things you have owned for 20+ years that you still use regularly

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.

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

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How regularly do you use Paul McStay?

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.

How regularly do you use Paul McStay?

― 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!

Quick prayer to him before bedtime.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Hairbrush I've had since 1992 that I use daily because my hair is too thick for a comb.

Quick prayer to him before bedtime.

― 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

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

My clitoris

Just some records.

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.

bigass umbrella from wal-mart, going on 25 years! i even lost it for a few weeks once and then got it back.

Well done, I've never had an umbrella last more than 25 days.

Hairbrush I've had since 1992 that I use daily because my hair is too thick for a comb.

― 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

- 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.

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)

Despite moving internationally several times I have a kitchen knife and a pot that must be hitting the 15 year mark.

I have quite a few 20 year items, even my main hi fi speakers I built myself in the 90s, and amazingly even a pair of Sony MDR-v700 DJ-style headphones I have kept alive in regular use since 1999. Along with a few 35-40 year items like Swiss Army knives, etc. My toaster was an engagement gift to my parents in 1967, I've repaired it a few times and it is still going strong. Likewise a clothes dryer they bought in 1979.

I think a set of cutlery but can't quite remember exactly when I got them. Had to stick the handles back on the fork last year but otherwise use them pretty much daily. Just can't recall if they are quite that. Definitely remember using them in early 00ies. May even date back to mid 90s.
Got a couple of things I've had for 14 years that I use regularly. Stereo I'm listening to now was bought in 2005.
& I know my bathrobe was around in 2005 not sure how long before.

did the forks not cleave foru

fork handles?

I've had 2 guitars, a bass and an amp for almost 30y.
Some shirts and jackets for +20y.
And some cds (and books also but I rarely "use" them anymore !).

nothing :-/ '99 is high school for me tho, so i owned very little that's still super relevant to my life. plus i've lived in, i think, fifteen places since then, which is a lot of chances for things to get evaluated/questioned (or sold/lost/broken).

so i've got a couple of childhood keepsakes, and def some 98/99-era photos in the oldest of my photo albums, but those aren't really "used" "regularly." kitchen stuff was all lost in our house fire last year, so were at least some books that i'd been lugging around out of loyalty for a long time.

the Global knife Ed got me for my wedding is going on 13 yrs now

stereo, speakers, Technics 1210s, all had for at least 20 yrs

leather motorcycle jacket lent to me by estranged friend

p sure that's it

I'm going to have a huge list in a few years, but '99 was my high school graduation year and I moved into the dorms for the first year so the few pieces of cookware that have lasted that long I purchased the following year. I was scrubbing a pot last night that I'm reasonably sure I've had since y2k, though!

I also nostalgically bought a Discman that's the same model I owned in 1999 recently but the original is long dead.

Some furniture in our house belonged my gf's grandmother and is at least 40 years old

Also a bunch of kitchen stuff I've had since I was about 18.

Other than that I have a small clay bowl I made in art class when I was 14 that I still use to store my spare change

Realised that most of the towels I use regularly were inherited from a house I moved into in 98 when I first hit Galway. House fell through shortly after and everybody had to leave. I kept the toes.
Also that the alarm clock radio beside my bed at my mother's place was bought in the late 70s and I think still runs. Only use it for a couple of weeks around xmas though

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.

xp phone autocorrecting towels to toes. I kept the towels.

a paperback edition of Neuromancer which I broke the spine on in high school but keep for sentimental reasons

A Kryptonite U-lock from maybe 1989 is my second oldest possession after my baby blanket. I still use it every time I ride my bike (and it is apparently not, for some reason, vulnerable to "pen trick", unlike many other older u-locks).

this thread is useful because I keep thinking of things I've had for 20 years and no longer (never?) used regularly and, y'know, maybe they could... go

(eyes a box of records and an entire bookcase shelf of books relating to foreign languages I once had a whim to learn and never made it past p.10 of the textbook for)

My toaster was an engagement gift to my parents in 1967, I've repaired it a few times and it is still going strong.

My grandfather bought a washing machine in the early 1950s and kept it in working order for over 50 years.

Electric knives were apparently hugely popular as wedding presents in the late 50's / early 60's, and several members of my family still have theirs in perfect operation! And I think my grandma's 50's era Electrolux vacuum was still operational when she died... Participation in this thread means we're getting old, doesn't it? Excuse me, I need to go yell at a cloud

Being able to keep your gadgets in rep[air yourself is always handy. Shame its been pretty much shut out by technology advance and proprietary moves by brands etc.
Would be so good if anything you had could be fixed by you. Wonder if things will turn back that way thanks to concerns about climate change and built in disposability.

yes this is all a trick to see who will undergo the rite of carrousel

I've repaired my refrigerator twice

I've lived in the same apartment for 20+ years, so it's uh ... really the vast majority of everything, outside of my car, computers, phone, and clothing (because 20 years ago I weighed about 40 lbs less than I do now)

several t-shirts
dining room table - since moved to my home office
sewing machine
stereo receiver and cassette deck
box spring
microwave
adding machine
several sets of speakers
bass guitar
8 shelving units
two folding tables
space heater
the vast majority of my dishes and cups
several rugs

Before I separated from my wife I used to be able to walk around my house looking at the things I had repaired: dryer, washing machine, refrigerator, plasma TV, 70s stereo receiver, toaster, espresso machine, stove etc etc. I'm not good at cars though.

I still use my original 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System. Now I use a PowerPak, but still. My 2-year-old son LOVES Mega Man II.

There's a flannel shirt I still wear that's kinda sneaky because as I take the boy to his karate lessons or the girl to her friend's sleepover, I'm the only one who remembers throwing up all over it in college that one weekend.

I've got a Sony dual-cassette "boom" "box" in the garage that' will be old enough to run for president in 2020.

I've had the same turntable/receiver/speakers for 20+ years...which is probably not that unusual.

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.

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.

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

rip big man

good excuse to upgrade to a burr grinder imho