About half of my books.
An ice cream scooper from the 1940’s with a mechanical scoop releaser and a bread knife from the 80’s, both random bits that were passed down the family. Nothing special, just very well made tools. Also a Hala desk lamp circa 1950.
My aunt has a 40’s era sunbeam stand mixer that works perfectly… just needs a new electrical chord. Most things are made to be replaced now. Those not so much.
My sister in law got my mil’s KitchenAid stand mixer that my wife carved her brother’s name into when she was a kid. Works like a champ.
The bed that my father has built for my wife and me some 30 years ago. My father sleeps in his grave now. My wife and I still sleep in this bed.
Clay bowl I made in high school. It’s where pocket coins accumulate until I dump them into the machine at the bank that puts them back into my account.
Whirlpool washer and dryer from the 80’s. They came with the house and they are INVINCIBILE.
Damn straight. Still rocking the Whirlpool dishwasher that came with the house in 1992. Unfortunately the Whirlpool oven range that came with the house is barely functional. The oven still works, but I can’t get the pilots to ignite on the stovetop. The Whirlpool dryer still works effectively, though it could be better.
Currently remodeling my house, so I’m definitely planning to upgrade to a Whirlpool washer-dryer combo, and I’ll likely get a Whirlpool dual-fuel oven range. And if push comes to shove, I might get a new Whirlpool dishwasher.
I mean, unless Whirlpool’s products were hit with the enshittification stick…
I mean, unless Whirlpool’s products were hit with the enshittification stick…
do I have bad news for you.
do your due diligence and read bad reviews for any models you’re looking at buying. no company will purchase bad reviews and you can clearly tell if the reviewer is an absolute walnut that couldn’t pour piss from a boot.
usually I’ll find a model that has bad reviews from a bunch of buffoons then check out the good reviews from multiple locations, the more obscure the source the better. bestbuy.com? no thanks. applianceguyaskingwhy.com? that’s a winner.
A Steinway D grand piano. My dad bought it for my mom before I was born. She still plays it every day, and I used to play it a lot too, before I moved out a month ago.
It’s wild to me that some people have space for a grand piano in their house! I don’t think it would fit in any room we have. Heck, it wouldn’t even fit through the door to get it inside in the first place.
The legs get dismantled and it’s turned sideways to fit in.
my HP Printer / Scanner from 1998
Almost invaluable rn.
X10 to turn off/on a couple lights remotely. It uses radio waves so no bs “smart home” data mining app. This thing
Ah, x10… I can still hear the “chunk” of a switch flipping on.
X10? Holy hell there’s a name I haven’t heard in a while…
Other users: *switches to wayland*
Meanwhile you:
My kid swipped my old x10 and uses it. I have a very old insteaon set up that I use.
WW2-era P-38 can opener.
I’m mildly irritated that none of the photos on Wikipedia show it folded.
My alarm clock. It’s probably 30 years old now. It projects the time onto the ceiling, which is amazing when you wake up in the morning and don’t know if you over or under slept. I don’t use the alarm, but the ceiling clock is invaluable.
Pretty sure most of my stuff is over 20 years old at this point. My razor is at least 60.
I have too many old razors.
My current razor is a feather asd2, less than a decade old.
I got this solid marble 6ft lamp I stole from a landfill. Wrapped that bitch in ivy. Swapped to pink and blue bulbs.
A E S T H E T I C
Also I only drive cars from before the 80’s because I don’t like fuel injection or computers in cars
Also I only drive cars from before the 80’s because I don’t like fuel injection or computers in cars
Nice.
I drive cars from the '90s and early 2000s because I’m okay with EFI, but not with “telemetry” or weird proprietary “infotainment”.
Breadbox, colander, all the silverware, plates cups bowls.
Oh, house.
All of my musical instruments and a surprising number of tools. A lot of vinyl records. He’ll I have computer thats 25 years old that I still turn on.
Most of my audio gear. Receivers, turntable, eq, speakers…
If you want to build yourself a nice “vintage” sound system, look for things made before 1980ish. pretty much everything built before that was made to last and can always be repair. After that, they started to deliberately make things that would break within a couple of years so that isn’t meant to be repaired.
