A little late, but congratulations
Grandpa John!
I don't think I have ever broken an A string in 30+ years of playing. I recall a few years back snapping one over the saddle when I was changing string, as it got pinched while I was tightening it and snapped, but never while playing. I've dropped a D string once in the early years when I was experimenting with steel picks, but never anything bigger. I play heavier gauge strings now, so I almost never break a string. You must have been pretty surprised to pop the A, I know I would have been.
Even though it probably doesn't count anymore - my lunch today is a medley of Cauliflower, Broccoli and baby carrots, though in truth I basically peck at that till lunch time - then I eat a tomato along with a mini wheel of Gouda cheese and a banana. I'll wash that down with a decaf coffee whitened with unsalted butter instead of milk (seriously, it sounds like madness, but I find it savory).
G&L, Old vs. New? My oldest is a 97 Legacy, which doesn't feel all that old to me. I prefer my 2012 Comanche, which has been my goto guitar for well over a year now. But it has more to do with sound than age. If I had something older that fit the bill, it'd be out there too.
Not a grandparent yet, but I have married children who I believe will eventually provide me with some grandkids
. None of my grandparents were musically inclined, but my parents liked a variety of music - though neither of them were musicians. To be sure, I had a very large extended family (mom had 11 brothers and sisters, dad had 3 brothers - and all of them had (on average) 5 kids each), and among them all, I was the only one of the grand-kids on either side to take up an instrument. I played whatever I could find - an old organ, an harmonica, etc., but all I ever wanted to to was sing and play guitar. All my kids (5 of them) are musical, two of my daughters sang at the Canadian Juno awards, and my eldest son plays piano, guitar, violin, mandolin and the ocarina., my youngest son plays the bagpipes, and the same two daughters who sang at the Juno awards play drums. So we're making up for the musical vacuum in the rest of my family. lol. I'm looking forward to grandkids in a big way.