Is old wood really "weaker" ???

[Richard Brekne]

Hey Thumpy

    Thump wrote:

    O.K. That's the one I'm not "sold" on. Why would stiffer wood have
    less resistance to compression ?

In the case of old wood because of the cause.  In old compression set 
wood the elastic limit of the cell walls has been overcome. So it has 
less resiliency... yes ? 

Cheers
RicB