Ask Lemmy

Kitchen utensils, Cupboards, furnitures, framed pictures, our car & some tools.

A lot of my books. Two harddrives in my server. My couch. My tables. My chairs. My bike. A computer case. A laptop.

Some are not just over 20, they're over 50 or in some cases over 100. In one case more than 300. I'll let you guess which would be which.

Many kitchen and furniture items but if you are talking about things that usually go obsolete, a CRT computer monitor from 1984 (Commodore 1702).

My first Costco purchase was 19 years ago, my Philips 47” LCD TV is still alove and kicking and has outlived 2 other TVs we have had in that time.

I have an upright piano that was made in 1914.

In retrospect I wish I had gotten a newer/smaller piano… that thing weighs as much as a small car and it’s volume is more appropriate for a concert hall than a house.

We got it from a piano restoration company that sold it to us for just the cost of moving it because they have too many ancient uprights that no one wants.

My plush toys. I talk to them. I cuddle them. I have a spreadsheet with all information about them that I make up to create stories (name, gender, family, close friends, disabilities, personnality…).

Some are recent but some have more than 20 years.

Let's see. Kitchen table is a solid wood thing from at least the 70s. The chairs in the dining room table are a set of 200 year old antiques I found on Craigslist. I have a vanity that was built by an old steamfitter in the 1920s.

In the workshop, there's all sorts of old stuff. My jointer is built like a tank and hails from Eisenhower administration. And then I have numerous hand planes that are over a century old.

I have a 100+ year old singer I sometimes still use. The old machines are very sturdy and can punch through leather and canvas. It was my great grandmothers, then aunts, now mine.

Underwear

Sunbeam Radiant Control Toaster

Toaster GOAT.

It's a sweet chrome and orange model.

A wall clock that was gifted to my grandparents on their marriage anniversary, and I've been fighting everyone in the house to keep it.

That clock is close to 40 years old, and still is functional. It's a simple clock made in Germany. No protective glass or a seconds hand. Just a plain clock that has turn brown over time. Everyone in my home thinks it's trash. I think it's an engineering marvel.

My tabletop radio was made in 1958, it's still in perfect working order.

My entire living room audio setup is from the early 1970's.

Our kitchen has a Kenwood mixer/multi-apparatus from 1982, I changed the motor grease ~10 years ago and it works like new. Most of our kitchenware is inherited and at least 50 years old.

My oldest guitar is from 1950's and the newest maybe late 1990's.

Now that I've come to think of it, most part of the things I own and actively use actually predate the 1990's.

My guitar. Taylor 314 CE from 2000, 20+ years of age is ideal for acoustics and I like the 3 band eq that model had

Craftsman multimeter(maybe 25 yrs). My uncle gave it to me. It's from the durable era of consumer electronics.

Realistic Lab 400 turntable.

For those who don't know Realistic is an old Radio Shack brand. Because their users were tech savvy they came with full repair manuals detailing schematics, parts lists, assembly diagrams, etc...

This all makes it extremely easy to repair. I recently replaced the capacitors after it became apparent the direct drive was unstable. There was no question what I needed to order or where exactly it needed to go.

I will likely have it until the day I die.

My electric stove/oven has been in my apartment since 1993, it's getting replaced on Thursday. When I moved in 10 years ago they asked if I wanted to replace it but didn't see a reason to if it still worked fine, it had a good run and I've cooked so much on it but it has gotten real bad lately so sadly it has to go. Excited to get a glass top one (not induction) with 4 cooking zones, my old one only has 3.

Fridge. Bought in 1998

Heet Liniment. It's about 50 years old and there is only a bit left so am saving it for that especially bad pain day.

Books, media (mostly games but some audi and video), some clothing, some tools, some kitchen stuff, my tractor, and plenty more. Used to be a lot of other stuff but lots of old furniture went when moving across the world. Many of the above-listed things are 30+ acually

I guess if "sometime look at" qualified as "still using", lots of photos and small things I inherited from family

Electric hand mixer

I just replaced the bearings and seals on a Maytag Neptune washing machine that’s from 2004. The bearing was getting noisy during spin cycles and the front seal had a small tear that could leak when running small loads.

After replacing a similar aged dishwasher with a newer model 7 years ago, that has needed constant repair since, I’m not getting rid of this washer until something catastrophic fails on it. It’s built like a tank compared to current shit.

Hair drier, that thing still blows super hot.

Also some real feather pillows, big ones.

Phones. Old phones don't miss alarms whereas every new phone I've ever had has skipped alarms.

Furniture. It's not made of that kind of massive cut wood but somehow it lasted.

My car is 25 years old.

We have had a Potato masher since the 80s. It has been with us in over 5 house moves. The paint on the handle has been slowly wearing out with each use but we still use it twice a week!

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.

A bottle opener that was gifted to me when I was 16.

My marriage

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 Mosin bayonet. uh wait, I gotta go.

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.

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.

(image not mine)

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.

My damn life.

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.