Just wondering what passes the test of time? I personally have an old Casio watch and if you count fruit trees, those are pretty old too.
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A Mackie mixer and two nearfield speakers I bought 25 years ago still see hours-daily usage. When the fancy Kenwood tuner died 2-3 years later, I replaced it with a Boss 50w/chan 12vdc transistor amp that still never even gets warm.
Speaking of Casios, I have an F-105 [1572] ‘Illuminator’ that’s 20 years old and still using the same battery. It gains about 1 minute per year.
We’ve been living out of backpacks on the road for the last ten years, so it’s easy to keep track of your stuff… Only item in our bags that hasn’t changed is a zip-up flannel towel. It’s perfect for keeping your toiletries in order, light-weight and washable, doubles as a flannel on the rare occasions you need such a thing, and has Hello Kitty on it.
Since the bags themselves have been replaced, it’s the clear winner. 2nd place is a Tony the Tiger colour-changing spoon from a bag of Frosties in 2016.
My brain (since 1990), or at least I have been trying.
I’ve been using the same coffee cup almost every day for the last 50+ years.
Yup, I’m old.
The radio alarm clock, couldn’t find the specific year only to narrow towards the late 70s.
My flat, the building was built around the beginning of the 70s.
I have 2 jumpers that date back to 2009ish. Have not found suitable replacements for them sadly.
Genuine question , in this context what is a jumper?
Clothing
After reading a bunch of comments about people using electronics in this post, I had initially pictured “jumpers” as either “jumper cables”, the things people use to boost car batteries with, or small plastic coated pieces of metal or wires that can be placed over exposed pins on circuit boards to connect them (e.g to enable some behaviour). Generally I’d only assume this meaning in a discussion about electronics, though.
(I’m not the person that you replied to, and I knew that jumper means sweater or jacket or something in British (and possibly Australian?) English.)
And now that I think about it, most of my clothing gets worn after a few years, at least on the elbows.
- house, built in 1900
- me, built in 1974
- pocket knife, built in 1994
I have the metal ‘polenta spoon’ that my great grandparents brought to the US from Italy in 1896. I don’t use it, but it sits in the utensil bin by my stove. No idea how old it is or why it was deemed important enough to bring on a boat.
Hmm, probably my weightlifting gloves. I’ve used them at least five times a week for ten years, but they are starting to fall apart.
Still a great buy for $15.00.
A spoon. One Sterling Silver spoon that I have used in my coffee cup since 1978. It has survived every move. It knows more about me than any human on Earth. It has become so ubiquitous that I get really annoyed if I misplace it and I will look for it before that first cup.
I have no idea why.
This makes me want to build more stable rituals. I’m always changing things up.
My teapot probably from the 1940’s
I wet shave. Ordered a vintage Gillette Fat Boy from the 70s. Definitely my oldest personal item. I’ve had it only about 10 years though.
My dad was friends with the guy who designed the Aztec Hotel. He didn’t want regular light fixtures originally, so he came up with an idea for lighted columns, and he made a prototype table-lamp sized. The was in 1925. The prototype is in my living room and I use it every day.
Probably my legs, or something 😜
My flat was built in the 70s. So probably that. My violin is much older but I don’t play much these days (certainly not daily).
