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return2ozma
lemmy.world
return2ozma@lemmy.worldJoined: 2023-07-01 |
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newton
feddit.online
newton@feddit.online Joined: 2026-04-12 |
Almost everything is more than 20 years old, build my house in 92 |
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zxqwas
lemmy.world
zxqwas@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-07-24 |
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 Joined: 2023-06-09 |
Guitar |
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AbouBenAdhem
lemmy.world
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-13 |
About half of my books. |
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3holly3
lemmy.dbzer0.com
3holly3@lemmy.dbzer0.comJoined: 2025-03-09 |
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 Joined: 2026-09-08 |
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betterdeadthanreddit
lemmy.world
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-06 |
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 Joined: 2026-08-21 |
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HejMedDig
feddit.dk
HejMedDig@feddit.dk Joined: 2023-07-25 |
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 Joined: 2023-12-17 |
The wife |
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slazer2au
lemmy.world
slazer2au@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-30 |
The dryer. |
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SnausagesinaBlanket
lemmy.world
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.worldJoined: 2023-07-22 |
my HP Printer / Scanner from 1998 |
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Triumph
fedia.io
Triumph@fedia.io Joined: 2025-09-19 |
Breadbox, colander, all the silverware, plates cups bowls. Oh, house. |
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A_norny_mousse
piefed.zip
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipJoined: 2026-02-04 |
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.zipJoined: 2026-02-04 |
A clip-on lamp whose shade I replaced with a tin can. |
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Mr Fish
lemmy.nz
Mr_Fish@lemmy.nz Joined: 2025-12-23 |
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 Joined: 2024-09-02 |
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 Joined: 2024-12-14 |
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.devJoined: 2023-07-01 |
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 Joined: 2023-12-30 |
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 Joined: 2023-06-16 |
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 Joined: 2026-02-07 |
my keyboard/mouse, face towels |
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gjoel
programming.dev
gjoel@programming.dev Joined: 2024-04-09 |
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 Joined: 2023-06-16 |
my HP Printer / Scanner from 1998
Almost invaluable rn. |
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chunes
lemmy.world
chunes@lemmy.world Joined: 2025-04-08 |
WW2-era P-38 can opener. |
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FishFace
piefed.social
FishFace@piefed.social Joined: 2025-10-16 |
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.worldJoined: 2026-04-20 |
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.worksJoined: 2024-06-26 |
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 Joined: 2026-09-10 |
Off the top of my head:
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hundertzwoelf
piefed.zip
hundertzwoelf@piefed.zipJoined: 2026-04-05 |
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.caJoined: 2026-09-10 |
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.worldJoined: 2023-07-03 |
Old Westinghouse vent fans/ heaters in the bathrooms. Things are easily 50 years old. |
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Cherry
piefed.social
Cherry@piefed.socialJoined: 2025-06-05 |
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 Joined: 2025-12-25 |
Me |
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NeatNit
discuss.tchncs.de
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de Joined: 2024-01-05 |
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 |
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 Joined: 2025-11-03 |
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 Joined: 2023-11-06 |
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 Joined: 2023-06-27 |
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 Joined: 2025-01-11 |
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 Joined: 2025-02-06 |
The can opener might be close to 40 years old, still works as expected. |
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CerebralHawks
lemmy.dbzer0.com
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comJoined: 2025-08-18 |
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 Joined: 2026-09-03 |
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 Joined: 2024-12-08 |
Refrigerator is 23 |
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ExtraMedicated
lemmy.world
ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-21 |
The keyboard I bought for my first PC build. It's the Alchemy Elixir. |
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rmuk
feddit.uk
rmuk@feddit.ukJoined: 2023-06-12 |
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.worldJoined: 2024-07-16 |
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 Joined: 2023-07-11 |
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 Joined: 2024-06-11 |
From the first EP?
in between sips of coke he told me... |
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Executive Chimp
discuss.tchncs.de
executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.deJoined: 2023-06-25 |
The janky fluorescent anglepoise desk lamp. It's about 30 years old and I've changed the bulb once. |
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