I got an old can opener, a heuck cin o. 45223 that probably belonged to my grandfather before becoming a standard item in my moms silverware drawer. Works so much better than any modern can opener I have ever used. The best part is that my mom doesn’t care if I take it with me if I can ever move out on my own. So I am set with a beautiful can opener that’ll probably outlive me.
Pots and pans aren’t exciting, but they’re over 20. Same with utensils. Furnishings. The Wii. One of our cars. Plenty of hand and garden tools.
It takes a bit to have things that last. You move around so much when you’re younger, things are temporary. Cheap furniture or other items is are left for roommates or sold, parents get rid of stuff left behind. You can’t always afford quality stuff, much less haul it wherever you go for the next job or whatever.
NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, Wii, a cuckoo clock, that kind of cat clock with the eyes and tail that go side to side, a coffee grinder with the handle, my husband.
A Kitchenaid stand mixer that is 48 years old and still works perfectly, but the most ridiculous old item is a 35 year old Panasonic boom box with an added BT adapter that’s still in regular use.
My marriage
A Mosin bayonet. uh wait, I gotta go.
Good hunting
My house. It’s from 1879…
that’s not IN your home.
Very true.
IN my home, I’d go for my Commodore 64, purchased back in '86 🤓
oh nice. my first computer was a c64. i got it as a 7 year old. It was great.
take your pick
- until recently I was using a record player from 1970.
- I regularly play Victrolas from as far back as 1902.
- my house itself was built in 1900.
- the HVAC for half my house was manufactured in 1987.
- the toilet in my downstairs bathroom was manufactured in 1927.
- the wiring in my house is old knob and tube from the 1930s. some of the switches are also from around that era.
- other wiring is from the 1950s.
- the doors and doorknobs are from 1900, though it seems I am the first to perform any maintenance on them in over 100 years.
- I have an original NES set up in my office from 1987 that I or my kids play
- one of my refrigerators was manufactured in 1997
the list is endless.
Turned 30 this year. Used to make coffee 1-2 times per day, every day since it was bought new in 1996.
They still sell them. They retail for AUD$1000.
Cuisinart Food Processor. Use it all the time. Got it as a gift from my mom in college. Just harvested a ton of basil last night and made “pesto pucks” to freeze to use over the winter.
My 8 inch cast iron skillet is my grandma’s first skillet she got in about 1950. I think that qualifies?
I mean technically speaking I still have a few shirts from high school I wear which are all at least 22, so maybe those.
Although it is still not around we were given a toaster for our wedding that was given to a couple for their wedding back in the forties. We had it for several years until one of our friends decided to cook a bagel in it and melted the cord. I ended up taking it apart and replaced the cord. We had it another several years until it was lost in a move. I like to think it is somewhere still toasting 80 years later.
The tube TV in my bedroom. My bed and the Sears mattress on it. Most of our furniture, save the kitchen table and one of our bookshelves. Our SNES & N64.
I have clothes that are over 20 years old that I keep thinking I might lose with weight to for into again.
My 23 year old pickup just kicked the bucket this spring.
My GE water heater has a metal plate on it stating it meets all the new 1945 safety regulations.
My house was built in 1875, according to the local historical society, or 1912 according to the county. I suspect the difference is that in 1875 you didn’t need to file building permits with the county, but by the time they put the addition on in 1912 you did.
My Bachelor’s Degree is over 20 years old, but I’ve never used that.
I was kind of rolling my eyes at you until the last sentence
I feel like if you ever replace that water heater you’ll never find one again that lasts that long.
A lot of the MP3 files I listen to.
An ebow (electromagnetic bow) that I bought used from some estate sale. It has a cassette tape in the box presumably containing instructions for how to play it and demos of it being used.
I don’t use it regularly as I mostly play bass and the spacings on its grooves are made with standard guitar in mind so it’s rather difficult to play with a bass consistently. but it is incredibly cool.
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