What is the oldest thing you own that you still use daily?
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I inherited the thing because I found it in my grandma’s closet when I was 6 and helping her clean her room. I asked her who owned it, and she said it was my dead grandpa’s violin. So I asked again, then who’s is it? She thought about it and said “I dunno, I guess whichever of you grandkids learns to play it first.”
Have you had it insured? I see they go for roughly 20.000 to 150.000 USD, so I assume it's an 'of course I have' moment, but you seem to be quite nonchalant with it so far
wrote last edited by [email protected]Got it insured by Lloyd's of London when they authenticated it's age and tag. That's the source of my nonchalance.
Edit: I will say their insurance policies are astounding in what they cover, but they are pricey.
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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.
3 piece safety razor from the 1950s.
And soon a watch from 1950 too. Its a wind up watch. -
How faded is it?
It's suprisingly in great condition. The only sign of wear is the paint on the eyes has chipped off in some areas.
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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.
Used to use a double edge razor from the 1960s, I still have it. Gillette Slim.
I just use a modern DE instead, 2015 I think. Feather AS-D2.
Both of them will probably outlast me. Especially the Feather, even though it's newer and therefore theoretically made with less care, it was made in Japan, and it's entirely stainless steel, not pot metal. Very strong. You'd need to run it over with a truck to break it.
If cared for, nothing is stopping the Gillette from going another 60 years either.
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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.
My house is from 1884 so that’s used pretty often.
I’ve moved continents so I haven’t brought too many older items with me generally speaking
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P-38 can opener from World War II. This little thing is the best can opener I've ever owned.
Drat, I was hoping it was shaped like a little Lockheed Lightning.
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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.
My flat was built in the 70s. So probably that. My violin is much older but I don't play much these days (certainly not daily).
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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.
I wear a cord jacket from first grade as a bolero (I'm in my mid 30s). I got older stuff but this usually weirds people out.
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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.
My wallet is the last piece of leather I will ever own.
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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.
Probably my Granddads 1950s East German office chair.
Got it when he passed since I always used to sit in it when drawing at his desk.Gas spring is a bit leaky and the leather is a bit faded but it's more solid and comfy than anything new under €500 I tried.
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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.
Probably my legs, or something
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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.
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.
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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.
My '97 car?
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Yup absolutely. FM and AM, thats why I had it restored.
Leuk, there's something cool about being able to listen to an ad for crypto on a device made when cheques were the new rage.
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Not exactly. There's a break in the chain of ownership, when it came to the new world in the late 1700s. We're not entirely certain how my great great great grandfather came into possession of it, but we believe that he either won it in a game of poker, or he possibly stole it during the commotion of the last quarter century of the 1700s.
Thanks for the info on Magini. I just knew he made my violin, or more likely one of his apprentices. And that he and another dude in Florence
arewere simultaneously credited for inventing the thing independently of each other.Edit: there's a fuckton more info on the guy than I could find back in 1993 when I looked into him
wrote last edited by [email protected]Glad to help!
or he possibly stole it during the commotion of the last quarter century of the 1700s.
commie
I see the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, lol.
That right there is one of the stories I'd love to know the details of.
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My house is from 1884 so that’s used pretty often.
I’ve moved continents so I haven’t brought too many older items with me generally speaking
Holy shit, same. It's either 1884 or 1887, i'm not sure.
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What, it's not built on a Roman wall? Boooring. /s
It's crazy to me how commonplace truly deep history is over the pond. Like, there's been multiple different cities in the same place at different times, basically.
I'm equally fascinated by the idea that the American peoples were there for so many thousand years with such dynamic cultures without a similar built environment. Little physical trace but an immense history
Edit: dammit, this was a week ago. I'm not great at conversation!
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I'm equally fascinated by the idea that the American peoples were there for so many thousand years with such dynamic cultures without a similar built environment. Little physical trace but an immense history
Edit: dammit, this was a week ago. I'm not great at conversation!
No worries.
Yep. Australian too. And then there's ancient civilisations that are now poorly attested, but definitely were just as happening as other things around. The Cucuteni-Trypillians come to mind; they had the largest city on Earth at one point, but then that whole pocket of complexity - their whole world - faded out completely, and ended up named after where we found some buried ruins. Similarly, we have to assume the Parthian Empire was just as literate and culturally rich as their rival Rome, but because papyrus doesn't usually last and they didn't spawn successor factions like the Church and Byzantium, their works are lost.
There are ancient native sites around my area (they did build!), and they can be kinda cool, but we basically have no idea what the people who built them were like, or how many waves of migration and replacement have happened since. If it doesn't get recorded it's prehistory, and prehistory is just a little tantalizing.
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No worries.
Yep. Australian too. And then there's ancient civilisations that are now poorly attested, but definitely were just as happening as other things around. The Cucuteni-Trypillians come to mind; they had the largest city on Earth at one point, but then that whole pocket of complexity - their whole world - faded out completely, and ended up named after where we found some buried ruins. Similarly, we have to assume the Parthian Empire was just as literate and culturally rich as their rival Rome, but because papyrus doesn't usually last and they didn't spawn successor factions like the Church and Byzantium, their works are lost.
There are ancient native sites around my area (they did build!), and they can be kinda cool, but we basically have no idea what the people who built them were like, or how many waves of migration and replacement have happened since. If it doesn't get recorded it's prehistory, and prehistory is just a little tantalizing.
Tantalising is a damn good word. Sums up my perspective on this so well!
