DGS49
Diamond Member
As a registered Old Bastard, both I and every stinkin' one of my contemporaries who spent much of their adult lives in vigorous exercise has knees with deteriorated cartilage...the infamous "bone-on-bone" phenomenon. It's almost like knee replacement is a separate retirement program for ortho-surgeons.
And yet over my personal and professional life I have seen AMAZING substances that are used for gaskets, insulators, weather stripping, caulk, bumpers, and infinitely more uses. They have durability and resilience that is astounding.
But no artificial cartilage.
What gives? How is it even possible that such a substance hasn't been invented yet? While I admit my mind is readily boggled, to me this is mind boggling. This substance, once invented, would make a gazillionaire of the holder(s) of the patent.
What is the holdup?
And yet over my personal and professional life I have seen AMAZING substances that are used for gaskets, insulators, weather stripping, caulk, bumpers, and infinitely more uses. They have durability and resilience that is astounding.
But no artificial cartilage.
What gives? How is it even possible that such a substance hasn't been invented yet? While I admit my mind is readily boggled, to me this is mind boggling. This substance, once invented, would make a gazillionaire of the holder(s) of the patent.
What is the holdup?