How old are things you have that you consider above average age for similar items?

debodun

debodun

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way upstate in New York, USA
I'll start out with my list as an example:

House - 121 years
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window air conditioner - 36 years±
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lawn mower - 24 years
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cat - 18 years
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car - 16 years
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I still wear a dress shirt that I bought forty-two years ago. It's in very good shape, and it is worn a few times a year. If you properly take care of things you have, they will usually last far longer than "average." Most people, unfortunately, have bought the whole "disposable goods" lifestyle, and manufacturers now exploit that by dumping inferior goods on the world market. Sad.
 

My dryer is 42 years old !!!!! We only replaced the belt once and it still works perfect . Now it's at the point I don't want a new one - I want to see how long this will last .
 
That LL Bean stuff is hard to beat. Seems to last forever. They have a lot of stores here in Maine and New Hampshire.


84 and 1933 for me. I'm more afraid of my mind regressing 'til it's in like "new condition", as in, "He now has the mind of a four year old" :D
 
I have a set of two half-slips that were given to me at a party to celebrate my 21st birthday. I still use them on occasion and they're coming up on their 45th birthday.
 
Does a tube-type TV of 30yrs count?. I also have an oscillating fan out in the garage that was given to me when I was 14 , 55 years ago. It looked old then, but it works just fine. The base/housing , is cast iron !
 
Cast iron skillet - exact age unknown but has been in continuous use since 1907, when my grandmother was married. Family lore .... it came from her mother's kitchen. It's still my 'go to' skillet.
 
We've got a Montgomery Wards chest freezer in the basement....bought it in 1972...and it hasn't missed a beat. A person is lucky today if they buy an appliance and it lasts more than a year or two past the warranty.
 
Don M. said:
We've got a Montgomery Wards chest freezer in the basement....bought it in 1972...and it hasn't missed a beat. A person is lucky today if they buy an appliance and it lasts more than a year or two past the warranty.
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I have had two modern refrigerators in the 17 years I have lived here. And the ice maker in this current one has failed.

My 'old' one was given to me in 1972 [no idea how old it was then] when i divorced , and lasted until 2001 when I moved here and decided to modernize....
 
Toomuchstuff said:
My dryer is 42 years old !!!!! We only replaced the belt once and it still works perfect . Now it's at the point I don't want a new one - I want to see how long this will last .
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I have one of those, too. It's an old Kenmore (avocado color) that was my mother's. I don't know exactly when it was purchased, but it was in the house when I came home after daddy died, in 1977. It has had a new belt, and maybe a heating element (not sure), but it is still going strong. They don't make 'em anymore like they used to!
 
I am still using my Mom's old Coldspot freezer from Sears. I was about 10 when my parents purchased it. I'm now 73. It was a package deal. It came loaded with all kinds of frozen foods. I particularly remember the ice cream bars. Such fun to just go down to the basement and get ice cream. As I remember after they were gone my Mom didn't replenish the supply very often. It was used for more practical items.

Nothing wrong with it now but people have said it probably isn't as energy efficient as a new one. As long as it runs I'm holding onto it.freezer (800x600).jpg
 

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