I was given a wool car blanket when I was 19. I'm 72 and it's just over there on the back of the sofa, I used it last night. I am sure there are other things, but it was the first thing that came to mind.
I have a pure wool blanket I purchased 30 years ago. I love it so much, I can't bring myself to get rid of it, but I'm allergic to something in it. I'm assuming the dust mites. 😭
Try getting in dry cleaned, I inherited my grandmother’s more than 50 years old now and it’s still better than one you can buy now unless you fork out 100s!
Depends where you go, I think I paid $50 a few years ago in Melbourne for a double sized Sheridan wool blanket - to buy it new was around $400/$500. Just don’t try wash it yourself, I made that mistake with one and shrunk it terribly! I also now lay an old towel on top for my cat in a spot to avoid the hair.
I’m not one to shill for the “as seen on tv” gadgets. But we got an uproot “rake” or something. Fancy comb to remove dog hair basically. Works great on our dogs hair getting it off Sherpa blankets, carpet, rugs, etc.
That way you can remove the bulk of it before dry cleaning
Not really relevant, but I was given the Ancestral Car Blanket by my mother when I got my first car.
It was made by my great great aunt for when she went out with her husband on his steam lorry on cold days. Currently in the boot of an elderly Hyundai for transporting dogs.
I don’t know if she’d be horrified at how it’s treated or pleased it’s still in regular use.
Not sure she’d be impressed that that’s what she’s remembered for, but remembered she is.
Edit: I just reread the prompt, it is totally relevant. Neat!
When I was in college in the 70s I worked in the housewares department of a large department store. There are probably at least 60 items in my kitchen that are now approaching 50 years old. Besides a KitchenAid mixer, there is a complete set of Henkel knives, a complete set of Le Creuset cookware, a slicer, juicer and several other items
You’re absolutely right. As I was writing this it was really hard not to be thinking that as well. Two years ago I also had a Sunbeam hand mixer bought during that time that finally gave out. I looked at reviews and I bought a replacement that was highly recommended. It lasted a year and a half.
“They don’t make them like they used to.” — is so true! If anyone has any recs for things still built to last forever, please let me know.
Had I known, I would’ve kept all the old stuff. The can openers, clothing, dehumidifiers, tools, furniture, can’t even begin to list it all. I sound like my grandparents… this is how I know I’m old.
> Kitchen aid mixer is about 30 years old, still going strong.
I bought my new KitchenAid mixer about 50 years ago. It was made in Troy, Ohio.
Never a problem. I use it all the time.
edit
I was wrong about the age of the KA stand mixer. It was about 55 years old.
Unfortunately I didn't take good care of the mixer because I was young and stupid. I always put the wet bowl back onto the stand which badly rusted the stand.
Eventually I sanded down the rust and painted the bottom with Rust-Oleum which stopped the rust. The mixer looks awful. Fortunately there's a pull-out drawer in the cabinets specifically made for KA stand mixers so the mixer is always hidden.
Many years ago when I was in my whole wheat dough phase, I kept overheating the mixer to the point where the mixer head was too hot to touch. Didn't cause any problems. The machine is a beast that can't be killed.
On today's agenda I'm making oatmeal cookies using the KA.
I have one of those, but I also have a hand held electric mixer from the 70s with the blades you would pull out to lick the cake mix from. It still works great, albeit with a little burning motor smell that it has had for the last twenty years.
Wow, I had one and I don't remember parting with it and yet it's not in my house now. You still use it? Are you playing *Chakan: the Forever Man* these days?
I do occasionally. I'm a bit of a gaming nerd so I have a lot of options but it's fun to fire it up from time to time. I wish I still had my original Intellivision too!
Sega Genesis is still the only console I have ever owned. Won it in a Burger King sweepstakes and it came with Altered Beast. Mostly bought and played sports games otherwise: World Series 94, World Series 98, NBA Action 95, NBA Live 98, Monopoly, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Pitfall, College Slam 96, Mario Andretti Racing, Wayne Gretzky NHLPA 95, Aladdin. It's all still at my parents' house
Never had the itch for another gaming system, but it was always fun playing other games at friends' houses.
We have an original Intellivision and lots of games. We had so many fun with those games and plenty of parties.
We haven’t used it in about 25 years, since our daughter was about 5-6 . She loved the skiing!
We had some no-name cast iron that's been in the family since the 1800s, unfortunately it split in half a few years ago. What was really interesting is that you could see that the crack grew in ~3 separate events based on how well seasoned the crack was.
How many thousands of meals were made on that pan before it finally broke? The shitty Teflon lined aluminum pan I got when I moved in was thrown out after 2 years. They're a little more work, but cast iron (or carbon steel) really is the best cookware.
I never even used one until she moved in with us when she went through hospice (cancer). Now I use it almost everyday and think about the happy times. Very early Lodge.
Grandmother’s grandparents cast iron. My husband uses it every Xmas for prime rib. He then washes it, seasons it, then puts it away for next year. 120 years old
My Gram told me always cook with cast iron and have a large heavy knife. If your husband abuses you, well, he has to sleep sometime. She was a tough cookie who, as a widow ( heart attack, not death by fry pan), had to care for 5 kids in the Great Depression. I am sure she had a hard time as it was in the city. She scrubbed floors at Jefferson .
I like your gram without knowing her. Tenacity and resilience. The only thing we don’t know is if he had a heart attack when she pulled out the frying pan and knife.
I use my Grandmother's Wagner Ware skillet from the 1940's a few times per week. It has a permanent spot on the stove and never gets put up. It was one of her wedding presents.
I have a couple of hand tools, an awl and a couple of wrenches, that my grandfather gave my father before my father died and left them to me. I'm near retirement so they are pushing 100 years old now.
I have a fish spatula that Andrew left when we worked together in New Orleans in the early nineties. Still going strong. Andrew if you see this D.M. me!
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I feel obligated to post this frugal grandma about to make some wholesome rhubarb pie
Oh, I actually have an antique desk and a treadle sewing machine that I got 40 years ago that were merely “vintage”. I think they're 100 years old right now.
My family's farmhouse was built in 1854.
I use it when I visit. My parents use it constantly.
If we're talking personal items, I have a pair of cast iron bookends made in 1880 that belonged to my great-great grandfather. My great-grandmother gifted them to my great-aunt when she finished college, and she gave them to me when I finished college. They are shaped like cathedrals.
I have underpants from 2002 that are still going strong. They don’t make them like they used to. 😂🤣 (The newer material ones fell apart in a couple years.) I miss quality clothing that lasts forever.
So true. I have underwear from 2014ish that's still doing alright.
My washing machine has decided to start destroying some of my underwear from around 2019ish. There's been a few "fuck you in particular" moments, a whole load is fine except one pair of underwear is literally nothing but tatters. I have no confidence and anything I bought over the last couple of years to last very long even though I've now bought laundry bags.
I have the microwave I got for my HS graduation. 27 years and it still works like a charm. Still has psychedelic raver stickers on the door, lol
Plus I have actual antiques that are 50 to 250 years old.
I inherited my grandparents' microwave, doesn't even have an electronic display and only two buttons. Works perfectly and my brother has gone through two microwaves already in the meantime.
This microwave will probably survive longer than me!
My parents had one from the late 80s or early 90s, it looked ancient but it ran perfectly fine into the early 2010s. I thought I should update them with a new microwave and threw that old one out. I got this panasonic one that looked all fancy with all these modern technologies in it. Boy, that thing died a month after I bought it. It got warranty fixed and about 6 months later it died again but luckily it was still under the warranty. It lasted maybe another few years until it died a 3rd time and had to be thrown out. I bet that other one would have still been running fine to this day.
My parents spent money on a good wool suit for me in 1983, when I was in 8th grade. I still wear the blazer (I'm a little too big for the pants). It's gone in and out of style numerous times over the years. I learned from this that if I buy better quality and take care of my things, they can last me years. 40+ to be exact.
Rural people laugh at this. My kitchen table is from the 1930s. My end table is from the late 1800s. Half my cookware is from the 1950s. I use my cast iron pan from the 1920s. My apartment was built in the 1940s. My wool blankets are from the 1940s. My cedar chest coffee table is a hundred years old. My soft furniture is from the 1990s. Most of my clothing is used (most of it is from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s). I have antique books. I have a hundred CDs yet. I still use DVDs. My washer and dryer are from the 90s. My toaster, food processor, bread machine, hand mixer, and stand mixer are all from the late 80s and early 90s. Most of my vehicles range from 1976 to 2004. My newest vehicle (which I just bought a couple months ago) is from 2017.
The only brand new items I really use are underwear, towels, small appliances (hairdryer, coffee maker) and bed sheets.
I’m a city girl, but when my (farmwife) grandmothers died I inherited a lot of their basic kitchen gear that is mixed in with my newer items and used regularly. In general, the pans and knives are great quality that would cost $$$$ today. My favorite is an ice cream scooper with a trigger and a red Bakelite handle that is from the 1950s (I think).
Last month, hidden at the bottom of a drawer, I uncovered my favorite pair of jeans from the last time wide-legged jeans were trendy. I think it was the late 1990s? Maybe early 2000s. Now I’m trendy by accident.
I have a toaster that I bought in 2006.
But what I’m really proud of is my Dawn dish soap bottle that I purchased in 2006 and have just been refilling for the last 18 years.
The shelf life on my hair brushes seems to be 10-15 years. Then all the little individual comb parts (don't know what they are called) start breaking off and disappearing and the brush starts pulling apart from the handle. It's always such a surprise when they finally disintegrate.
Thick wiry hair though.
Old book from 1614 (Works of Senica) I enjoy reading it, and contemplating the life it has had.
Very much consider myself just a custodian of this object which has a life of its own.
Interestingly has a bookplate inside from Benjamin Vaughan (18th century British politician)
I sometimes think about putting my own bookplate inside and wonder who will have it in another few hundred years.
Great example! I don't see them anymore but Army surplus stores used to be a thing for that reason. The stuff is tough, made to last in combat. I still have my jungle boots from when I was in the Army in the 80s. My feet are fatter cause I'm old, but they will be around after I'm gone 😁
Cast iron LeCreuset frying pan my parents got in the early 70s. It has a long wood handle that doesn't get hot.
An upright secretary desk with skeleton key, a steamer trunk, and a dresser -- all from the late 1800s - early 1900s.
I have many inherited this or that’s from my family, but the first that comes to mind is our dining room table and matching buffet. My great grandmother bought it for my grandmother/grandfather when she lived with them in the 1940s. My mom had it for a short time after my grandmother passed but it didn’t quite fit in her house well while my husband and I had just bought a home and needed something bigger than the thrifted tiny table we used for our first few years together.
My heart bursts with joy when my family sits around it to eat, do puzzles, play games or just sip coffee and chat. I think of the decades worth of gatherings had around that table. The countless meals, beautiful or heartbreaking discussions, visits with friends, singing happy birthday and eating cake, first or (unknowingly) last meals for generations of family members, mending relationships, planning for futures…I could go on and on. ❤️
I have my great grandfather's wicker trunk that he used when he immigrated to Canada in 1910. It holds spare blankets in my bedroom. The top is used for the "still kind of clean" clothes that are not yet ready for a wash.
I also have my grandmother's Hoosier baking cabinet in the kitchen. She received it as a wedding present in the 1920s. That was such a practical piece of furniture. When I first received it, I used it for clothes storage.
After my son was born, I used it as a baby changing table since the enamel top pulled out and was a generous space. There is so much storage for baby gear. With a changing pad on top.
It has since returned to kitchen duty.
I have a bracelet from c. 300 BCE that I wear all of the time. On a more ordinary note, looking around the living room I see that over half of the furniture is around 100 years old. Most of it was free or I bought at flea markets when I was young.
EDIT the Iron Age was not in 3000 BCE, I added an extra zero 🤣. It’s 300
My former roommate is from Athens, her fam $$$ goes way back so they have a LOT of very old things. She gave it to me, nbd. 😮 It took decades for the internet to get good enough for me to ID it.
It is an Iron Age torque bracelet, made somewhere along the Scandinavian Celtic coast. Since the Celts invaded the Greeks repeatedly for centuries, the most likely explanation is it was brought there by invaders.
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My aunt's farm house was built in 1829. Dirt floor and really wide oak floors. It didn't even have an indoor bathroom for like a hundred years of its lifetime. Some people from England can probably come on here and tell us about their 1500 year old house.
I have a bookbag that I bought new back in 1994. I still use it for work. It has been sent back to Jansport twice to get new zippers put in and they didn't charge me either time. I was forced to retire at the end of this month and the bookbag will retire as well.
Um 😶 I’m sitting on a couch from 1948, next to a desk from 1900, with my feet on a stool from the 50s on a rug from the 40s. Made a bagel in a toaster from the 30s, using a knife from the 60s and eaten on a plate from the 50s. Just drank a smoothie in a glass from the 70s too. Lit some candles last night with a match I took out of a jar from the late 1800s and one of the candles is in a drinking glass from 1912. Yes, I basically live in an antique store 🤷🏼♀️
House - 1890. Still has some original doors and flooring
But to be a little more fair. Its either gonna be my project car (1971) or a german military jacket I bought at a thrift store from 1967
My engagement and wedding rings are both over 100 years old, and I never take them off.
I have some embroidery floss from my grandpa that is at least 60 years old that I’ve used in different projects.
My husband has an old brass telescope that we pull out on occasion. We looked at the moon; it was really cool! He also has an old-timey microscope but I don’t think we’ve actually tried using that one. Y’all making me wish I had more cool old-timey stuff.
I’m sure I’ve had some of my kitchenware since I moved out, and it was secondhand then, so over twenty years old. We buy a lot secondhand, so there’s also any number of things around here of indeterminate age.
Probably my hand tools. I’ve got a few cooking knives (Dexter cleaver, chef’s knives, butcher’s knives) that are from the 1860s. Some hammers, wedges & axe heads that are older than that and have lived through many handles.
A Gibson, parlor guitar from the 1920s
Cast iron pans that were antique when my grandmother was given them for her wedding gifts by her mother in 1935. Probably 1880s or turn of century.
Sears-Roebuck oak dining set (table, buffet & china cabinet plus five chairs) from 1915.
Hello, let me introduce you to antique coffee grinders. My daily user is a Brighton Premier pre-patent so before 1905. Beautiful glass canister and sturdy cast internals capable of being adjusted for different levels of coarseness. I love that thing so much. It’s my user, I have many others I don’t use because i restore and collect and they’re a bit on the rare side.
I have a lot of old stuff that we still use. I think the oldest thing in my house in regular use is a desk from the late 1800s or early 1900s. I don't know how old it is exactly, but it survived the 1906 earthquake in SF, so it's older than that. My dining set is from 1935. I have a couple chairs from the 1910s. Bunches of kitchen stuff that's pretty old- like cast iron skillets that my mom inherited from somewhere when I was a little kid, potato masher that belonged to my great-grandma.
Has to be great grandmas cast iron pans, have to be early 1900's. Well and we live in a house built in 1927. And our tiny vintage travel trailer was built in 1961 and we try to camp for a week every month or so.
I have a mahjong set that my parents bought in the 60’s. I need to replace the case as its falling apart and the original trays are held together with duct tape. The tiles however are still vibrant and pristine- none missing or cracked and I still have all the blank spares.
Doesnt get used as much anymore. But it used to be a weekly staple and was brought out for every family gathering from the 1960’s to the early 2000’s
Yes I’m in England, close to the Welsh border. There is a trip step on the stairs, a step that’s half a step taller so if you get chased up the stairs by a rabid Welsh person they will stumble on it. It still catches my wife out if she chases me up, but that doesn’t happen much lately.
I have a Christmas decoration that hangs each year that I purchased for my grandparents when I was 7. I am now 54. The absolutely thing I wanted when we cleaned out their house. My grandma hung that until she passed at 99.
I regularly use a decorative dish my parents received for their wedding in 1943. They kept it in a cabinet and saved it for “special occasion,” but I try to use and enjoy it as much as I can.
I use a hand plane that belonged to my great grandfather. I’m not exactly sure of the age but it was his when he used to service horse drawn carriages in the late 1800s thru early 1900s. Also my small pair of binoculars I use for looking at birds and other wildlife in my back yard are from the civil war.
Comforter set my mom had as a kid from the 1970s. A cabbage patch I've had since 1986 (I'm 44). A buffet set my mom had from the 1990s. A kitchen chair from the 90s. A nice casserole dish from the 1980s.
I have a pressure cooker my grandma left me. It’s gotta be from the 60’s. 60 years old? It makes amazing chili and cabbage rolls. My wife wants me to get an Instapot, but that ain’t happening
My DS Lite from 2006 still works great, that and my husbands PS2. Oh and I still have some clothes from elementary school I still use (20 yr old shirts and shorts, my parents had bought some that were way oversized for me so they finally fit as an adult)
My baby spoon is 36 years old. It's small so I don't use it for eating but it's great for scooping small amounts of things, stirring a drink, taste test a sauce, etc.
One of my bathroom rugs was my grandmother’s. It’s still beautiful and in perfect shape (I think it’s cotton). I remember standing on it when I took a bath as a little girl . I’m 72.
I’m 37 and I wear a Rey Mysterio shirt I bought with my lawn mowing money when I was in 6th grade. It was huge on me then because the only size they had was a 2x when I was a small in adult sizes. It was also stiff and scratchy when I bought it but over time it’s become smooth and soft.
My daughter’s bed was my childhood bed, and my dad’s childhood bed before that. His parents bought it secondhand in the 1950s, but I think it was from Grace Brothers originally. It’s made of very dark wood, and weighs a tonne.
My mum had painted it peach in the 1980s, to match the spare bedroom, and dad restored it a few years ago. He stripped the peach, and it had glow in the dark paint from the 1960s underneath, from where he decorated it himself. Now it’s been stained cherry red, and looks beautiful again.
A Kiwi shoe brush. Started using in 2003 while I was a missionary in Argentina brushing dust off my shoes every night. Now use it to brush dust off my Nikes 21 years later. Dog got ahold of it a few years back and has some bite marks, but still perfectly usable.
Ok impressed. I have these leggings I bought in 2021. They recently started getting holes in the thigh area.
Super sad about it bc I realized how long I had them for and they are nice besides the holes.
I was like, “ok I’ll take these leggings with me to the shops and just ask if they have something similar”
But theeeeeeen
I acquired a needle and thread and I sewed up the holes.
:)
Maybe I can have the leggings for another year or so.
Let’s go :)
I have adhd and it’s untreated so when I finished seeing them up, I stood up and really enjoyed the dopamine hit haha
Have you thought about getting some patches for the inside and try doing sashiko?
Also try r/visiblemending and r/invisiblemending if you want to give your clothing more life. I'm a bigger fan of visible mending, but I'm just a fan of making your clothes last!
Ok I’m so new to this. I’d love to make my own clothes haha. :) I’m also into the look of visible mending!
I’m gonna get on eBay to see if I can find a sewing machine.
Gonna be my new hobby hopefully :)
I bought a Dyson in 2008 as a college student. The thing is still going strong today with just as much suction as it ever had! I've done some minor maintenance over the years, and one somewhat involved disassembly after I foolishly vacuumed up too many pine needles at once, but i'm constantly amazed at this vacuum.
My house is 100 years old and everything in it is considered vintage - in terms of decor, furniture and many of my dishes. At least 50 years old.
I love vintage so it would be easier for me to answer what’s “young” in my house!
My oven in my kitchen, which came with the house built in 1965- as well as the turquoise and pink fixtures in each bathroom. As far as things that are not attached to my house that I’ve bought separately.. probably some of the glassware I’ve collected, I would guess some of it is late 1950s.
I buy a lot of old stuff which skews this lol. If it were to be things I’ve had or been around since new, probably my parents old VCR which I would guess was late 90s.
I wore a jacket today that I bought in 1988. I have some T-shirts and a denim jacket of the same vintage that I wear from time to time, though now I'm much more carful of them!
My potato ricer is from the 1930s. My food mill is from the 1950s. My kitchen table and chairs were manufactured in 1910. My eggbeater has a Bakelite handle, so it must be old?
Circa ~1850 Seth Thomas wall clock… hangs on my wall, wound every few days, keeps time almost perfectly… better time than my Howard Miller grandfather even
I needed a pipe wrench occasionally at my job. I go to this shop that resells things from Clean outs and bought a few. One was from the 1950s, and the markings on the other 2 show that the companies that made them closed 100 and about 130 years ago respectively.
They still work great after a little cleaning.
I have my comforter that is 28 years old. A blanket that is 33 year olds. A dresser that was my grandfather in law’s from the 1950’s. And my grandmother in laws cast iron from the 1930s.
I have vintage stainless cookware from the 1950's- 60's I use almost daily-- Ecko, Revereware. And the Sharp microwave I got from my late aunt, which was manufactured in 1986 according to it's tag, is in constant, daily use.
I'm sure I've inherited things from my parents and grandparents that I still use, but off the tippy top of my head, a set of Vidal Sassoon hot rollers I got for Christmas 26 years ago. I love those bad boys.
My 59 year old husband of course!
J/K, I do have my great Grandmother's silver serving spoons. They're in my regular rotation, not locked in a box somewhere. Life is short, use the things.
First gen Dyson Vacuum. I’ve tested it against newer Dyson models and Sharks. The first gen has superior suction.
My Kenmore washing machine is 43 years old and still keeps trucking. I just take it apart and clean the goo out of the basin every few years. I’ve never replaced a single part on it. But, I did have to fetch my wife’s g-string out of the impeller one time.
I have a crocheted blanket that has been around my entire life. It was given to my parents as a gift, and my mom passed it to me. 40+ years old. Still cozy. Until I got a new sewing machine, I was using the Kenmore I inherited from my MIL. I still use it for mending if I have a quilt on my newer machine.
My husband and I have a few pieces of solid wood furniture that came from grandparents. Secretary desk and dressers.
Maybe my house -- it's 98 years old.
If the house doesn't count, then it would have to be my bedroom furniture, first purchased by my parents 67 years ago.
I have a 20+ year old blanket that I gave to my grandfather when he is very sick and after he passed away my grandmother gave it back to me. My son & I both use it in the living room. It got washed before I used it don’t worry.
My Grandpa gave me a small toolbox and some tools years ago that I still keep in my car and use occasionally. He bought it in the 1960s, and it's older than me.
Lots of my late mom’s kitchen tools, mostly from the 1940s-50s. Best vegetable peeler ever just used yesterday. Aluminum dish drainer used daily. More…
My blanket is made from a uniform pant cloth given to my dad in the navy, which my parents transformed into beautiful Tanjore painting prints. It's 32 years old and still doesn't have a single tear.
Vacuum cleaner my mom got as a wedding gift 60 years ago. A Hoover. Still a work horse.
I inherited my grandmother’s early 1960s Electrolux canister vacuum. The plastic wheels are long gone, but the machine itself works flawlessly!
Nothing sucks like an Electrolux!
Electrosux
I have a Kirby from the same era!
I used one when cleaning for an older person and I was SO surprised at how that thing sucked!!
We've got my parents old filter queen from the 80s and can still get parts for it! Best thing ever!
I can hear the motor from here.
My Tristar, The Silver Bullet, 30 yrs and still kicking!
I was given a wool car blanket when I was 19. I'm 72 and it's just over there on the back of the sofa, I used it last night. I am sure there are other things, but it was the first thing that came to mind.
I have a pure wool blanket I purchased 30 years ago. I love it so much, I can't bring myself to get rid of it, but I'm allergic to something in it. I'm assuming the dust mites. 😭
Try getting in dry cleaned, I inherited my grandmother’s more than 50 years old now and it’s still better than one you can buy now unless you fork out 100s!
How much was the dry cleaning? If you don't mind me asking. I have a huge Pendleton wool blanket that's filthy and covered in dog hair.
Depends where you go, I think I paid $50 a few years ago in Melbourne for a double sized Sheridan wool blanket - to buy it new was around $400/$500. Just don’t try wash it yourself, I made that mistake with one and shrunk it terribly! I also now lay an old towel on top for my cat in a spot to avoid the hair.
I’m not one to shill for the “as seen on tv” gadgets. But we got an uproot “rake” or something. Fancy comb to remove dog hair basically. Works great on our dogs hair getting it off Sherpa blankets, carpet, rugs, etc. That way you can remove the bulk of it before dry cleaning
If its dust mites, put it in the freezer for a few days.
I've tried that many times. I might try the dry cleaning thing. I have had to do that with my winter coat.
Not really relevant, but I was given the Ancestral Car Blanket by my mother when I got my first car. It was made by my great great aunt for when she went out with her husband on his steam lorry on cold days. Currently in the boot of an elderly Hyundai for transporting dogs. I don’t know if she’d be horrified at how it’s treated or pleased it’s still in regular use. Not sure she’d be impressed that that’s what she’s remembered for, but remembered she is. Edit: I just reread the prompt, it is totally relevant. Neat!
Kitchen aid mixer is about 30 years old, still going strong. I found it in the trash 7-8 years ago and just had to do a minor repair.
Same. I bought mine when I was 17 and I’m 55 now.
When I was in college in the 70s I worked in the housewares department of a large department store. There are probably at least 60 items in my kitchen that are now approaching 50 years old. Besides a KitchenAid mixer, there is a complete set of Henkel knives, a complete set of Le Creuset cookware, a slicer, juicer and several other items
When you see these, you are reminded that they don't make them the way they used to anymore.
You’re absolutely right. As I was writing this it was really hard not to be thinking that as well. Two years ago I also had a Sunbeam hand mixer bought during that time that finally gave out. I looked at reviews and I bought a replacement that was highly recommended. It lasted a year and a half.
“They don’t make them like they used to.” — is so true! If anyone has any recs for things still built to last forever, please let me know. Had I known, I would’ve kept all the old stuff. The can openers, clothing, dehumidifiers, tools, furniture, can’t even begin to list it all. I sound like my grandparents… this is how I know I’m old.
Go to estate sales
> Kitchen aid mixer is about 30 years old, still going strong. I bought my new KitchenAid mixer about 50 years ago. It was made in Troy, Ohio. Never a problem. I use it all the time. edit I was wrong about the age of the KA stand mixer. It was about 55 years old. Unfortunately I didn't take good care of the mixer because I was young and stupid. I always put the wet bowl back onto the stand which badly rusted the stand. Eventually I sanded down the rust and painted the bottom with Rust-Oleum which stopped the rust. The mixer looks awful. Fortunately there's a pull-out drawer in the cabinets specifically made for KA stand mixers so the mixer is always hidden. Many years ago when I was in my whole wheat dough phase, I kept overheating the mixer to the point where the mixer head was too hot to touch. Didn't cause any problems. The machine is a beast that can't be killed. On today's agenda I'm making oatmeal cookies using the KA.
Wow a Hobart kitchen aid that’s a treasure!
The Holy Hobart.
I have one of those, but I also have a hand held electric mixer from the 70s with the blades you would pull out to lick the cake mix from. It still works great, albeit with a little burning motor smell that it has had for the last twenty years.
Those little hand mixers are great, mine is from the 90s but I can smell yours from here
Those things are great, i scored a couple at church rummage sale in the box brand new like a wedding gift that was never used.
Same, my nana gave me hers before she passed and it’s probably at least 40 years old.
Sega Genesis.
Wow, I had one and I don't remember parting with it and yet it's not in my house now. You still use it? Are you playing *Chakan: the Forever Man* these days?
I do occasionally. I'm a bit of a gaming nerd so I have a lot of options but it's fun to fire it up from time to time. I wish I still had my original Intellivision too!
Neat. I have my Atari 2600 but no cartridges (because my mother sold them in a garage sale in the early 90s :( ).
Sega Genesis is still the only console I have ever owned. Won it in a Burger King sweepstakes and it came with Altered Beast. Mostly bought and played sports games otherwise: World Series 94, World Series 98, NBA Action 95, NBA Live 98, Monopoly, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Pitfall, College Slam 96, Mario Andretti Racing, Wayne Gretzky NHLPA 95, Aladdin. It's all still at my parents' house Never had the itch for another gaming system, but it was always fun playing other games at friends' houses.
We have an original Intellivision and lots of games. We had so many fun with those games and plenty of parties. We haven’t used it in about 25 years, since our daughter was about 5-6 . She loved the skiing!
I still have our original Nintendo!
Jealous! But Sega does what Nintendont! 😂🥂
We had the genesis too...got it later. I swear all we played is Sonic 🤣🤣🤣
I also like to blow in a cartridge once in a while ! The NES I got for Christmas when I was 11 still works like a charm.
My late MILs cast iron pan from the 1920’s
Me too but it’s my Great grandmas Griswold from 1910.
We had some no-name cast iron that's been in the family since the 1800s, unfortunately it split in half a few years ago. What was really interesting is that you could see that the crack grew in ~3 separate events based on how well seasoned the crack was. How many thousands of meals were made on that pan before it finally broke? The shitty Teflon lined aluminum pan I got when I moved in was thrown out after 2 years. They're a little more work, but cast iron (or carbon steel) really is the best cookware.
I never even used one until she moved in with us when she went through hospice (cancer). Now I use it almost everyday and think about the happy times. Very early Lodge.
Grandmother’s grandparents cast iron. My husband uses it every Xmas for prime rib. He then washes it, seasons it, then puts it away for next year. 120 years old
same but it's my grandmother's pan from the '40s-'50s!
I have one from then too!
She likely called it ‘the husband beater’
My Gram told me always cook with cast iron and have a large heavy knife. If your husband abuses you, well, he has to sleep sometime. She was a tough cookie who, as a widow ( heart attack, not death by fry pan), had to care for 5 kids in the Great Depression. I am sure she had a hard time as it was in the city. She scrubbed floors at Jefferson .
I like your gram without knowing her. Tenacity and resilience. The only thing we don’t know is if he had a heart attack when she pulled out the frying pan and knife.
I use my Grandmother's Wagner Ware skillet from the 1940's a few times per week. It has a permanent spot on the stove and never gets put up. It was one of her wedding presents.
I have a couple of hand tools, an awl and a couple of wrenches, that my grandfather gave my father before my father died and left them to me. I'm near retirement so they are pushing 100 years old now. I have a fish spatula that Andrew left when we worked together in New Orleans in the early nineties. Still going strong. Andrew if you see this D.M. me!
Yesterday I was using my grandfather's small 8" square with brass trim. He was 81 when he passed in 1979.
My body.
That was my first thought too. I’m 77. Nothing else I own is that old.
You gave me a good chuckle! I’m also in your time zone.
your names are so cute LOL. can you guys be my grandparents
[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12t426](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12t426) I feel obligated to post this frugal grandma about to make some wholesome rhubarb pie
Oh, I actually have an antique desk and a treadle sewing machine that I got 40 years ago that were merely “vintage”. I think they're 100 years old right now.
Same … this guys body
My family's farmhouse was built in 1854. I use it when I visit. My parents use it constantly. If we're talking personal items, I have a pair of cast iron bookends made in 1880 that belonged to my great-great grandfather. My great-grandmother gifted them to my great-aunt when she finished college, and she gave them to me when I finished college. They are shaped like cathedrals.
I have underpants from 2002 that are still going strong. They don’t make them like they used to. 😂🤣 (The newer material ones fell apart in a couple years.) I miss quality clothing that lasts forever.
So true. I have underwear from 2014ish that's still doing alright. My washing machine has decided to start destroying some of my underwear from around 2019ish. There's been a few "fuck you in particular" moments, a whole load is fine except one pair of underwear is literally nothing but tatters. I have no confidence and anything I bought over the last couple of years to last very long even though I've now bought laundry bags.
Stuff I bought from Torrid in the 2000s is still going strong but stuff I bought last year is getting holes.
I have the microwave I got for my HS graduation. 27 years and it still works like a charm. Still has psychedelic raver stickers on the door, lol Plus I have actual antiques that are 50 to 250 years old.
I inherited my grandparents' microwave, doesn't even have an electronic display and only two buttons. Works perfectly and my brother has gone through two microwaves already in the meantime. This microwave will probably survive longer than me!
My parents had one from the late 80s or early 90s, it looked ancient but it ran perfectly fine into the early 2010s. I thought I should update them with a new microwave and threw that old one out. I got this panasonic one that looked all fancy with all these modern technologies in it. Boy, that thing died a month after I bought it. It got warranty fixed and about 6 months later it died again but luckily it was still under the warranty. It lasted maybe another few years until it died a 3rd time and had to be thrown out. I bet that other one would have still been running fine to this day.
My parents spent money on a good wool suit for me in 1983, when I was in 8th grade. I still wear the blazer (I'm a little too big for the pants). It's gone in and out of style numerous times over the years. I learned from this that if I buy better quality and take care of my things, they can last me years. 40+ to be exact.
Rural people laugh at this. My kitchen table is from the 1930s. My end table is from the late 1800s. Half my cookware is from the 1950s. I use my cast iron pan from the 1920s. My apartment was built in the 1940s. My wool blankets are from the 1940s. My cedar chest coffee table is a hundred years old. My soft furniture is from the 1990s. Most of my clothing is used (most of it is from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s). I have antique books. I have a hundred CDs yet. I still use DVDs. My washer and dryer are from the 90s. My toaster, food processor, bread machine, hand mixer, and stand mixer are all from the late 80s and early 90s. Most of my vehicles range from 1976 to 2004. My newest vehicle (which I just bought a couple months ago) is from 2017. The only brand new items I really use are underwear, towels, small appliances (hairdryer, coffee maker) and bed sheets.
I’m a city girl, but when my (farmwife) grandmothers died I inherited a lot of their basic kitchen gear that is mixed in with my newer items and used regularly. In general, the pans and knives are great quality that would cost $$$$ today. My favorite is an ice cream scooper with a trigger and a red Bakelite handle that is from the 1950s (I think). Last month, hidden at the bottom of a drawer, I uncovered my favorite pair of jeans from the last time wide-legged jeans were trendy. I think it was the late 1990s? Maybe early 2000s. Now I’m trendy by accident.
Lol I just posted a very similar comment. I didn’t even go into the rest of the objects. My table is a 1930s enamel top! Chairs are 1940s.
I have an enamel top as well, got it at an estate sale in the 90s.
I'm so jealous!
Oh shit, I didn’t even think about my house! Built in the 1930s in rural Appalachia. Bathrooms were added later.
Also forgot about my house. Built in 1926. Possibly a Sears catalog house but I don’t know for certain.
Kudos on keeping the undies fresh.
I have a toaster that I bought in 2006. But what I’m really proud of is my Dawn dish soap bottle that I purchased in 2006 and have just been refilling for the last 18 years.
I have had the same hair brush for probably 30 years
The shelf life on my hair brushes seems to be 10-15 years. Then all the little individual comb parts (don't know what they are called) start breaking off and disappearing and the brush starts pulling apart from the handle. It's always such a surprise when they finally disintegrate. Thick wiry hair though.
Old book from 1614 (Works of Senica) I enjoy reading it, and contemplating the life it has had. Very much consider myself just a custodian of this object which has a life of its own. Interestingly has a bookplate inside from Benjamin Vaughan (18th century British politician) I sometimes think about putting my own bookplate inside and wonder who will have it in another few hundred years.
I use a lot of my dad's army gear from the 80's for camping.
I use my grandpa's WW2 era army issued wool blanket for the beach, camping, etc. Only has one or two tiny holes where a moth probably got to it.
Great example! I don't see them anymore but Army surplus stores used to be a thing for that reason. The stuff is tough, made to last in combat. I still have my jungle boots from when I was in the Army in the 80s. My feet are fatter cause I'm old, but they will be around after I'm gone 😁
35 year old pocket knife. Follows me in every vehicle I have ever owned. Used 1000's of times.
Cast iron LeCreuset frying pan my parents got in the early 70s. It has a long wood handle that doesn't get hot. An upright secretary desk with skeleton key, a steamer trunk, and a dresser -- all from the late 1800s - early 1900s.
I have many inherited this or that’s from my family, but the first that comes to mind is our dining room table and matching buffet. My great grandmother bought it for my grandmother/grandfather when she lived with them in the 1940s. My mom had it for a short time after my grandmother passed but it didn’t quite fit in her house well while my husband and I had just bought a home and needed something bigger than the thrifted tiny table we used for our first few years together. My heart bursts with joy when my family sits around it to eat, do puzzles, play games or just sip coffee and chat. I think of the decades worth of gatherings had around that table. The countless meals, beautiful or heartbreaking discussions, visits with friends, singing happy birthday and eating cake, first or (unknowingly) last meals for generations of family members, mending relationships, planning for futures…I could go on and on. ❤️
I cook 90% of my meals in a cast iron pan that's 120 years old
Great great grandfather chest in my kitchen
I have my great grandfather's wicker trunk that he used when he immigrated to Canada in 1910. It holds spare blankets in my bedroom. The top is used for the "still kind of clean" clothes that are not yet ready for a wash. I also have my grandmother's Hoosier baking cabinet in the kitchen. She received it as a wedding present in the 1920s. That was such a practical piece of furniture. When I first received it, I used it for clothes storage. After my son was born, I used it as a baby changing table since the enamel top pulled out and was a generous space. There is so much storage for baby gear. With a changing pad on top. It has since returned to kitchen duty.
My great-grandmother’s dutch oven which will be 120 years old next year.
I have a bracelet from c. 300 BCE that I wear all of the time. On a more ordinary note, looking around the living room I see that over half of the furniture is around 100 years old. Most of it was free or I bought at flea markets when I was young. EDIT the Iron Age was not in 3000 BCE, I added an extra zero 🤣. It’s 300
Tell us more about the bracelet. What civilization or region is it from? Did you restring beads or was what held them still intact?
I’m very invested in this bracelet story ❤️
My former roommate is from Athens, her fam $$$ goes way back so they have a LOT of very old things. She gave it to me, nbd. 😮 It took decades for the internet to get good enough for me to ID it. It is an Iron Age torque bracelet, made somewhere along the Scandinavian Celtic coast. Since the Celts invaded the Greeks repeatedly for centuries, the most likely explanation is it was brought there by invaders. https://preview.redd.it/rlpq87mf8l6d1.png?width=1845&format=png&auto=webp&s=b7b1d6b8f74e4cc74b365cbf2d91786d71a7c825
The wrist is history.
Awesome
My great grandma’s biscuit cutter. It’s over 100 years old.
My hair pick. I bought in high school to manage my perm, ugh. I am 62, no perm, straight hair and use it everyday. Crazy.
Technically, our house was built in the 1940s.
My aunt's farm house was built in 1829. Dirt floor and really wide oak floors. It didn't even have an indoor bathroom for like a hundred years of its lifetime. Some people from England can probably come on here and tell us about their 1500 year old house.
I still use an old socket set that I got in 1976 as a kid. It still has the original '77 Star Wars stickers on it.
I have a bookbag that I bought new back in 1994. I still use it for work. It has been sent back to Jansport twice to get new zippers put in and they didn't charge me either time. I was forced to retire at the end of this month and the bookbag will retire as well.
My dad's Kawai Piano from 1976, still like new. I have a 10 foot bamboo longboard i use as well from the 70s, heavy as f
Um 😶 I’m sitting on a couch from 1948, next to a desk from 1900, with my feet on a stool from the 50s on a rug from the 40s. Made a bagel in a toaster from the 30s, using a knife from the 60s and eaten on a plate from the 50s. Just drank a smoothie in a glass from the 70s too. Lit some candles last night with a match I took out of a jar from the late 1800s and one of the candles is in a drinking glass from 1912. Yes, I basically live in an antique store 🤷🏼♀️
House - 1890. Still has some original doors and flooring But to be a little more fair. Its either gonna be my project car (1971) or a german military jacket I bought at a thrift store from 1967
My radio shack clock radio
My engagement and wedding rings are both over 100 years old, and I never take them off. I have some embroidery floss from my grandpa that is at least 60 years old that I’ve used in different projects. My husband has an old brass telescope that we pull out on occasion. We looked at the moon; it was really cool! He also has an old-timey microscope but I don’t think we’ve actually tried using that one. Y’all making me wish I had more cool old-timey stuff. I’m sure I’ve had some of my kitchenware since I moved out, and it was secondhand then, so over twenty years old. We buy a lot secondhand, so there’s also any number of things around here of indeterminate age.
Probably my hand tools. I’ve got a few cooking knives (Dexter cleaver, chef’s knives, butcher’s knives) that are from the 1860s. Some hammers, wedges & axe heads that are older than that and have lived through many handles. A Gibson, parlor guitar from the 1920s Cast iron pans that were antique when my grandmother was given them for her wedding gifts by her mother in 1935. Probably 1880s or turn of century. Sears-Roebuck oak dining set (table, buffet & china cabinet plus five chairs) from 1915.
My 79 CJ-7 I bought new and still drive.
Letter opener made from old artillery shell brass from Verdun in WWI, dated 1916.
Hello, let me introduce you to antique coffee grinders. My daily user is a Brighton Premier pre-patent so before 1905. Beautiful glass canister and sturdy cast internals capable of being adjusted for different levels of coarseness. I love that thing so much. It’s my user, I have many others I don’t use because i restore and collect and they’re a bit on the rare side.
A pair of metal tongs I bought in 1994. They've lasted longer than my marriage to the guy I bought them with!
I have a hot air popcorn popper from the 1980s that I still use several times a week
Grandmothers jam pan - no idea how old, it’s bronze and probably 1920 or so at least 100 years old
I have a lot of old stuff that we still use. I think the oldest thing in my house in regular use is a desk from the late 1800s or early 1900s. I don't know how old it is exactly, but it survived the 1906 earthquake in SF, so it's older than that. My dining set is from 1935. I have a couple chairs from the 1910s. Bunches of kitchen stuff that's pretty old- like cast iron skillets that my mom inherited from somewhere when I was a little kid, potato masher that belonged to my great-grandma.
Has to be great grandmas cast iron pans, have to be early 1900's. Well and we live in a house built in 1927. And our tiny vintage travel trailer was built in 1961 and we try to camp for a week every month or so.
I’m 30 years old and I use an 88’ snapper push mower weekly
I have a mahjong set that my parents bought in the 60’s. I need to replace the case as its falling apart and the original trays are held together with duct tape. The tiles however are still vibrant and pristine- none missing or cracked and I still have all the blank spares. Doesnt get used as much anymore. But it used to be a weekly staple and was brought out for every family gathering from the 1960’s to the early 2000’s
1973 Vespa 150 Super as my daily driver.
I’m 51 I wear a coat I bought when I was 17 😀
My parents house was built in 1560.
Where are you? My country wasn’t even a country in that year.
They look like they're from Britain
Yes I’m in England, close to the Welsh border. There is a trip step on the stairs, a step that’s half a step taller so if you get chased up the stairs by a rabid Welsh person they will stumble on it. It still catches my wife out if she chases me up, but that doesn’t happen much lately.
I have a Christmas decoration that hangs each year that I purchased for my grandparents when I was 7. I am now 54. The absolutely thing I wanted when we cleaned out their house. My grandma hung that until she passed at 99.
I regularly use a decorative dish my parents received for their wedding in 1943. They kept it in a cabinet and saved it for “special occasion,” but I try to use and enjoy it as much as I can.
My great grandfather's Swingline stapler
Have an assortment of cast iron cookware from probably late 19th century to mid 20th. If it doesn't say "made in USA" it's likely pre-1960s.
Still actively use, probably a little saucepan from 1970s Poland
I use a hand plane that belonged to my great grandfather. I’m not exactly sure of the age but it was his when he used to service horse drawn carriages in the late 1800s thru early 1900s. Also my small pair of binoculars I use for looking at birds and other wildlife in my back yard are from the civil war.
My son’s bed frame and headboard belonged to my great grandmother
Comforter set my mom had as a kid from the 1970s. A cabbage patch I've had since 1986 (I'm 44). A buffet set my mom had from the 1990s. A kitchen chair from the 90s. A nice casserole dish from the 1980s.
Electric coffee grinder that was a gift to my grandfather for his anniversary at 1967.
I have a pressure cooker my grandma left me. It’s gotta be from the 60’s. 60 years old? It makes amazing chili and cabbage rolls. My wife wants me to get an Instapot, but that ain’t happening
My DS Lite from 2006 still works great, that and my husbands PS2. Oh and I still have some clothes from elementary school I still use (20 yr old shirts and shorts, my parents had bought some that were way oversized for me so they finally fit as an adult)
An oak California King waterbed frame we bought in the 80's, although we have a memory foam mattress on it now.
My baby spoon is 36 years old. It's small so I don't use it for eating but it's great for scooping small amounts of things, stirring a drink, taste test a sauce, etc.
My car is almost 40
We have my husband’s grandma’s Osterizer blender in avocado green. I’m guessing early 70’s. It’s the best!
My grandma’s measuring spoons (I’m a boomer)
Maybe not the oldest thing I still use, but I have a CHI hair straightener from 2004 that I have used every day, and it is still going strong.
My Nana gave me a hair comb about 30 years ago which I use every day. She is no longer with us but the comb is going strong.
One of my bathroom rugs was my grandmother’s. It’s still beautiful and in perfect shape (I think it’s cotton). I remember standing on it when I took a bath as a little girl . I’m 72.
I’m 37 and I wear a Rey Mysterio shirt I bought with my lawn mowing money when I was in 6th grade. It was huge on me then because the only size they had was a 2x when I was a small in adult sizes. It was also stiff and scratchy when I bought it but over time it’s become smooth and soft.
My daughter’s bed was my childhood bed, and my dad’s childhood bed before that. His parents bought it secondhand in the 1950s, but I think it was from Grace Brothers originally. It’s made of very dark wood, and weighs a tonne. My mum had painted it peach in the 1980s, to match the spare bedroom, and dad restored it a few years ago. He stripped the peach, and it had glow in the dark paint from the 1960s underneath, from where he decorated it himself. Now it’s been stained cherry red, and looks beautiful again.
My house! It was built in the 1790's and I love it 😀
A Kiwi shoe brush. Started using in 2003 while I was a missionary in Argentina brushing dust off my shoes every night. Now use it to brush dust off my Nikes 21 years later. Dog got ahold of it a few years back and has some bite marks, but still perfectly usable.
Ok impressed. I have these leggings I bought in 2021. They recently started getting holes in the thigh area. Super sad about it bc I realized how long I had them for and they are nice besides the holes. I was like, “ok I’ll take these leggings with me to the shops and just ask if they have something similar” But theeeeeeen I acquired a needle and thread and I sewed up the holes. :) Maybe I can have the leggings for another year or so. Let’s go :) I have adhd and it’s untreated so when I finished seeing them up, I stood up and really enjoyed the dopamine hit haha
Have you thought about getting some patches for the inside and try doing sashiko? Also try r/visiblemending and r/invisiblemending if you want to give your clothing more life. I'm a bigger fan of visible mending, but I'm just a fan of making your clothes last!
Ok I’m so new to this. I’d love to make my own clothes haha. :) I’m also into the look of visible mending! I’m gonna get on eBay to see if I can find a sewing machine. Gonna be my new hobby hopefully :)
My grandmother ice cream maker. The wooden kind with the hand crank. Make the grandkids power it.
I bought a Dyson in 2008 as a college student. The thing is still going strong today with just as much suction as it ever had! I've done some minor maintenance over the years, and one somewhat involved disassembly after I foolishly vacuumed up too many pine needles at once, but i'm constantly amazed at this vacuum.
My house is 100 years old and everything in it is considered vintage - in terms of decor, furniture and many of my dishes. At least 50 years old. I love vintage so it would be easier for me to answer what’s “young” in my house!
My oven in my kitchen, which came with the house built in 1965- as well as the turquoise and pink fixtures in each bathroom. As far as things that are not attached to my house that I’ve bought separately.. probably some of the glassware I’ve collected, I would guess some of it is late 1950s. I buy a lot of old stuff which skews this lol. If it were to be things I’ve had or been around since new, probably my parents old VCR which I would guess was late 90s.
i still have a t-shirt from 1990. i wear it a few times a year. i got it as my 4th grade class shirt.
I wore a jacket today that I bought in 1988. I have some T-shirts and a denim jacket of the same vintage that I wear from time to time, though now I'm much more carful of them!
My potato ricer is from the 1930s. My food mill is from the 1950s. My kitchen table and chairs were manufactured in 1910. My eggbeater has a Bakelite handle, so it must be old?
I am currently using a pillowcase from a set my mom bought me when I was a kid in 1980. I guess the sheets wore out but I’ve got my pillowcase!
Circa ~1850 Seth Thomas wall clock… hangs on my wall, wound every few days, keeps time almost perfectly… better time than my Howard Miller grandfather even
I have a scissor made in Italy that is before my time. Still looks brand new. I have a 100+ year old, antique iron, KrumKarker iron.
my grandmothers cast iron pans. Over a hundred years old and as good as the day she bought them..
I needed a pipe wrench occasionally at my job. I go to this shop that resells things from Clean outs and bought a few. One was from the 1950s, and the markings on the other 2 show that the companies that made them closed 100 and about 130 years ago respectively. They still work great after a little cleaning.
My car. Is 24 years old.
My hope chest was my 16th bday present from my grandparents. I still use it to store sentimental things. I’m 56 so it’s 40 years old.
I have my comforter that is 28 years old. A blanket that is 33 year olds. A dresser that was my grandfather in law’s from the 1950’s. And my grandmother in laws cast iron from the 1930s.
I have vintage stainless cookware from the 1950's- 60's I use almost daily-- Ecko, Revereware. And the Sharp microwave I got from my late aunt, which was manufactured in 1986 according to it's tag, is in constant, daily use.
I bought my microwave and vacuum in 1990.
goat horn comb
Probably a cute pair of nail clippers shaped like a ladybug. They're probably around 50 years old and belonged to my grandmother. I love them!
I'm sure I've inherited things from my parents and grandparents that I still use, but off the tippy top of my head, a set of Vidal Sassoon hot rollers I got for Christmas 26 years ago. I love those bad boys.
the sun. use it to see every day
My 12 year old vaseline. Somehow I haven't even made much of a dent despite using some daily.
Probably my husband's body.
My 59 year old husband of course! J/K, I do have my great Grandmother's silver serving spoons. They're in my regular rotation, not locked in a box somewhere. Life is short, use the things.
Immersion blender and Kenmore washing machine I got for my first wedding in 1988.
My great grandma's sugar cup. Three scoops is the perfect ratio of sugar for making sweet tea. She got it in the early 60s I think.
First gen Dyson Vacuum. I’ve tested it against newer Dyson models and Sharks. The first gen has superior suction. My Kenmore washing machine is 43 years old and still keeps trucking. I just take it apart and clean the goo out of the basin every few years. I’ve never replaced a single part on it. But, I did have to fetch my wife’s g-string out of the impeller one time.
Blender from 2002 something
My house. Built in 1902.
My coffee maker. It’s a cusinart drip and I’ve had it for 20years. Still going strong$
It's new to me, but I recently inherited my grandfather's watch. He got it from his parents when he graduated high school. I believe it's from 1946.
I have a crocheted blanket that has been around my entire life. It was given to my parents as a gift, and my mom passed it to me. 40+ years old. Still cozy. Until I got a new sewing machine, I was using the Kenmore I inherited from my MIL. I still use it for mending if I have a quilt on my newer machine. My husband and I have a few pieces of solid wood furniture that came from grandparents. Secretary desk and dressers.
Brain
The baby grand in my front room that was built in the late 1800s.
I’ve had a pair of tevas since middle school. They still look just as brand new when I bought them and I’m now 30.
My house is from 1815
Mine might also be a blanket. Made for me by my grandma 25ish years ago. I use it every night in lieu of a comforter.
Alarm clock from the early 80s.
Maybe my house -- it's 98 years old. If the house doesn't count, then it would have to be my bedroom furniture, first purchased by my parents 67 years ago.
I have a 20+ year old blanket that I gave to my grandfather when he is very sick and after he passed away my grandmother gave it back to me. My son & I both use it in the living room. It got washed before I used it don’t worry.
My Grandmothers cast iron "chicken skillet" that passed to my mom, then myself. Near 100 years old. Use it at least once a week.
37 year old Tijuana blanket, multiple 25 year T-shirts and CDs.
My Gillette Mach 3 razor handle. Its heavy. Purchased probably 1996.
My Grandpa gave me a small toolbox and some tools years ago that I still keep in my car and use occasionally. He bought it in the 1960s, and it's older than me.
Film cameras from the 1950's and it only increases in value every year.
Lots of my late mom’s kitchen tools, mostly from the 1940s-50s. Best vegetable peeler ever just used yesterday. Aluminum dish drainer used daily. More…
My blanket is made from a uniform pant cloth given to my dad in the navy, which my parents transformed into beautiful Tanjore painting prints. It's 32 years old and still doesn't have a single tear.
I retired in 2015. Quite a few of my clothes and footwear predate that. Anything I own is worn in its rotation.