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Travel Bug Dog Tag 5_Life begins at forty

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Released:
Friday, July 27, 2012
Origin:
Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium
Recently Spotted:
In Kirei Bridge

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Life begins at forty ...
That's why in Leuven (Belgium) we have the "age set society" named "De mannen van het jaar" where all the men (sorry, only men) are welcome to join. Don't laugh, it's serious. The Leuven age set ritual repertoire is "intangibel cultural heritage of Flanders" and "inscribed on UNESCO's representative list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity"

The existence of the age set society is a typical phenomenon of the city of Leuven (Belgium), unique in Europe and probably in the world. In a pub, called " De Biekorf ", some male friends noticed that they all had the age of "40" and born in the same year "1840". They started the tradition of the age set society. From then onwards each year a new age set was formed and this tradition is still ongoing.

The amazing fact of the age set society is that each age set becomes a group of friends only based on the same year of birth. No difference is made on social, political, religion or philosophical base. Also, the men joining such an age set, don't have to live in the city of Leuven.

The celebration of the fiftieth birthday is the original and main goal.

At the age of 40, the age set is started and they begin their 10 year long journey with meetings, activities or participation's in local activities. At the age of 50 they leave the active status and will become "Abraham". They'll still meet together, but the ten year younger generation will take the lead.

Making part of an age set, is a human enrichment and a social shool for every member.

An age set is an exclusive male domain. However, where possible, woman can participate in their activities and the cooperation is often appreciated. Most age sets do have a "Marraine" or a Godmother which mostly participates in the social activities.

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Life begins at forty

I'd like to travel with cachers >40 years!

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Discovered It 12/22/2024 jlduf discovered it Tokyo, Japan   Visit Log

Vu et probablement oublié de loguer.
Merci pour le partage.

Discovered It 12/12/2024 Carths_crew discovered it Tokyo, Japan   Visit Log

Discovered online. Thank you for sharing.
Greetings from Yorkshire, England.

Discovered It 12/11/2024 visselde discovered it Tokyo, Japan   Visit Log

Vielen Dank und liebe Grüße!

Discovered It 12/11/2024 Kleinehexe1204 discovered it Tokyo, Japan   Visit Log

Gesehen! Vielen Dank!

Discovered It 9/24/2024 jlduf discovered it Tokyo, Japan   Visit Log

Découvert grâce à BvStaeye et sa Cavebear :-)
Thx

Discovered It 9/4/2024 little-leggs discovered it Tokyo, Japan   Visit Log

Discovered Via 1_Cavebear/BvStaeye's Geopatch (T-shirt)
Thank you bvstaeye for sharing
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Discovered It 7/17/2024 JMVonFange discovered it Tokyo, Japan   Visit Log

My mom, CRVonFange, shared her "discovered" TB data base with me to see if I could fill in a few missing TBCodes from my notes but I thought that I would start by discovering a few more trackables from her list today.

Discovered It 7/15/2024 CRVonFange discovered it Tokyo, Japan   Visit Log

Thanks to the 2023 Christmas Day blizzard in northeast Nebraska my daughter, JMVonFange, was delayed in heading home to Oklahoma so we spent the bonus time together comparing our caching statistics including trackables moved/discovered and looking through our geocaching pictures and notes. After many hours of checking TB Codes from pictures and on scraps of paper, I have done my best to create a “discovered/to discover” data base of trackables. Of course, some of the TB Codes have been retrieved and discovered in a cache we visited or an event that was attended, but many more were spotted virtually on various social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, etc. I found a number of TB Codes necessary for discovering the trackable were actually included right on the TB Page itself or as an unintentional spoiler in the TB photo gallery; however, a few TB owners have included tracking codes on their profile page. I also found TB codes left behind by other cachers in cache and TB logs.

Hopefully, my data base will help me to avoid multiple discoveries of the same trackable item although I did find several TBs that I have actually retrieved/grabbed/moved twice. If I have accidentally discovered your trackable due to a typo, I hope that you will allow my discovered log to remain even though virtual discoveries are becoming less common, as I appreciate the opportunity to see such a wide variety of different and unique trackable items. I only have two trackables that are activated at this time, one is lost in the wild and the other is traveling with me, but I will gladly share the codes with you via the geocaching message center if you are interested in discovering them. You can reach out the same way if you want one or more of your TBs to visit caches in Nebraska, Iowa, and/or South Dakota.

The TB Code for this trackable item was found on the trackable page for TB4Z0TX, although I am not sure how I originally found that TB.

Discovered It 6/30/2024 Panther-in-Pink discovered it Tokyo, Japan   Visit Log

Dich habe ich vor einiger Zeit in einem Cache, auf einem Event oder in einem Logbuch gesehen !

Discovered It 6/26/2024 SantosLHelper discovered it Tokyo, Japan   Visit Log

Diesen Trackable konnte ich im Listing von Cavebear/BvStaeye's Geopatch entdecken. Vielen Dank für das Discovern und weiterhin eine gute Reise.

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