[TheForge] Speaking of age...

[Ron Childers]

Andy,
It's a matter of perspective: To me, anyone under 50 is a "youngun". As for
really younguns, there are kids in green coal or beginner classes 10 yrs old
who listen, do what you tell 'em, and have good hammer control, and some
older one's who think it's fun to try to destroy everything. Yes, things do
look promising for the coming generation; we have some really good kids in
our group and a bunch of us old buzzards to teach 'em. Some will stick with
it and some will lose interest as in every thing else.

Ron C 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Vida
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:33 AM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: [TheForge] Speaking of age...

I was wondering (has this come up before?), how many youngin's are on 
theforge?  How's about we define that as anyone under 30?  I ask because 
I feel as if I'm one of the younger people here and that got me to 
wondering about whether there is a new generation to pick up where and 
when we leave off?  I know of only a few young new-ish smiths like Nigel 
Tudor (met him at Touchstone several years ago.  Very talented young 
guy).  Do things look promising for the coming generation or are we 
heading down another dead end, a la 1970?

Is anyone watching this?  Does ABANA hold this as an issue?  If not, 
should they?

	-Andy
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