Although it is still not around we were given a toaster for our wedding that was given to a couple for their wedding back in the forties. We had it for several years until one of our friends decided to cook a bagel in it and melted the cord. I ended up taking it apart and replaced the cord. We had it another several years until it was lost in a move. I like to think it is somewhere still toasting 80 years later.
The tube TV in my bedroom. My bed and the Sears mattress on it. Most of our furniture, save the kitchen table and one of our bookshelves. Our SNES & N64.
I have clothes that are over 20 years old that I keep thinking I might lose with weight to for into again.
My 23 year old pickup just kicked the bucket this spring.
My GE water heater has a metal plate on it stating it meets all the new 1945 safety regulations.
My house was built in 1875, according to the local historical society, or 1912 according to the county. I suspect the difference is that in 1875 you didn't need to file building permits with the county, but by the time they put the addition on in 1912 you did.
My Bachelor's Degree is over 20 years old, but I've never used that.
I feel like if you ever replace that water heater you'll never find one again that lasts that long.
Iron skillets are the oldest thing I personally bought and still use, going on 40 years for the oldest.
But I also have some furniture from my grandma, 1930s-40s, and the house I live in was mostly built in the 1940s.
My computer desk is a hand-me-down from my dad, it was already old 20 years ago...
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
Fridge. Bought in 1998
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 bottle opener that was gifted to me when I was 16.
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.
My house. It's from 1879..
My 8 inch cast iron skillet is my grandma's first skillet she got in about 1950. I think that qualifies?
I mean technically speaking I still have a few shirts from high school I wear which are all at least 22, so maybe those.
A beautiful orange Cousances cast iron roasting pot from the 60s, used to be my great-grandmother's. I mainly use it to make vegan mac and cheese, or enormous batches of vegetable soup whenever I get a flu.
The oldest object in regular use however is an old dowry chest, a light wood painted black, that my other great grandma kept all her and her son's belongings in when they fled from the red army during WW2. I keep some bulkier tools, a box with sandpaper, and a ton of bubble wrap in it lol
The speakers I use with my PC are from, like 1994 or 1995.
I've been enjoying my PS2 a lot lately
Basically all of our furniture except a couch and the beds. A number of tools, many of which I don't know the actual age of. A couple sewing machines although I guess those are tools too.
Quite a bit of our kitchen stuff: Braun stick blender from the 1980s, Cuisinart from the early 1990s, my mother's osterizer and electric frying pan from who knows when. I'm sure there are more. Until very recently, my husband had his coffee maker from since he started uni in 1979. Had 2 or 3 replacement carafs but it still brewed a pot until recently. My sewing machine is from the 1980s. A few outdoor and garage tools have made it a long time as well. The hedge trimmer has be 40+ yo. Ditto for the table saw. The oldest is a waffle maker from the 1940s. We have a couple Texas Instrument calcs from the 80s. Makes one sad when you realize how long those items keep working versus most things today that are toast after a year or two.
My Panasonic microwave is 22, still going strong. Cast iron cookware and stainless pots i got from my mum (50+). Sunbeam hand mixer and Braun immersion blender from the 80s. Lots of glassware. Fridge, stove, washer, dryer.
2 steel desks from the 40s - they’re in the basement now, but the drawers glide like new.
No plans to replace anything unless it breaks. New stuff isn’t made well.
Carbon Steel wok - over thirty years old, works better than it did when brand new.
My car, a Renault Clio II, and a Maxi-matic toaster
About half of my books.
Almost everything is more than 20 years old, build my house in 92
An ice cream scooper from the 1940’s with a mechanical scoop releaser and a bread knife from the 80’s, both random bits that were passed down the family. Nothing special, just very well made tools. Also a Hala desk lamp circa 1950.
My aunt has a 40’s era sunbeam stand mixer that works perfectly… just needs a new electrical chord. Most things are made to be replaced now. Those not so much.
The bed that my father has built for my wife and me some 30 years ago. My father sleeps in his grave now. My wife and I still sleep in this bed.
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.
Clay bowl I made in high school. It's where pocket coins accumulate until I dump them into the machine at the bank that puts them back into my account.
The amplifier of my parents' old stereo. Must be from the early 90's. Still going!
my HP Printer / Scanner from 1998
Whirlpool washer and dryer from the 80’s. They came with the house and they are INVINCIBILE.
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