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return2ozma lemmy.world return2ozma@lemmy.world
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newton feddit.online newton@feddit.online
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Almost everything is more than 20 years old, build my house in 92

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zxqwas lemmy.world zxqwas@lemmy.world
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Coffee brewer. Desk. Have a 100(?) year old wooden couch that the dog likes to sleep on.

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DrSleepless lemmy.world DrSleepless@lemmy.world
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Guitar

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AbouBenAdhem lemmy.world AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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About half of my books.

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3holly3 lemmy.dbzer0.com 3holly3@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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.

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serene_flac lemmy.world serene_flac@lemmy.world
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betterdeadthanreddit lemmy.world betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
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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.

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TheShamMirrors lemmy.today TheShamMirrors@lemmy.today
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HejMedDig feddit.dk HejMedDig@feddit.dk
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Some of my kitchen knives, at least one is 40+ and others 20+, generally a lot of my kitchen utensils are quite old

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fyf lemmy.world twjolson@lemmy.world
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The wife

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slazer2au lemmy.world slazer2au@lemmy.world
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The dryer.

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SnausagesinaBlanket lemmy.world snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world
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my HP Printer / Scanner from 1998

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Triumph fedia.io Triumph@fedia.io
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Breadbox, colander, all the silverware, plates cups bowls.

Oh, house.

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A_norny_mousse piefed.zip A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
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Almost everything is more than 20 years old, build my house in 92

Even without having built my house, I'm so old that many of my belongings are over 20y old, and have been in my possession for that long.

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A_norny_mousse piefed.zip A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
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A clip-on lamp whose shade I replaced with a tin can.

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Mr Fish lemmy.nz Mr_Fish@lemmy.nz
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Our couches are somewhere around 6th hand, probably more. The two single seaters are still going strong, but the two seater recently had its back go out. I'm going to try to fix it, but it probably won't last.

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PennyRoyal sh.itjust.works PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works
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Almost all my furniture, lights and light fittings, a lot of my cooking stuff, my car, a lot of my tools, and even some of my clothes

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Zwuzelmaus feddit.org Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
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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.

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Zikeji programming.dev Zikeji@programming.dev
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My house was built in 1999, my furnace in the attic is original. 27 years old and going strong. True every year I need to blow it to get it up and running, but compared to the alternative I'll take it!

In a similar vein, the gas fireplace is also original and also going strong.

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mrlee lemmy.world mrlee@lemmy.world
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My turntable, about 30 years old. Had to replace the needle about 20 years ago, but it still works like a charm.

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snoons lemmy.ca snoons@lemmy.ca
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My cast iron pan is from the 40's, made in Ontario somewhere... I forget the name of the company rn. [Findlay I thk]

A carving knife and steel that was probably made before the 2000's. Antler handles, no markings. Looks hand made honestly, like someone bought it at a farmers market.

Shout out to my 16-17 y/o ikea kitchen knife. Cost me ~$16. Use it almost everyday. No moving parts, but I mean it just shows people how much I have it together. >..>

Oh, the fucking dank-ass mattress that came with my rental is probably old enough. Might as well be a king size sheet of twenty year old wet plywood with mysterious stains.

*Shout out to my 15 y/o, 1080p pro-scan monitor. Still works like new.

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hexagonwin lemmy.today hexagonwin@lemmy.today
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my keyboard/mouse, face towels

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gjoel programming.dev gjoel@programming.dev
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My alarm clock. It's probably 30 years old now. It projects the time onto the ceiling, which is amazing when you wake up in the morning and don't know if you over or under slept. I don't use the alarm, but the ceiling clock is invaluable.

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snoons lemmy.ca snoons@lemmy.ca
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my HP Printer / Scanner from 1998

Almost invaluable rn.

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chunes lemmy.world chunes@lemmy.world
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WW2-era P-38 can opener.

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FishFace piefed.social FishFace@piefed.social
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All the large kitchen appliances came with this place. I'm sure the oven is over 20 years old and maybe also the dishwasher. When I got here the dishwasher didn't work and it took me ages to determine the main pump had rusted solid. An eBay replacement later and it's been working for 6 years.

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TotallyNotSpez lemmy.world AbsolutelyNotSpez@lemmy.world
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My audio system. It still sounds better than lots of new equipment in the same price category.

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Yerbouti sh.itjust.works Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works
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Most of my audio gear. Receivers, turntable, eq, speakers....

If you want to build yourself a nice "vintage" sound system, look for things made before 1980ish. pretty much everything built before that was made to last and can always be repair. After that, they started to deliberately make things that would break within a couple of years so that isn't meant to be repaired.

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neidu4 piefed.social neidu4@piefed.social
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Off the top of my head:

  • Two of my guitars
  • Living room table
  • The steak knives (our cutlery in general is somewhat new, but the steak knives are ~30 years old)
  • I'm sure I have misc cables older than 20 years. Network, serial, IEC, etc. And yes, I use serial cables often.
  • Our kitchen stove is around 20 y.o., but the kitchen is next up on the renovation agenda, so it won't be that much longer
  • Does my GF count?
  • I have some really old clothes that I still wear. One example is the Soilwork band shirt, bought at a concert when they were touring for their newest album "Natural Born Chaos"
  • A guitar pedal with a 60s style distortion (the pedal is from the 90s, though)
  • We live in an old house, so many of the lamps are pretty old too.
  • My basement toiled was installed in the 80s
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hundertzwoelf piefed.zip hundertzwoelf@piefed.zip
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The amplifier of my parents' old stereo. Must be from the early 90's. Still going!

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Scott 🇨🇦🏴‍☠️ lemmy.ca RodgeGrabTheCat@lemmy.ca
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I used to have a 40+ year old cutting board.

I have a Kewl stainless steel hiking bottle.

1 small lamp I bought used at a fleamarket, I had to replace the socket.

Manfrotto tripod.

The house.

1 large Thermos.

1 brace n bit, bought used at a fleamarket.

A book called "The Passive Energy Book" by Edward Mazria 1979

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SpruceBringsteen lemmy.world SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world
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Old Westinghouse vent fans/ heaters in the bathrooms. Things are easily 50 years old.

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Cherry piefed.social Cherry@piefed.social
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The amplifier of my parents' old stereo. Must be from the early 90's. Still going!

May your generational gold always grace your ears with good sounds.

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soffernyx piefed.zip soffernyx@piefed.zip
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Me

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NeatNit discuss.tchncs.de NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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WW2-era P-38 can opener.

I'm mildly irritated that none of the photos on Wikipedia show it folded.

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protist Member Joined: 2026-03-10
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I have a leather belt from the Gap circa 2002 that I've worn most days during that time. It still looks great. I've tried to find a similar one for years, but every belt I've found seems to be made with cheaper materials that aren't going to last

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Larry piefed.social Larry@piefed.social
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X10 to turn off/on a couple lights remotely. It uses radio waves so no bs "smart home" data mining app. This thing

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otp sh.itjust.works otp@sh.itjust.works
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A ton of old game controllers and handheld consoles!

I play a lot of retro games, and use adapters to connect them to my PC for that extra bit of authenticity in emulation

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dustycups aussie.zone prex@aussie.zone
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WW2-era P-38 can opener.

I got a fred but I dont use it much.

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psx_crab lemmy.zip psx_crab@lemmy.zip
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Tap water. It's at least 4 billion years old.

Actual answer will be one wooden stool and one round wooden chair made around the 80s. It came from a very old house my sister recently bought that the occupant left untouched since 2008, based on the technology and the calendar. So when my sister wanted to renovate the whole house she asked us to just pick anything that we wanted as everything will be tossed, so i grabbed a wooden chair and stool, give it a little sanding, oil it up with tung oil, and been using it ever since. They also have this grandfather clock that would look great if refurbished, but i don't really have much time to refurb anything else. Wooden furniture is awesome.

Edit: shoutout to my mom's sewing machine + table that she have since she married my dad. You know those with giant crank wheel and you have to rock your feet forth and back to operate the machine? Those. She upgraded the machine to electric in the 90s and still use it today, exact same build.

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quediuspayu lemmy.dbzer0.com quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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The can opener might be close to 40 years old, still works as expected.
I still use a set square I have had since high school.
Then there's plenty of stuff I use that is much much older but I bought them more recently, like the sewing machine and my typewriters.

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CerebralHawks lemmy.dbzer0.com cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I have a cheese shredder that is from before the 1980s. I'm not sure what its actual age is. It looks and feels like something from the Gold Rush days. It's metal, it's got that old timey metal look to it (not polished), it has a wooden handle, and it basically spins a circular shredder with a hand crank. It's probably from the 1950s. You can't put a lot of cheese in it, but it works well.

Our kitchen table is over 20 years old, but we don't use it as a kitchen table. Mostly it just collects junk. We eat in front of the TV like a lot of modern couples.

I recently found a hat I got 30 years ago and still have. I don't wear hats though, so it's been mostly unused.

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trainwreckhappening lemmy.today trainwreckhappening@lemmy.today
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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.

My sister in law got my mil's KitchenAid stand mixer that my wife carved her brother's name into when she was a kid. Works like a champ.

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HootinNHollerin lemmy.dbzer0.com HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Refrigerator is 23

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ExtraMedicated lemmy.world ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world
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The keyboard I bought for my first PC build. It's the Alchemy Elixir.

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rmuk feddit.uk rmuk@feddit.uk
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Thanks to a particular YouTube personality I imported a toaster from the US and converted it to run on 230v. My modifications aside, it's from the late 1950s and still works perfectly.

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MyNameIsAtticus lemmy.world MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world
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I think the PS3 is 20 Years old. If not 20 then it should be there this year. I use it almost daily for gaming. It’s primarily my Minecraft, Uncharted, and LBP Machine though

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2piradians lemmy.world 2piradians@lemmy.world
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Almost everything is more than 20 years old, build my house in 92

From the first EP?

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fistac0rpse fedia.io fistac0rpse@fedia.io
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From the first EP?

in between sips of coke he told me...

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Executive Chimp discuss.tchncs.de executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de
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The janky fluorescent anglepoise desk lamp. It's about 30 years old and I've changed the bulb once.

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