Dang, we getting old

[hornetguy]

It's aged much more gracefully than I have.

Probably because it hasn't been used. You have been. I'd rather be used up than rot from disuse. That's one of the reasons I like carbon steel.... it shows that a knife is being used, as they should be.
I don't want my epitaph to be "I was a great safe-queen"

 

[Horsewright]

One of my nicknames on this out fit is Chief Greybeard:

 

[pholder]

I work with guys in their 20s and 30s who think they have bragging rights because they have made it that far. I tell them I have been on the job longer than they have been on this planet, I have bragging rights . AND to keep this knife related, I am sharper than they are too . The geezer shoots, he scores.

 

[BrotherJim]

I was born at a very young age

 

[Misplaced Hillbilly]

My wife would kill me if I laid my boots (or hat) where we eat!

Mine to! That table is in the barn where I work, it was originally for the goats to climb on. But now they're to old so its more a scratching sot nowadays.

 

[jc57]

Couple of other threads related to age of Porch members:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/how-old-are-the-folks-on-the-porch.1488521/
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/age-group.1295867/
Hard to keep such threads up-to-date!
(In 10 days I'll hit my first prime number age of my seventies.)

- GT

Those threads are getting pretty elderly as well. I went back to one of them and had to change my vote, as I had moved up to a new bracket.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

Probably because it hasn't been used. You have been. I'd rather be used up than rot from disuse. That's one of the reasons I like carbon steel.... it shows that a knife is being used, as they should be.
I don't want my epitaph to be "I was a great safe-queen"

Yes, I had the same thought about the 'age vs. mileage' aspect. That knife has quite literally been a safe queen since I've had it (less than 10 years or so). But I'm still sort of amazed that any such knife, having existed for nearly 60 years or more, has gone essentially un-scuffed all that time.

A few years ago, my Dad & I had gone to the store for a grocery run. I was in my late 50s at the time, and he in his late 80s. My Dad & I shared a lot of similarities in our general appearance, both genetically and in our choice of haircuts, clothing styles, etc. A lady in the store looked at us and smiled, and mentioned how similar we looked to one another. As we turned and walked away, I joked to my Dad that I was tempted to tell her we were actually twins, but one of us had led a much harder life. That made my Dad laugh.

 

[Will Power]

Some man-made things always retain their beauty age or not.

And, that age is just a number nonsense...it's No.2 But so far it beats underground or ashes

 

[hornetguy]

I knew an older gent that was greeting acquaintances, and one of them said "it's good to see you" and he said "yep, I'd rather be seen than viewed"....

 

[mrknife]

I knew an older gent that was greeting acquaintances, and one of them said "it's good to see you" and he said "yep, I'd rather be seen than viewed"....

damn thats dark

 

[5K Qs]

I just looked it up. I joined this forum back in 2010. I was 32, now I 44 and will be 45 in 13 days.

When you joined BF 12 years ago at age 32, your next birthday would indicate that your age had increased by 1 year out of 32, or 3.125%.
But your birthday coming up in less than 2 weeks will indicate that your age increased by 1 year out of 44, or 2.273%.
So look at the bright side - your aging is slowing down!!
(My birthday later this month will show that my age increased by 1 year out of 70, or 1.429%; I'm hardly aging at all these days, so I got that going for me!)

- GT

 

[mbkr]

When you joined BF 12 years ago at age 32, your next birthday would indicate that your age had increased by 1 year out of 32, or 3.125%.
But your birthday coming up in less than 2 weeks will indicate that your age increased by 1 year out of 44, or 2.273%.
So look at the bright side - your aging is slowing down!!
(My birthday later this month will show that my age increased by 1 year out of 70, or 1.429%; I'm hardly aging at all these days, so I got that going for me!)

- GT

 

[Chui]

When you joined BF 12 years ago at age 32, your next birthday would indicate that your age had increased by 1 year out of 32, or 3.125%.
But your birthday coming up in less than 2 weeks will indicate that your age increased by 1 year out of 44, or 2.273%.
So look at the bright side - your aging is slowing down!!
(My birthday later this month will show that my age increased by 1 year out of 70, or 1.429%; I'm hardly aging at all these days, so I got that going for me!)

- GT

- the most profound and sensible logic I’ve heard for a long time……..love it - made my day…!

 

[DocJekl]

Mine to! That table is in the barn where I work, it was originally for the goats to climb on. But now they're to old so its more a scratching sot nowadays.

Okay, well the goat table is just fine then.

One day we came home to find this on our dining room table (taken when half-a-megapixel cell phone cameras sucked). That she passed away in 2016 at 16 years old is still sad. Best Dog Ever. Why do we get pets that can't last as long as we do?

 

[BrotherJim]

[off topic]
That day 11yrs ago when Sugar and I were still going through the bonding phase with puppy Mason
He was truly trying really REALLY hard to understand and learn two new perplexing human words ... GIT ... DOWN
[/off topic]

 

[TheChunk91]

Why do we get pets that can't last as long as we do?

I’d like to think it’s so we can enjoy a lot of good ones over our lifetime.

 

[Johnnythefox]

I just looked it up. I joined this forum back in 2010. I was 32, now I 44 and will be 45 in 13 days.

I am approaching porch elder status!

Anyways I just having a middle aged moment.
But here's a knife pic to keep it on topic

I dream of being in my 40s again

 

[Will Power]

DocJekl Looks like this is the only answer....

Not very cuddly mind, nor responsive, takes up a fair bit of room and will need hibernating in cold climes, but a tortoise like that can outlive everybody, SIX generations the stories he can't tell....

Jonathan the tortoise turned 190, and he celebrated with a vegetable cake

Jonathan the tortoise had his 190th birthday on Wednesday. He is the oldest living animal on the planet right now

www.deseret.com

Tidy number of knife handles Jonathan could provide though...Lot of old types in the Old age Home round the corner look a deal like those Tortoises...is this what we've got to look forward to???

 

[Just Tom.]

I have an elderly rabbit that is 12 years old now. He is completely blind and constantly dozes off in all kinds of strange positions, like with his face in his food bowl, or half-in/half-out of his cage (he is not confined there). He moved right as I took this picture, but now he is in his cage eating, and I can’t get a better one:

He only ever urinates in his cage or on the old bath mat I have placed in front of it for that purpose, and mostly only poops there, but he seems to have less control over that…

 

[Old Engineer]

When you joined BF 12 years ago at age 32, your next birthday would indicate that your age had increased by 1 year out of 32, or 3.125%.
But your birthday coming up in less than 2 weeks will indicate that your age increased by 1 year out of 44, or 2.273%.
So look at the bright side - your aging is slowing down!!
(My birthday later this month will show that my age increased by 1 year out of 70, or 1.429%; I'm hardly aging at all these days, so I got that going for me!)

- GT

So I should feel pretty good about aging 1.234568 % this year ????? It felt like a lot bigger percent to me Gary . Every 2 years Aches and Pains are squared at that rate, but that does not hold true for every year .

Harry