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Just wondering what passes the test of time? I personally have an old Casio watch and if you count fruit trees, those are pretty old too.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Probably my Ron Jon Surf shop beach towel I got while on holiday in Florida in 1997 (I live in the UK). Still in great condition and I wouldn't say I've looked after it particularly.

Also honourable mention to my oldest tech which is an HP touchsmart 600 PC I use for youtube in my bedroom, it's from 2011 and still just about hanging on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I bought a 1200w power supply in 2013 that is still going strong. Daily driver I've moved from case to case as I have upgraded over the years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I think the apt. building I live in is from the 1920s or so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Maybe the iron skillets. I don't think a day passes that I don't use those. Or my house, it's from the 1940s. Some of the furniture is older than that too, though I don't think there is any one piece I actively use each day.

Truly oldest? Double entry accounting, I use nearly every day and that's from around 1300.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Until last year I used a ski coat from 1940 as my winter coat

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

One of my bike's is 30 years old, and I use it all the time.

But as far as oldest stuff I still use, probably things like certain furniture, tools, and kitchen stuff, which would have been inherited from grandparents who have long passed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Probably the silverware that I grew up with.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My house but it isn't really that old, around WW2.

Although I have some games that are 100s or even 1000s of years old, but that is a set of rules rather than a physical thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Not exactly daily but the shovel I use to clean out my grill ashes was my grandfather's, hand forged and used for branding iron fires, gotta be 100 years old. Then a phonograph from 1960.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I have some old wooden chairs at the dining table that could be old. Certainly before 1940s.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I have my grandma's speed square I use it every day, it's from 1987

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Bedside table.

Maybe 50 years old.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I have balls of yarn, knitting needles, and crochet hooks from the 60s and 70s. Also, most of my home appliances, like fridge, tv, washing machine, and microwave/oven, are about 20 years old and working perfectly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

kitchen radio. It is one of the first portable tube radios, built 1958 or 1968 (dont remember). Internals died a few times, retro-fitted by a UKW radio receiver, then an MP3 player, now its a Raspi radio. It runs most of the time if I am at home

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I still have a clock radio from the 1970s around. No repairs needed, it's amazing the difference no moving parts makes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I have a cherry wood cabinet from the 1890s that I use to store food. Every day I take a box of cereal from it and put it back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I have a cupboard from 1789. I use it to store stuff, so yeah, I use it every day.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

My pocket mirror had a copyright date of 1914, but it's reasonable to assume it's a bit newer than that. It's probably around 100 years old.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A 1797 George III Cartwheel penny, and some other old English coins. I don't use them as such, but I look at them daily. It's a great distraction from trivial issues to look at them on my desk and wonder how many people have owned them and what the owners bought with them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

My 1880 foursquare.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

My '97 car?
Clothing? Furniture?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My dick. I've used that every day since I was born.

The dresser in my bedroom was my dad's and it's older than me. I think it's around 50 years old.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

If it's truly daily use only, then surprising myself, I think it might actually be my phone.

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