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[-] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 minutes ago

I still have a stuffed animal from when I was a kid and a couple of plates from when I lived with my parents. I had to drop a lot of things I wanted to keep, I didn't because they were utterly infested and I didn't have the spoons to try and clean it out for when I moved out.

[-] Flatfire@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 minutes ago

I have an analog multimeter that still does the trick. It isn't the most precise tool, but it tells me if my batteries are flat and when I have a short on a component. Great tool, probably 50 years old now and I wouldn't touch a high voltage circuit with it but it does what I need it to do.

[-] Dremor@lemmy.world 1 points 26 minutes ago* (last edited 23 minutes ago)

French Press. It was my grandmother's, kept it after she died.

The brand, Melior, was bought by Bodum in 1991, and all French Press production went under the Bodum brand (the old Melior model became what is now known as the "Chambord" line), so it is at least 35 years old, possibly older.

I contacted Bodum to know if they could give me an approximate age, but they couldn't (or didn't want to bother searching). All I know it is a version with Pyrex glass, which may help a knowledgeable person to more precisely date it, but I kinda put my curiosity on pause for the time being.

Other than that, some of my grandfather's vinyls are quite old too (at least one of them is from the 80's), and I got some 20+ yo cassettes, some old mixtapes (back when mixtapes where actual tapes ๐Ÿ˜†).

I have an old Caban which is probably at least 40 years old (was my grandfather's, once again).

Oh, and some kitchen tools made in West Germany ๐Ÿ˜†.

[-] DGen@piefed.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

My damn life.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago
[-] Pipea@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

My ICOM IC-7000. We take it out almost every weekend to a park and work some ham radio. Manufactured in 2006 making it 20 years old!

[-] Kaesekalup@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 hour ago
[-] anarchy79@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago
[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Canning funnel.

Makes it easier to get things into glass jars without the narrow opening that would get clogged in a smaller funnel.

[-] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 1 points 2 hours ago
[-] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

George forman grill, quesadilla maker, and a pizza oven.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 4 hours ago

Pretty sure most of my stuff is over 20 years old at this point. My razor is at least 60.

[-] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

I have too many old razors.

My current razor is a feather asd2, less than a decade old.

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Part of the original large corner desk I bought after graduating college. It was like 8' in both directions from the corner. I finally switched to a motorized rectangle desk, but I kept one side of the old desk for it's hutch. The thing is made of cheap mdf, but it's still doing it's job.

[-] proti@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

I wanted to say N64 but it's closer to 30. I still boot up my PS3 from time to time though

[-] demonmariner@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

Everything except (some) food and water.

[-] TheRiskiestBiscuit@reddthat.com 9 points 6 hours ago

Whirlpool washer and dryer from the 80โ€™s. They came with the house and they are INVINCIBILE.

[-] lemmyng@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Damn straight. Still rocking the Whirlpool dishwasher that came with the house in 1992. Unfortunately the Whirlpool oven range that came with the house is barely functional. The oven still works, but I can't get the pilots to ignite on the stovetop. The Whirlpool dryer still works effectively, though it could be better.

Currently remodeling my house, so I'm definitely planning to upgrade to a Whirlpool washer-dryer combo, and I'll likely get a Whirlpool dual-fuel oven range. And if push comes to shove, I might get a new Whirlpool dishwasher.

I mean, unless Whirlpool's products were hit with the enshittification stick...

[-] Foni@piefed.zip 4 points 5 hours ago

The kitchen TV, one of the first flat-screen TVs, a Sharp with 720p resolution, I think 21 inches. It's sad to think that since then, four different TVs have been in my living room.

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 hours ago
[-] Stegget@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Mine still has a yoshi sticker I wrote my name on when I was five.

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 16 points 10 hours ago

The house itself: 1880

KitchenAid stand mixer

Marble base metal stand lamp

woolen poncho, bought for $20 at a craft fair in 2004

multiple dressers and bedframes

multiple vintage SciFi hardback books

wooden chairs salvaged from the University of Chicago Harper Library

homemade quilts

Soccer jersey from 2004

duct tape wallet assembled in 2003

cardboard box for Arby's curly fries, collected from a dumpster in 2002 to pack favorite Lego builds for storage in the summer before going to college, plus the Legos themselves

...huh. I'm genuinely surprised at how many things in my home aren't twenty years old.

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[-] PodPerson@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Herman Miller Aeron Chair. Have had it for at least 25 years and besides a scuff or two on the arms, itโ€™s in perfect shape. I work from home and am sitting on it all day every day, so it definitely has held up.

[-] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

My spouse and I both have mid century 5 drawer tanker desks. I'm sitting at it to type this.

Attached to my monitor stand is the modified remains of an 80's gravity lamp. The base broke but the springs are good and it makes a great spotlight.

Our server and tv are built into the remains of an early 80's Zenith console TV. The screen was dead so we cut out space behind the decorative front pannel for a 32in flat screen and cut down the tower to work as scaffolding for the computer parts. Tossed a sound bar in and now it booms like a theater. You don't even notice the 2in of screen that's losts on the ends.

Our stove is a Montgomery Ward from the late 70s. It's an absolute marvel to use. The clock is broken so I'm planning to dismantle that area to put controls for a vent fan I want to install in the attached shelf.

Our fridge is modern but the second I find myself a '64 GE Americana I'm gutting it to modetnize that masterpiece. Unless I find the tools for metal fab first...

My Samsung microwave is from the mid 70's. It doesn't have a turn table but it heats food better than any modern box and has a fraction of the radio leak that my Walmart one had.

[-] mlfh@lm.mlfh.org 1 points 5 hours ago

Do you have a writeup with pics for the server/tv project? That sounds very very cool.

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 hours ago

All of my musical instruments and a surprising number of tools. A lot of vinyl records. He'll I have computer thats 25 years old that I still turn on.

[-] FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

Knitting stuff fron the 50s, glassware from the 60s, and probably a load of crockery/kitchen stuff that is at least 20 years old. My speakers and amps are 80s (although they have new cones) and guitar stuff from around the millennium.

[-] mappe@moplemmy.fyi 4 points 8 hours ago

So many things. The one that gets used the most is a laundry basket which still has the old orange "Spags" price sticker on it. I miss Spags...

[-] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

I have a thing for old computers, so.. My C64, VIC-20, plus/4, A600, A1200, NES, Sega master system, PowerBook G4. I can't fit all on my desk at once, so three are in storage, but I rotate.

Also, my graphing calculator. I bought it new in 2000. I think they haven't changed much, as there's still just a handful of models approved for state exams. I took a skipper course five years ago, and that's the one I brought.

[-] joshthewaster@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Funny to think about my ti-83 being over 20 years old... Don't use it that much anymore but I do get it out occasionally.

[-] YouTalkinToMe@lemmy.world 1 points 45 minutes ago

I still have and use my 1978 TI-30

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[-] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago

Ooh I love this. I started with nothing less than 20 years ago so I don't have much that old, but my Playstation 2 still gets used on occasion

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I have a living room table that dad made over 40 years ago.

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