I just replaced the bearings and seals on a Maytag Neptune washing machine that’s from 2004. The bearing was getting noisy during spin cycles and the front seal had a small tear that could leak when running small loads.

After replacing a similar aged dishwasher with a newer model 7 years ago, that has needed constant repair since, I’m not getting rid of this washer until something catastrophic fails on it. It’s built like a tank compared to current shit.

Hair drier, that thing still blows super hot.

Also some real feather pillows, big ones.

Phones. Old phones don’t miss alarms whereas every new phone I’ve ever had has skipped alarms.

Furniture. It’s not made of that kind of massive cut wood but somehow it lasted.

My car is 25 years old.

We have had a Potato masher since the 80s. It has been with us in over 5 house moves. The paint on the handle has been slowly wearing out with each use but we still use it twice a week!

A bottle opener that was gifted to me when I was 16.

I got an old can opener, a heuck cin o. 45223 that probably belonged to my grandfather before becoming a standard item in my moms silverware drawer. Works so much better than any modern can opener I have ever used. The best part is that my mom doesn’t care if I take it with me if I can ever move out on my own. So I am set with a beautiful can opener that’ll probably outlive me.

Pots and pans aren’t exciting, but they’re over 20. Same with utensils. Furnishings. The Wii. One of our cars. Plenty of hand and garden tools.

It takes a bit to have things that last. You move around so much when you’re younger, things are temporary. Cheap furniture or other items is are left for roommates or sold, parents get rid of stuff left behind. You can’t always afford quality stuff, much less haul it wherever you go for the next job or whatever.

NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, Wii, a cuckoo clock, that kind of cat clock with the eyes and tail that go side to side, a coffee grinder with the handle, my husband.

A Kitchenaid stand mixer that is 48 years old and still works perfectly, but the most ridiculous old item is a 35 year old Panasonic boom box with an added BT adapter that’s still in regular use.

A Mosin bayonet. uh wait, I gotta go.

My marriage

Turned 30 this year. Used to make coffee 1-2 times per day, every day since it was bought new in 1996.

They still sell them. They retail for AUD$1000.

take your pick

• until recently I was using a record player from 1970.
• I regularly play Victrolas from as far back as 1902.
• my house itself was built in 1900.
• the HVAC for half my house was manufactured in 1987.
• the toilet in my downstairs bathroom was manufactured in 1927.
• the wiring in my house is old knob and tube from the 1930s. some of the switches are also from around that era.
• other wiring is from the 1950s.
• the doors and doorknobs are from 1900, though it seems I am the first to perform any maintenance on them in over 100 years.
• I have an original NES set up in my office from 1987 that I or my kids play
• one of my refrigerators was manufactured in 1997

the list is endless.

My house. It’s from 1879…

Cuisinart Food Processor. Use it all the time. Got it as a gift from my mom in college. Just harvested a ton of basil last night and made “pesto pucks” to freeze to use over the winter.