Gettin' OldOne worth keeping

“Them roots runnin' deepest don't mind a hundred winters.”

More than a hundred thousand Japanese have roots deep enough to hit a hundred.

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“Older than dirt.”

Been here since before the ground was.

“He's no spring chicken.”

His young and tender days are well behind him.

“Older than Methuselah's goat.”

Outlived the oldest man in the Bible's own livestock.

“Old as the hills and twice as dusty.”

Ancient, and showing it.

“There's snow on the roof, but fire in the furnace.”

Gray-haired, sure, but far from done.

“Too old to cut the mustard.”

Past the age of keeping up.