is there anyone under the age of 30 in the tiki scene?? - General Tiki

B Bodotikiman Member Joined: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 32	B Bodotikiman Posted posted on Fri, Jun 20, 2008 1:33 PM I am 41 now and it has been very strange for me. I became a Master Mason five years ago and love it. My grandfather was a Mason and an Oddfellow and an Elk. As a kid I looked up to him and thought it was cool. My grandmother was never alone during his meetings due to the fact that the ladies also had very tight social circles that were tied into these fraternal organizations. People now say that the woman were left alone, but it was never more far from the truth, my grandmother was very busy. I saw it first hand. I then became a Shriner and work with the Shriners burn hospital in Boston. While I am doing all this, I have seen many Third Degrees with a good number of twenty and thirty year olds, however, they never come back to regular meetings or functions! Why? because I have found that the older guys are a real pain in the ass with any type of positive change. I am young and went into something old and felt that they really were not interested in me even though the Masons and Shriners have great camapaigns to get younger brothers. Its all kinda funny really, when you look at it all from a distance. A few years ago I decided to obtain my Amateur Radio license.....here we go again.....mostly old men telling me that because I do not know Morse Code, I was not "a real Ham". Here is my overall observation: I love tradition, and without places like TikiCentral and events like Hukilau and .....Kreepytiki, the younger generation might be blind to the overall experience. I THANK the creators immensely!! I have always felt welcome, except for those F.O.M. folks who have black balled me (ONLY KIDDING). I feel that the younger generation has/have lost critical social conversation skills. As my father once said: "Talking about the weather is not always easy, but you have to start somewhere". I think we are all responsible for preserving tradition, so go, go fast and don't spill your Mai Tai and with stealth go disable Trumps bull dozer before he knocks something else down that we all love. Remember he's the guy that put a gym where Trader Vics used to be, in The Plaza in NYC. I would love to stay and preach some more, but I think I hear an Elk calling me.

I am 41 now and it has been very strange for me. I became a Master Mason five years ago and love it. My grandfather was a Mason and an Oddfellow and an Elk. As a kid I looked up to him and thought it was cool. My grandmother was never alone during his meetings due to the fact that the ladies also had very tight social circles that were tied into these fraternal organizations. People now say that the woman were left alone, but it was never more far from the truth, my grandmother was very busy. I saw it first hand. I then became a Shriner and work with the Shriners burn hospital in Boston. While I am doing all this, I have seen many Third Degrees with a good number of twenty and thirty year olds, however, they never come back to regular meetings or functions! Why? because I have found that the older guys are a real pain in the ass with any type of positive change. I am young and went into something old and felt that they really were not interested in me even though the Masons and Shriners have great camapaigns to get younger brothers.
Its all kinda funny really, when you look at it all from a distance. A few years ago I decided to obtain my Amateur Radio license.....here we go again.....mostly old men telling me that because I do not know Morse Code, I was not "a real Ham". Here is my overall observation: I love tradition, and without places like TikiCentral and events like Hukilau and .....Kreepytiki, the younger generation might be blind to the overall experience. I THANK the creators immensely!! I have always felt welcome, except for those F.O.M. folks who have black balled me (ONLY KIDDING). I feel that the younger generation has/have lost critical social conversation skills. As my father once said: "Talking about the weather is not always easy, but you have to start somewhere". I think we are all responsible for preserving tradition, so go, go fast and don't spill your Mai Tai and with stealth go disable Trumps bull dozer before he knocks something else down that we all love. Remember he's the guy that put a gym where Trader Vics used to be, in The Plaza in NYC. I would love to stay and preach some more, but I think I hear an Elk calling me.

Post #388363 by Bodotikiman on Fri, Jun 20, 2008 1:33 PM