<p>Grandpa’s Singer sewing machine form the thirties (the one that sits on a little table with legs made out of cast iron that is so darn heavy to move!) was unbelievable! I learned to sew on it, and no matter what kind of abuse I subjected it to, the only things that occasionally broke were the needles. I’m still mad at my sister who sold it because it was “taking up space” in her garage.</p>
<p>1975 Hotpoint microwave oven that H and I got from his parents as a wedding gift. It’s the zombie microwave–it just won’t die! We had a fuse replaced 15 years ago, but that’s been it for repairs.</p>
<p>20+ yeaer old Fridgidaire refrig. DH bought it for his apartment before we were dating…it’s the main refrig in our house. I don’t particularly like it, but can’t just buy a new because I don’t like it…and I never thought it would still be in the house for our 19th Wedding Anniversary.</p>
<p>I have a Waring blender (single speed, built like a tank) I inherited from my mother that’s from the 1950s. It still works fine.</p>
<p>I still use some hand tools from the 1940s or older but there’s not much to break on them.</p>
<p>I still drive my 1966 Mustang as a daily driver. It’s now 44 years old with hundreds of thousands of miles and I can’t drive it with the top down without getting compliments and purchase offers for it - even on the freeway at 65mph! And for those of you outside Southern Cal, it’s top down weather here (upper 70s to low 80s).</p>
<p>Oh yes, I still have Revereware from when I married. Add to that my mother’s Revereware which she gave to me a number of years back. She said that she got tired of cleaning the copper bottoms and Revereware frying pans are not non-stick. Mom’s got a point…</p>
<p>Our Maytag Washer & Dryer work great. They have just made two decades and show no signs of stopping (knocking wood). We have had to get a pump replaced on the washer as the tenants let a rat into the house that ate the hose so chlorine dripped onto the pump, but otherwise very little care or maintenance. Those are probably the longest lived appliances in our home.</p>
<p>Oh yea, I forgot the Farberware & Revereware cookware I bought myself back in the early 80s when I moved home with my first full-time job. We’ve done some awful things to them but they keep working great & are better than anything else we’ve looked at to replace them!</p>
<p>I had a 1985 sony color tv still going strong in 2007 when I gave it to the moving men when I moved. I bought it at Crazy Eddie on 57th street NYC. Lasted a lot longer than Eddie’s store.</p>
<p>I am still using the Revere Ware that I got for wedding presents --except the dutch oven which I just replaced cause I burnt the handles off putting it in the oven. But I also use daily the cast iron frying pans that my grandmother got as wedding presents in 1912!</p>
<p>Our toaster is a Sunbeam that H bought in a Goodwill Store in 1975 – it was old then, but it still is toasting away!</p>
<p>You put the pot in the oven, lololu?! :eek:</p>
<p>We have a Sabatier carbon steel paring knife that my wife has owned since the 70s. The thing has corroded down to a ragged, comical-looking sliver, but it still cuts better than a new stainless steel knife.</p>