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What item have you been using on a daily basis for the longest amount of time? (linux.community)

submitted 11 months ago by ExLisper@linux.community to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Sometimes I will use something and realize I've owned it forever. It's a nice change in our throwaway reality. I think my personal record is a bicycle multi-tool I got for one of my first bikes, ~25 years ago. Still have it, still use it. When it comes to electronic devices I have a Panasonic mini Hi-Fi from ~2005. Never felt like changing it.

What's your record?

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[-] BenM2023@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Not sure it counts but I have an oak dining table my grandfather bought back in 1910 or there abouts... So 113 years-ish. Still used every day.

[-] gens@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

Got a picture ? I was wondering what kind of furniture would be timeless, as most consider old fancy furniture as tacky.

If it's plain, i can imagine it without a pic :)

[-] BenM2023@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It's a hay rake design by some guy called Barnsley... Arts & Crafts movement. Plain oak top, 7'x3' ish, dovetail fit to oak hay rake frame which is wooden pinned together. The top has been abused over the years but being oak it just absorbs the abuse and turns it into character!

There is one in the same style in Cheltenham museum (UK) but mine is nicer. My cousin has its twin.

[-] gens@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Thanks. I googled it and yea, just as i thought. Lately i was thinking about how one would make long lasting furniture and this fits perfectly.

https://images.custommade.com/0JTpEKXuUmXqNsev67_0b4AAhzs=/custommade-photosets/12588/12588.54813.jpg Pic for interested.

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