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What is the oldest thing you own that you still use daily?

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  • D [email protected]

    Straight razor or safety?

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    Safety single edge. The only razor I’ve ever been comfortable with.

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      Gem razors ftw!

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      My absolute favorite! And a good pickup on your side. Gem gang represent.

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        My razor is from 1912.

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        I came here to say my safety razor from 1932 that I use daily, but you beat me by a couple decades!

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          My absolute favorite! And a good pickup on your side. Gem gang represent.

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          I find it so surprising that the single edge gem blades didn't take over the shaving world, compared to the standard double edged safety razor. The angle is built right into the razor head, it's essentially idiot proof!

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          • M [email protected]

            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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            My dad was friends with the guy who designed the Aztec Hotel. He didn't want regular light fixtures originally, so he came up with an idea for lighted columns, and he made a prototype table-lamp sized. The was in 1925. The prototype is in my living room and I use it every day.

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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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              Wrist watch that's made from an old pocket watch.

              Waltham watch company: 1895.

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              • M [email protected]

                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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                A Mackie mixer and two nearfield speakers I bought 25 years ago still see hours-daily usage. When the fancy Kenwood tuner died 2-3 years later, I replaced it with a Boss 50w/chan 12vdc transistor amp that still never even gets warm.

                Speaking of Casios, I have an F-105 [1572] 'Illuminator' that's 20 years old and still using the same battery. It gains about 1 minute per year.

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                • S [email protected]

                  My jansport backpack is probably almost a decade old by now. Same with some of the t-shirts I have but they can get kind of smelly if I sweat too much.

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                  Jansport, yep have a green, leather-bottomed one 20 years old still used weekly. One zipper is sometimes a bit sticky.

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                  • M [email protected]

                    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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                    Common sense probably.

                    Most of the things I use are a few years old but nothing crazy old. Some t-shirts are maybe 10-15 years old in some cases, I guess that’s old for some. I have a lot of hand tools that are maybe 50-100 years old but they get less use.

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                    • stinerman@midwest.socialS [email protected]

                      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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                      I was going to say this… but depending on how old you are the term “use” gets a little loose. It performs bodily functions.

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                      • M [email protected]

                        I'm in my 40s now, so I guess my body.

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                        Most of it is a decade old at best ^^

                        sauce: https://book.bionumbers.org/how-quickly-do-different-cells-in-the-body-replace-themselves/

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                        • zombiepirate@lemmy.worldZ [email protected]

                          I've got a couple of cast iron skillets from the early sixties that I use pretty much every day.

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                          I use my grandma's and great grandma's cast iron weekly.

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                          • M [email protected]

                            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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                            My mechanical keyboard. I bought a ducky shine 0 with mx blues when I first got into PC gaming about 11 years ago. I want to upgrade to something fancier but it just never dies!

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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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                              I have the metal 'polenta spoon' that my great grandparents brought to the US from Italy in 1896. I don't use it, but it sits in the utensil bin by my stove. No idea how old it is or why it was deemed important enough to bring on a boat.

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

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                                • M [email protected]

                                  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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                                  Daily? Probably the coffee mug I've had for 15 years.

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                                    I can’t believe how automatic it is!

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                                    My grandfather loved to collect old shit just for the fun of repairing it, that's kind of how I got into my own hobby.

                                    I remember fixing one of these with him, and actually we made a fuckload of toast because it was pretty cool.

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                                    • S [email protected]

                                      Man, I wish you could still get a leather belt for $5. Good luck finding one for $50.

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                                      You can still find them for $5 in thrift shops, just need to be able to tell the difference between the good stuff and the crappy stuff.

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                                      • M [email protected]

                                        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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                                        I have a folding card table that currently serves as my desk. I don't know how old it is -- 1960s, maybe, based on the style of the brand/sales label on the back? It's almost certainly older than I am, at least... Got it from my uncle back when I was in college and its still working well enough that I haven't bothered to replace it.

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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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                                          I have an orange sweater that I got for a christmas present all the way back in 2001 that, despite nearly daily use a my "lounging around at home sweater", is still in almost perfect shape except for the colours fading a bit in the places that see a lot of robbing (elbows, etc...)

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