What is the oldest item you use on a regular basis?

[MeanDean]

I have a set (minus a few pieces) of flatwear that was the attendance prize from REC in Wilton (Wilton Junction it was back then) about 1967. There were two sets of 6 place settings. They were put aside for a while but brought into daily usage in the family in 1972. Use them everyday and they never show any wear or, god-forbid, rust. They had to be very common in this area so I'm always looking for replacement pieces for the ones that escaped ownership somehow over the years.

 

[20eyes]

My wife, she’s a year older than me.

My favorite part is that she's three months older...but that still makes her OOHHHLLLDERRR...HAHA!!!

 

[NorthCyd]

I grew up with this clock waking me for school. The sound of it's alarm gives me ptsd when I hear it.

 

[cytor]

If married, the wood rarely gets used.

I can attest to that.

 

[ISUTex]

I still use my grandpa's vice grips. I'm guessing they're from the 50's.

 

[besserheimerphat]

I was going to sarcastically say my knees and back.

Our first house was built in 1921, and still used the furnace from the 1950s. Some hulking sea-foam green unit that was manufactured in Des Moines. When we had it serviced, the guy said they were only like 60% efficient but would run for 100 years.

I own a little Peter Wright anvil from the early 1900s, but I don't use it often. The weight is marked in hundredweight notation (0-3-0) for 84lbs.

 

[CyJam]

Still driving my 2003 F-150 I bought new I pay $34 a month for insurance.

Still driving my 1994 F-150. It won't die.

 

[dafarmer]

My favorite part is that she's three months older...but that still makes her OOHHHLLLDERRR...HAHA!!!

Hide the guns, she “might” outlive you.

 

[FLYINGCYCLONE]

My house is 100+ years old.
A 1965 JD 4010.
I have 2 2005 pickups, both have over 344,000 miles.

 

[AvonLakeCyclone]

1970 Alvarez acoustic guitar
1978 Gibson SG guitar.

Play for friends and get togethers.

 

[exCYtable]

Washing machine and dryer from the late 70’s, came with the house and runs flawlessly.

So true. The new ones suck and last about 5 years.

 

[CYdTracked]

The first 2 items that came to mind are my Weber Kettle grill and Craftsman lawmower I bought new in 2004 when I bought my 1st house. Thinking more my alarm clock is still the same one I won at after prom either in 97 or 98 and I have tools in my garage that were once ones my grandfathers used that I have no clue just how old some are. Not much else around the house that I can think of that I would have bought before 2000.

Edit: just thought of another item, I maybe use it 2 times a year though and appears to be from the mid 70's when I searched. A Montgomery Ward rototiller I bought off craigslist for $75 around 2005 or so. Had to put about $125 or so in engine work in it a few years after buying it but for only being in it around $200 this sucker just eats through turf and build way heavier then new ones are today.

 

[BigTurk]

1963 Dixie Narco 8 Select.

Which will DESTORY a modern can if one gets stuck in the metal dropping arms.


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That's so great! I've always wanted an old vending machine. My preference would be the one that dispenses glass bottles. It has a very narrow door on the right, you open, and just pull a bottle out. Ah, if I only had space.

 

[carvers4math]

That's so great! I've always wanted an old vending machine. My preference would be the one that dispenses glass bottles. It has a very narrow door on the right, you open, and just pull a bottle out. Ah, if I only had space.

I had a relative with a bar who had one of those when I was a child. The pop was always so cold.

 

[BigTurk]

My mom gave me this waffle iron a few years ago. It was her's, which I think she got as a wedding gift in 1966, and of course she still had the manual. I use it several times a year. The cool thing is the black plates are removable and double sided, so one side is the waffle and the other is just a flat griddle.

 

[Dandy]

My phone is a iPhone 8... Still has the home button at the bottom. Bought it spring 2018.

My five year old is starting to play my Super Nintendo. Games from like 1994-99.

My ISU football gameday jersey is the first year we went to the I-State logo, #4 for Austen Arnaud. 2007?

 

[stewart092284]

My body

 

[1UNI2ISU]

I still have my grandmother's Tupperwear. Has to be mid-to-late 50s. Other than a couple of lids I've had to replace the stuff in indestructible and un-stainable.

(and probably full of chemicals they don't use in plastics anymore)

 

[BCClone]

My phone is a iPhone 8... Still has the home button at the bottom. Bought it spring 2018.

My five year old is starting to play my Super Nintendo. Games from like 1994-99.

My ISU football gameday jersey is the first year we went to the I-State logo, #4 for Austen Arnaud. 2007?

8ers UNITE

 

[BCClone]

I used to have my great grandpas hand sledge but it was stolen with my pickup 3 years ago. That would have been 1890s or 1900s.