A wastebasket (used as a recycling bin in my kitchen) that dates back to my childhood. A plastic cup in my bathroom that dates back to college. The toolbox that my mother gave me as a housewarming gift when I moved into my first apartment (the tools seem to have been bought at dollar stores, so some have since been upgraded).
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:02 (five years ago) link
A frosted beer glass with The Rock on it
― calumerio, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:04 (five years ago) link
A smiley face coffee mug, and most of my drum gear (cymbals, drums, hardware). I've only had to replace the kick pedal really.
I bet my iPod Classic will get there.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link
depression
― i'm w/ tato, super hot AND weird!! (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:58 AM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
How do u use it, I lost my manual ages ago
― Soupy Slacks (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:13 (five years ago) link
Keep pressing.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:14 (five years ago) link
https://www.retrotogo.com/2010/11/ebay-watch-1970s-krups-wall-clock-2.html
45 years and going strong.
― dinnerboat, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:22 (five years ago) link
my cricket bag, nowadays more a sort of sack
― PPL+AI=NS (imago), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:24 (five years ago) link
my wife lol j/k
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:43 (five years ago) link
literally nothing
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:44 (five years ago) link
I bought a cheap plastic kettle in '98 and took it to university with me and it still gets used every day.
And our dining table and 2 dining chairs are hand-me-downs from my parents, older than me and used regularly throughout my childhood. Again, cheap stuff when it was new, but doing better than stuff we bought new when we moved in. (Could do with reupholstering one of the chairs and getting the table properly stripped and re-varnished, though.)
Been thinking lately about how various kitchen appliances my parents had when I was in my 20s were also in their 20s and still running, but my last washing machine and dishwasher died after 3 years and the repair guy looked at us like we were nuts expecting them to last any longer.
On which note, we got rid of our old car last year at 20 years old - only the bf's for 15 though so, yes, off-topic. RIP old friend - but it kept needing work and it was going to cost a lot to get it past the MOT. Wondering now if that was a good choice, though, seeing as I guess that's about the last vintage of car which is mechanically fixable for years on end, whereas our new-to-us car will likely need replacing in a few years when the onboard computer gives up. Ah, progress.
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
I should mention that our Maytag clothes washer was purchased in 1987 and still runs as well as the day we bought it! That was before Maytag Corp. was bought out and went downhill. Our Sears Kenmore refrigerator was purchased the same year and probably should be replaced, but it still works and we always find other uses for our time than to research and buy major appliances.
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
A small, old dining room table that used to belong to my parents still gets used, the stereo speakers I bought in high school, probably some kitchen utensils I inherited from my parents that I'm not picturing right now.
Definitely a few t-shirts I bought in high school, and an old flannel shirt that I still use for yard work that is at least from 1993.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
i bought my speakers when i went off to university in 1979
― mark s, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
I still have the speakers I bought when I went to college but I don’t use them anymore because the foam surrounds cracked and I’m too lazy to fix them.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 17:01 (five years ago) link
I have some houseplants that are coming up on 30 years old; a drill, circular saw, lots of other hand tools; a few t-shirts and other clothes, mostly wearable only for yardwork
― Brad C., Tuesday, 19 March 2019 17:03 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah, I have a minicassette recorder I bought in '98 that still works swell. I think I've only had to change the batteries on the thing like maybe three times, it's weird.
― Soupy Slacks (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
Guitars, cutlery, my old a-level calculator will all be 25+ years old. We bought this house in 2001 so most of our furniture etc is almost 18 years old.
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 17:49 (five years ago) link
The Schwinn 10 speed bike my dad got me when I was 12 and not quite big enough for it yetI'm 49 now and still use it
― Bnad, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 17:59 (five years ago) link
My letter opener - which is from 1890-ish - and I have owned for thirty years. It's the only thing I can think of.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
A Casio scientific calculator
same. this one:http://casio.ledudu.com/images/calculs/casio/machines/zoom/fx115v.jpg
― andrew m., Tuesday, 19 March 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
a PONY tennis racket bag
― andrew m., Tuesday, 19 March 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link
and have kept around two of my oldest rackets cuz they're still fun to hit with: dunlop max 200g and wilson graphite matrix, both mid-80s models.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 19 March 2019 18:33 (five years ago) link
forgot my Onkyo tape deck
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 18:35 (five years ago) link
Apart from clothes?
― Lammy's Show (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
A bureau that was my grandfather's, where he taught me to do joined-up handwriting. Now I do joined-up bills and things at it in my living room, forty years later.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 18:45 (five years ago) link
Same as others although yeah moving 9 times in 6 years and never owning a home has kind of kept "keeping house" at bay. But I have some tshirts from HS and college, some tools. I came to NYC on a plane in 1998 with just 2 suitcases, have gradually brought items from parents' home over the years but mostly I moved without "stuff." Come to think of it, my suitcase is over 20 years old, and was a gift, and is monogrammed (lol) and kinda tattered but still rolls and zips and everything just fine.
Otoh I have a lot of things that I purchased already old/"vintage" that I use all the time, but I haven't owned them for 20 years yet.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 18:51 (five years ago) link
HP scientific calculator, although i don't do anything scientific with it
it features reverse polish notation, so no one else can use it
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
like others, same house for 20 years, so many things (both fortunately/unfortunately). more worrisome would be things you have owned for 20+ years that you’ve never (ever) used. would start with many books and records, but I’m sure there are other things, like the underwater camera my father bought and never used during his brief scuba phase.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
iterally nothing
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, March 19, 2019 9:44 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh, how could i forgot, i have my teddy bear bobo, with a sweater that my mum knitted for him circa 1988, and a framed and signed print from the paul mcstay testimonial
https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images3/360/0914/06/celtic-fc-huge-collection-framed_360_769630afabe521c863e5d7deb27d1263.jpg
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 19:24 (five years ago) link
How regularly do you use Paul McStay?
― Lammy's Show (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 19:27 (five years ago) link
A digital alarm clock I bought back in 1995, still used daily.Another year and the trackball and keyboard I'm currently using will both be 20 years old.
― just another country (snoball), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
― Lammy's Show (Tom D.), Tuesday, March 19, 2019 12:27 PM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
he's hanging on the bedroom wall!
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
Quick prayer to him before bedtime.
― Lammy's Show (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
I have a Sony clock radio cassette player that I got for my birthday in 1994 that I still use as an alarm clock. Pretty sure I've been using the same dressing gown for 20 years as well by now. Probably a couple of coffee mugs as well. My early morning routine is ancient.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:22 (five years ago) link
I have a blanket that my mother crocheted for me before I went to university. that is probably all, since I have moved long ways a lot of times & I get rid of things every time. I don't have much that's more than 5 years old tbh (also I don't have much, period).
― L'assie (Euler), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:25 (five years ago) link
Loads of hand tools, small power tools and cookware. My daily-use stainless steel cookware turns 20 in a couple of months. The item whose longevity always surprises me, and makes me irrationally happy when I use it, is an umbrella I bought in college about 36 years ago.
― WmC, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link
analogue alarm clock from Argos, bought in mid-90s.a solitary glass from a set of 12 from ikea and a solitary plate from Argos, both bought to begin my student life... the rest of the sets lost or broken over the years.Similarly a stripey duvet set from Asda.a teenage mutant ninja turtles mug.a Barbie beach towel my brother bought for me when I was 17.I use cds in the car and some of them are 20+ years old.
― kinder, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link
Oh yeah, in that case I have tons of CDs and records that are 20+ year old. Lots of books too, though those don't all get regularly pulled off the shelf.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
Hairbrush I've had since 1992 that I use daily because my hair is too thick for a comb.
― just another country (snoball), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:38 (five years ago) link
― Lammy's Show (Tom D.), Tuesday, March 19, 2019 1:10 PM (twenty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
funnily enough my (non-catholic) gf has a few Virgin Mary trinkets sitting on the dresser under it so it's got a wee bit of a devotional vibe to it
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
a couple of pots and pans are around 20 years old now
one of my guitars though the neck and body are no longer together and have formed two new guitars
my sony stereo reciever, 5 disc CD changer, and a set of Advent speakers. I never had enough money to get the dual cassette deck that would also work with the same remote control but found one at a yard sale for $5 a few years ago so now my dream system circa 1991 is finally complete
a pair of made-in-canada Sorel boots from 1989
my late 70s - late 80s Legos
― joygoat, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 20:58 (five years ago) link
My clitoris
― nathom, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 21:06 (five years ago) link
Just some records.
― ian, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 21:26 (five years ago) link
Black crocheted blanket made by my mother in around 1995, capsule wardrobe of 1950s/60s Peck and Peck separates from my grandmother’s time as one of their fashion buyers, framed sketch of grandmother dated 1930 when she studied fashion design at art college, antique candle snuffer with a gold star on top, framed newsagents’ OFFICIAL: THATCHER QUITS poster stolen from the Evening Standard ‘cage’ on the day of her resignation.
Loads of stuff, basically.
― suzy, Tuesday, 19 March 2019 21:43 (five years ago) link
bigass umbrella from wal-mart, going on 25 years! i even lost it for a few weeks once and then got it back.
― j., Tuesday, 19 March 2019 23:41 (five years ago) link
Well done, I've never had an umbrella last more than 25 days.
― Lammy's Show (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 March 2019 23:55 (five years ago) link
― just another country (snoball)
yes, i have a cheap plastic hairbrush that dates back to when i was in high school, my spouse bought me a new one this year but i was like "nah you know the old one works just fine" and i still use it
that's the only thing i use that's that old though
― the scientology of mountains (rushomancy), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 00:36 (five years ago) link
- microwave purchased in I think 1993? Still works perfectly, has been in continuous use in every kitchen Ive had- would have been my Sony amp bought in like 1989, though I did recently retire it for one that supports 5.1 and blutooth to be fair- a solid metal roasting pan that my parents got as a wedding gift. Ive had it since I moved out of home in 89. Still use it as my go to roaster all the time, you could kill someone clocking em on the head with it.- probably some pieces of clothing somewhere if I'm honest :/ Oh! My doc martins.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 05:25 (five years ago) link
i think i've had my record speakers for about 15 years now - they're not top of the line but they sound good enough to me! they're hand-me-downs from the 70s. ("Allegro" brand)
― but i'm there are fuckups (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 05:36 (five years ago) link
Despite moving internationally several times I have a kitchen knife and a pot that must be hitting the 15 year mark.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 07:25 (five years ago) link
My GE clock radio from circa 1986 malfunctioned for the first time ever this morning. Set the alarm for 9:30 and it went off at 10:06 (I double-checked the setting and this is definitely what happened). Beside myself.
― Josefa, Friday, 4 June 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
a couple cast iron skillets that are well loved/seasoned.
I've got a Le Creuset casserole dish that I got as a present in 1997 which has only recently started to show any kind of wear because I've only recently starting baking bread in it. Before this it mostly got stovetop use, and even though I've burned the arse out of it a million times, it has only started to show any proper discolouration now that it goes into the oven once a week at a temperature of 250.
― trishyb, Friday, 4 June 2021 14:32 (two years ago) link
I've just found a picture of me when I was around 2 years old listening to the hifi on headphones... And I still use that very same hifi amplifier (I'm 45) !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 4 June 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
My stereo is definitely older than 20 years--turntable, receiver, speakers. I wouldn't say I still use it regularly, though.
― clemenza, Friday, 4 June 2021 14:35 (two years ago) link
A warm pair of underpants.
― Alba, Friday, 4 June 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
I've got a large Prestige stainless steel saucepan my mum give me over 30 years ago when I moved into my first flat. And it must be at least from the late 50's/early 60's because she bought it when she was living in Ireland. When I think about it, it's been an ever present in whatever house I've lived for 48 years, from London, Sheffield, Manchester to fucking Dewsbury and it sill looks shiny and good.
― calzino, Friday, 4 June 2021 14:58 (two years ago) link
(x-post)Humble-bragging that your waist size is impressively the same. (Unless you’re now using them as a duster of course)
― Luna Schlosser, Friday, 4 June 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
Think my extremely basic veg peeler was in the same Argos bundle as the solitary plate mentioned upthread. Still peelin' strong.
― kinder, Friday, 4 June 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
Humble-bragging that your waist size is impressively the same. (Unless you’re now using them as a duster of course)
Ah, I genuinely hadn't thought of that! It has gone up an inch or two but I guess there's a bit of give in elastic. I only wear them in winter months and not in bed but I'm still impressed at their longevity. Well done H&M.
― Alba, Friday, 4 June 2021 18:17 (two years ago) link
I think I may have had the pseudo bone handled cutlery I have been using for at least 20 years. Think they may have been bought when I was living in Dublin mid 90s. Handles have had to be reglued a couple of times and I think colour has heavily faded.But I'm eating yoghurt with the spoon at the moment and just ate the first course with the fork.
― Stevolende, Friday, 4 June 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
I have a baseball style jumper thing that I think may predate the millennium or otherwise only shortly fall short of that. Also a fleece thing that I wear when its cold that I think was mid 90s
― Stevolende, Friday, 4 June 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
Same tweezers since 1990 (stolen from my mother).
― the thin blue lying (suzy), Friday, 4 June 2021 20:57 (two years ago) link
Probably nothing at 20 years so far, my tallit will be that old next year though. Probably I should get it cleaned.
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Friday, 4 June 2021 20:59 (two years ago) link
The Proctor Silex Popcorn Pumper, purchased at a thrift store about 22 years ago.A Swiss army knife purchased in Liechtenstein about 24 years ago.I think my Technics 1200 turntable is about 20 years old.A melamine pot stirrer. Probably some other kitchen implements.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 4 June 2021 23:34 (two years ago) link
My wallet was given to me sometime in my teens over 30 years ago. At this point it's falling apart and needs to be replaced but is still useable.
I also have haircutting scissors of a similar age.
― visiting, Saturday, 5 June 2021 01:29 (two years ago) link
my refrigerator and microwave are both well over 30 years old, my washer/dryer, cooktop, oven and dishwasher over 25
― Dan S, Saturday, 5 June 2021 01:33 (two years ago) link
Bike helmet
― Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 5 June 2021 01:56 (two years ago) link
I've had the same bottle opener on my keychain since 1994.
― pplains, Saturday, 5 June 2021 02:42 (two years ago) link
a pair of scissors that belonged to my grandmother
spare bed
baritone ukelele
― Emperor Tonetta Ketchup (sleeve), Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:15 AM (two years ago)
the bed is gone now
also adding:
Onkyo tape deck
― sleeve, Saturday, 5 June 2021 03:16 (two years ago) link
My favorite mug I've had since 1996 or so. Some kitchen knives I got in the late 80s. The oldest shirts I still wear regularly are from 1993 and 1994. My car I've had 18 years, so almost! Guitar and amp I've had 26, 27 years and my keyboard about 35.― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:07 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:07 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Car's up to 20 now. Thinking about this again, also have a tweed jacket that's gotta be 25 years old, maybe closer to 30. I don't wear it a lot, but when an occasion calls for wearing a tweed jacket, that's what I wear. Can't honestly say I use the '80s Cutcos that much anymore.
Almost all our pots and pans and dishes and etc. that we use every day were wedding presents, so those turn 20 in two years and I certainly still expect to be using them then.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 5 June 2021 03:23 (two years ago) link
Didn't even think of my car... still driving a Corolla purchased new in 99.
― visiting, Saturday, 5 June 2021 03:29 (two years ago) link
― pplains
Winner
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Saturday, 5 June 2021 05:46 (two years ago) link
I have a lot of stuff in my flat but nothing goes back as far as when I was 16 I’m sure - well, no tools or technology for sure. I do still have the copy of lord of the rings my uncle gave me when I was a kid, and maybe some other books from around then, but these fail to meet the “still use” requirement (I haven’t reread lotr since)
― The 💨 that shook the barlow (wins), Saturday, 5 June 2021 07:50 (two years ago) link
My minidisc recorder
― Mark G, Saturday, 5 June 2021 08:50 (two years ago) link
I bought my Hitachi 3D Super Woofer double cassette boombox (crucially with line input) in 1996 new for about £65 from a probably now defunct consumer electronics chain store. It's been busking and to festivals. Thing is solid af.
― Noel Emits, Saturday, 5 June 2021 09:09 (two years ago) link
hope that planned obsolescence is becoming a thing of the past.Would save the amount of stuff junked and causing pollution if that were the case.Also proprietary ability to repair things as in preventing the user or a more general technician/repair shop from doing so.Would think they would need to be steps on the route to a greener world.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 5 June 2021 09:30 (two years ago) link
I don't play every day but I still use the single French horn I got in 1970. SunRizr dusk/dawn simulator that was a gift in 2000 (happily surprised this still works), in use every day.
― Jaq, Saturday, 5 June 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
Ditto, my wallet is 20+ years old, has seen better days but is still hanging in there. A lot of clothes I still wear, jackets mostly, that are a couple of decades old. There's a cardigan I've got that I still wear that I'm pretty sure I got from my dad, which must be over 50 years old, not that I've owned it for 50 years.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Saturday, 5 June 2021 15:32 (two years ago) link
i have a coffee grinder that my parents bought me when i went to college that i still use. one button, works great
― na (NA), Tuesday, March 19, 2019 10:07 AM (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink
well this finally just broke. not the motor, surprisingly, but the blade
― na (NA), Friday, 5 August 2022 19:17 (one year ago) link
rip big man
― mh, Friday, 5 August 2022 19:20 (one year ago) link
good excuse to upgrade to a burr grinder imho
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Friday, 5 August 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link