and do not reflect the views of RE/MAX Gold. Disclaimer: If this post contains a listing, information is deemed reliable as of the date it was written. After that date, the listing may be sold, listed by another brokerage, canceled, pending or taken temporarily off the market, and the price could change without notice; it could blow up, explode or vanish. To find out the present status of any listing, please go to elizabethweintraub.com.

Comments(34)

Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Elizabeth, you sure don't look like a geezer, so if you feel like one, I am part of that group too! 

Aug 03, 2015 12:01 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Chris Ann Cleland I can see why kids who lose their teeth would like a flipper but they're kinda expensive for a kid. Don't get me started on the  creepy kiddie porn beauty pageants . . .

Lou Ludwig I have no choice but to choose success in my geezerdom status.

Aug 03, 2015 08:50 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Myrl Jeffcoat Hey, Folsom DMV, that's an idea! Still if I got there and there was a long line, I would be bummed, LOL.

James Dray No point in posting a photo until I get my crowns . . .

Aug 03, 2015 08:52 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Conrad Allen Flipper houses, flipper teeth, all the same thing, except flipper teeth are only temporary.

Gabe Sanders Not only are the flippers worthless after I no longer need them, but they aren't even interchangeable. I have to keep each in a separate box, one labeled right and the other labeled left or I will mix them up, even tho my dentist says it's impossible to do, I have done it.

Aug 03, 2015 08:53 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Joan Cox Well, see, there ya go. You don't have to necessarily LOOK like a geezer to be one. Look long and hard. This is what a geezer looks like!!

Aug 03, 2015 08:54 AM
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Real Estate Agent, Top 1% of Lyon Agents - I would never think of you as an old geezer - experienced and full of wisdom, maybe but, not a geezer!  Thanks for the flipper tip - hubby is going in for a full set of implants in January (thanks to long-term medication totally wearing away the enamel on his teeth).  I will definitely be passing your article on!

Aug 03, 2015 06:41 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

 

Aug 08, 2015 10:40 AM
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Elizabeth, experienced it once, and once is enough! Enjoy your day!

Aug 08, 2015 10:50 PM
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

OK, you old Geeze, Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Real Estate Agent, Top 1% of Lyon Agents I had to laugh at this one from you! I have encountered a similar sitation on my Diver's Card as they do not expire and mine goes back over 40 years. OH! YES! I definitely look the same....NOT!

Aug 08, 2015 11:10 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

I am so glad that I didnt miss your post, thanks to Kathy's weekly summary!

Aug 08, 2015 11:28 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Well, I'm a geezer, too, but no way am I going to refer to myself that way! Afterall, in my mind I'm still only 30 or so. How did you get away with the same picture for 15 years? After 60 in NC we need to renew our license every 5 years and there's no choice but to sit for a photo.

Aug 09, 2015 01:05 AM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

Add me to the old geezer list, but I luckily haven't lost any teeth yet due to it!

Aug 09, 2015 01:37 AM
Nicole Doty - Gilbert Real Estate Expert
Zion Realty - Gilbert, AZ
Broker/Owner of Zion Realty ZionRealtyAZ.com

Thankfully I hit my 40's this year and I still feel like I'm in my 20's. I've made sure to take excellent care of my health and teeth so far. 

Aug 09, 2015 07:28 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Real Estate Agent, Top 1% of Lyon Agents 

As a proud member of the club (I think), I'm hoping the worst I have to deal with is more crowns, and perhaps another root canal or two. 

Aug 09, 2015 01:02 PM
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

You absolutely do not look like an old geezer! My DAD was an old geezer, all of his generation was old geezers.  Does not apply to US!

Aug 09, 2015 01:23 PM
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

Welcome to full-on geezerhood.  It does have its benefits, but I still have all my teeth.... well, wait a minute.... yeah... I paid for that one, so it's mine.

Aug 09, 2015 10:59 PM
Jill Sackler
Charles Rutenberg Realty Inc. 516-575-7500 - Long Beach, NY
LI South Shore Real Estate - Broker Associate

I like the tongue in cheek tone of this post.  A fun read.

Aug 10, 2015 02:32 AM
Joan Whitebook
BHG The Masiello Group - Nashua, NH
Consumer Focused Real Estate Services

No old geezers here.  Hope you keep smiling and dancing and singing in the rain.

Aug 10, 2015 01:20 PM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

I enjoyed reading your post. Thank you for the chuckle.

Aug 14, 2015 08:43 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Nina Hollander I dunno, in California they don't make you change your photo to renew your license. Although I imagine soon I will have to.

Alan May That's how I feel about it, too. I might have 8 implants but I paid for them all so they are mine, and let's not even get started on the crowns. I mean, nobody told me that when you age, your teeth somehow grow too big for your mouth and start to twist.

Aug 15, 2015 02:49 AM