Ask Lemmy

Our staircase was built over two centuries ago, and still does its job!

• My house was built in 1960
• My car was made in 1974 (A land rover series 3)
• I go to sleep listening to podcasts on a Sansa MP3 player from 2000 that I've used every night since.
• My body, issued in 1971.

I have a cheap plastic hair brush my mum bought me over 40 years ago when I was about 6 or 7, she said it cost a dollar and surprised I still use it daily.

There is nothing wrong with it, so it lives on.

I use my great grandfather's bottle opener. It's magnetic and sticks to my fridge, and it's over 100 years old. Works great!

Probably my legs, or something 😜

I'm in my 40s now, so I guess my body.

I've got a couple of cast iron skillets from the early sixties that I use pretty much every day.

My violin was made in 1614, but to be honest I use my practice violin daily and use that as my concert violin, and tune and play it weekly.

My razor is from 1912.

The old, big chest we store stuff in under the stairs is from 1883

I've been using the same coffee cup almost every day for the last 50+ years.

Yup, I'm old.

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.

The foundation of the building I live in is from the 1880’s. Does that count?

About 15 years go I had to go somewhere that was much much colder than I anticipated, so we made an emergency drive to the closest town, and I bought the warmest jacket they had. It was like $300, but I never regretted it. Its the most practical, comfy, jacket ive ever owned and doesn't look half bad - even has a hoody you can clip on and off. Got me through snow as well, but its not water proof.

Love that jacket.

My brain (since 1990), or at least I have been trying.

A stove spatula my mom had in the 1940s. Not daily but I use it routinely. I hand wash it instead of putting it through the dishwasher.

We also have my wife's grandmother's old, completely out-of-tune standup piano. Nobody in our house plays piano. We use it to take up space, accumulate clutter, and make sure that area of the room is unusable.

I have a drip coffee maker that's gotta be almost 40 now. It was given to me by an older family member when I moved into a new apartment. It still works fine as far as I can tell...

House is 123 years old, I have a couple of cast-iron pans that are civil war era, still get regular use.

I put a little string of fake pearls on my daughter about every day, and they were mine and my sisters' when I was a toddler, so they're about 30. I don't know how they've survived so many toddlers cause they'd break with any real pulling. She loves them though and is very careful with them. She also uses tiny baby sized silverware from my mom's babyhood(early 70s) It's cute and funny to watch her use miniature stuff that's just her size

I think that's the oldest thing other than furniture (we use my great grandfather's bedroom suite)

I have a 100 year old porcelain doll. Her name is Agnes, she has real human hair and is definitely cursed. Does that count?

Other than that, I have a pre-WW2 windup clock that still works perfectly. It's a solid steel brick.

Your mom

I have clothes that are more or less 20 years old. Kitchen utensils that are 25 years old. But I think my body is the oldest thing I have that still works, more or less.

I have a ninja turtle cereal bowl from when I was a kid that I still use. It's from 1988.

A manual coffee grinder from about 1910.

I figure I need it because if the electric’s broke I’ll need coffee to fix it.

My back. Its getting creeky though.

I don't use it daily, more like several times per week - a wooden cutting board I made in school about 44 years ago.

For me, the house I'm in was built in 1912 but it's still holding strong. My parents have me beat though, they got the original governor of south carolina's front doors which were from somewhere in the late 1700s

Wrist watch that's made from an old pocket watch.

Waltham watch company: 1895.

My '97 car?
Clothing? Furniture?

Physical item: LL Bean Laptop Bag. Was designed for laptops much bigger than the one I have now and it’s held up well… except for the buckles.

Digital: Rollercoaster Tycoon got it in a cereal box and I still play it today.