• MonkRome@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    I have a 100+ year old singer I sometimes still use. The old machines are very sturdy and can punch through leather and canvas. It was my great grandmothers, then aunts, now mine.

  • VinegarChunks@lemmus.org
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    9 days ago

    My first Costco purchase was 19 years ago, my Philips 47” LCD TV is still alove and kicking and has outlived 2 other TVs we have had in that time.

  • cinoreus@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    A wall clock that was gifted to my grandparents on their marriage anniversary, and I’ve been fighting everyone in the house to keep it.

    That clock is close to 40 years old, and still is functional. It’s a simple clock made in Germany. No protective glass or a seconds hand. Just a plain clock that has turn brown over time. Everyone in my home thinks it’s trash. I think it’s an engineering marvel.

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      9 days ago

      I thought you meant you were competing over who gets to be the owner, but no. Keep fighting that good fight! Perhaps inviting your household to its 40th birthday will win hearts and minds.

  • Rawrosaurus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 days ago

    A lot of my books. Two harddrives in my server. My couch. My tables. My chairs. My bike. A computer case. A laptop.

    Some are not just over 20, they’re over 50 or in some cases over 100. In one case more than 300. I’ll let you guess which would be which.

  • rmuk@feddit.uk
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    10 days ago

    Thanks to a particular YouTube personality I imported a toaster from the US and converted it to run on 230v. My modifications aside, it’s from the late 1950s and still works perfectly.

  • mceldritch@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Many kitchen and furniture items but if you are talking about things that usually go obsolete, a CRT computer monitor from 1984 (Commodore 1702).

  • procrastitron@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    I have an upright piano that was made in 1914.

    In retrospect I wish I had gotten a newer/smaller piano… that thing weighs as much as a small car and it’s volume is more appropriate for a concert hall than a house.

    We got it from a piano restoration company that sold it to us for just the cost of moving it because they have too many ancient uprights that no one wants.