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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― ( ͡☉ ͜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
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.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 08:29 (five years ago) link
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.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 08:45 (five years ago) link
did the forks not cleave foru
― fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 08:47 (five years ago) link
fork handles?
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 08:56 (five years ago) link
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 !).
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 12:27 (five years ago) link
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.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 13:01 (five years ago) link
the Global knife Ed got me for my wedding is going on 13 yrs nowstereo, speakers, Technics 1210s, all had for at least 20 yrsleather motorcycle jacket lent to me by estranged friendp sure that's it
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 13:15 (five years ago) link
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!
― mh, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
I also nostalgically bought a Discman that's the same model I owned in 1999 recently but the original is long dead.
― mh, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 13:54 (five years ago) link
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
― silverfish, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 13:54 (five years ago) link
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
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 16:41 (five 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, 20 March 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
xp phone autocorrecting towels to toes. I kept the towels.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 17:50 (five years ago) link
a paperback edition of Neuromancer which I broke the spine on in high school but keep for sentimental reasons
― it me, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
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).
― Dan I., Wednesday, 20 March 2019 18:57 (five years ago) link
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)
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 19:11 (five years ago) link
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.
― just another country (snoball), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
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
― Dan I., Wednesday, 20 March 2019 19:36 (five years ago) link
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.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
yes this is all a trick to see who will undergo the rite of carrousel
― na (NA), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 19:41 (five years ago) link
I've repaired my refrigerator twice
― mh, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
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-shirtsdining room table - since moved to my home office sewing machinestereo receiver and cassette deckbox springmicrowaveadding machineseveral sets of speakersbass guitar8 shelving unitstwo folding tablesspace heaterthe vast majority of my dishes and cupsseveral rugs
― sarahell, Wednesday, 20 March 2019 20:46 (five years ago) link
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.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 21 March 2019 05:22 (five years ago) link
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.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 21 March 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
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.
― pplains, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 09:54 (five years ago) link
I've got a Sony dual-cassette "boom" "box" in the garage that' will be old enough to run for president in 2020.
― pplains, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 09:56 (five years ago) link
I've had the same turntable/receiver/speakers for 20+ years...which is probably not that unusual.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 11:30 (five years ago) link
I also have this joke about the Ozark Mountain Devils being "the real OMD" that I've been periodically using for 25 years.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 26 March 2019 11:51 (five 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