<p>1991 Honda Civic
1984 Sharp Microwave/convection oven
1987 Mitsubishi stereo tv
1981 Fingerhut silverware set
all stuff bought from Ikea in 1987
My house has a dial phone from 1956 (when house was built)
I think I have some coupons that are 20 years old. No expiration dates and no upc codes on most, heck some of the products don’t even exist anymore. Not sure why I still have the Band-aid coupon for $0.10 …</p>
<p>My mother still has the Mix Master from when she got married in 1960…</p>
<p>They don’t make appliances or electronics today that will last as long as the old stuff.</p>
<p>Oh I remember when IKEA used to last! We still have some of their pine and glass cabinets from about the 1982-83 era…and they aren’t even slightly jiggly.</p>
<p>A Loden coat I got when I was pregnant with Mathson. A leotard that I wore in high school. DH has a red wool jacket he got on a Boy Scout trip to the Grand Canyon. I’ve got a number of African clothing items dating from the 1970s that have been worn at various International Dinners at the schools. Nothing electronic that I can think of though our clock radios are probably 18+ years old.</p>
<p>I just found a really nice pair of leather dressy boots I wore in college and in my early 20’s, and I gave them to my niece who was very happy to have them.</p>
<p>13" Sony TV on the kitchen counter was bought in "81. It still has the best picture in the house.
Still using 30+ year old wedding present stainless and everyday dishes thanks to Ebay to provide replacements for lost/broken ones (and good conservative choices at the start - no seagulls or sailboats on the dishes!)
We have an IBM PC Jr in the closet - along with the 8-track tape style cartridges for programs. We are holding out for the Smithsonian to call and ask for it.</p>
<p>We have all kinds of very old things because my mother in law lived in the same house (with the exception of a very few years after she got married and before she had kids) from birth until her late 70’s and her grandparents lived next door. My in-laws lived with their parents until the parents (my H’s grandparents) passed away. This is not very common in this day and age. We have a huge Lionel O-gauge train set with all of the operating stations and the “Plasticville” town (plastic was new at the time) that dates from about 1950 onward, and everything still works because my husband can fix the things as fast as they break. We have some very old cut glass bowls and vases and some stemware and other things that one normally sees at antique sales. We have some very old books (late 1800’s, early 1900’s). My husband has a lot old power and non-power tools that were his grandfather’s and other people’s because people know he will use them, so they give them to him. We have weird things like an old barrel of nails and a very old scale with a removable weighing basket that looks like it was used in an old grocery store or something (we used to weigh our babies on it ) We have a 1965 Mustang that was off the road for 20 years from the time my son was born in 1984 until 2004, but has now been restored beautifully by my husband and daughter and registered as an antique historic car.</p>
<p>I forgot - from MY side of the family - I have a really good large and heavy colander that sets in the sink that was my grandmother’s. It is a little beat up, but I have never seen one as well made and heavy sold in a store.</p>
<p>I’m still using several pieces of Guardian Service cookware that I got from my mother’s and grandmother’s kitchens. They’re at least as old as I am and maybe even 10 years older - probably made in the 40’s. Nothing made today lasts or cooks like it. I just love the stuff!</p>
<p>I have to giggle at household stuff being “old” at 25. I have lots of stuff I’m still using that I got for my wedding … hadn’t considered it old before, but … like H & me … I guess it is. :)</p>
<p>My grandmother got married in 1906. She had a gold watch which was given to her by a boyfriend she “dated” before she met my grandfather. So, I’m not sure exactly how old it is, but it’s more than 100 years old. It has never been repaired and keeps perfect time. Yep, “it keeps on tickin.”</p>
<p>A nice silver necklace bought by my mom when I was 8. Mom always used to say, “It is going to be yours when I’m obsolete”.</p>
<p>A pleated skirt from last century. Proudly acquired at the Bon for $5 or so. When I was running through the Bon (oops, Macy’s) a couple of weeks ago, I saw a display of some chichi designer outfits, and sure enough, there was my skirt, paired with a bright yellow top. And no, it will cost you more than $5. If you keep it long enough, it will be back in style! As long as you fit in it… :)</p>
<p>1) A bright red Tot stapler that I found on the sidewalk while walking home from elementary school in the early 1960s. It still works perfectly. It is my oldest possession.</p>
<p>2) An RCA tabletop AM/FM radio. I banked every paycheck I earned from my first college campus job, but at the end of that (1972/73 sophomore) year, I treated myself to just one purchase–a radio. It has remained at my bedside through many relocations, including six interstate moves. It is my most cherished possession. </p>
<p>3) Clear glass salt and pepper shakers with stainless steel screw-on tops, sold by Woolworth’s on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. They were my first household purchase for my first apartment. I bought them in August 1975, and I last used them three hours ago.</p>
<p>4) A Texas Instruments TI-1400 9-volt battery-operated hand-held calculator, given to me by my best friend, who ran into me in the grocery store and saw me shopping with a pen and notepad, on which I kept a running subtotal of my purchases to avoid exceeding my $12/week food budget. That was in late 1976. The calculator has never malfunctioned and is still going strong. </p>
<p>5) Three long-sleeved cotton shirts–one ruby red, one royal purple, one navy blue–imported from India. I bought them 34-35 years ago from the Free People’s Store, a hole-in-the-wall shop on the 4300 block of Locust Street in Philadelphia. The shirts still look brand-new, but have shrunk from repeated washings, so a few years ago, I gave them to my daughter. She will take them to college with her–possibly back to Philadelphia. The Free People’s Store still exists, but has expanded, and now operates nationwide under a somewhat new name: Urban Outfitters.</p>
<p>We have a Dutch grandfather clock from about 1780 which was handed down thru my wife’s family and keeps time perfectly. There is at least one other companion clock that an aunt has.</p>
<p>Right now I am wearing an Omega Seamaster which was given to my father in 1966 in recognition of 25 years of service at IBM. It runs a wee bit slow but is still ticking.</p>
<p>Re tv’s, we have gone flat panel for the two in the house.</p>
<p>Looks like the responses are mostly about appliances, but I still gotta rave about by 16 year old London Fog waterproof all-weather floral coat. It has survived many brutal Western NY winters, and short of a little fraying at the ends of the sleeves (that I am getting repaired at the tailor next week), it still looks great. I STILL get compliments on it - I give people a little history and tell them I bought it at 75% off when one of the flagship department stores in downtown Rochester closed, that was the only way I could afford it back then as I was still in grad school. I have a picture holding my nine-month daughter wearing the coat on the shores of Loch Ness (she is almost 17 now). And I am wearing it now on the way out the door to the office…am I really that frugal???</p>
<p>My Hamilton Beach blender 1982, also crockpot same year (wedding gifts)</p>
<p>We have an old “rooster head” wind up (with pendulum) clock on our mantle circa 1880’s that runs perfectly and always chimes on the hour and half hour. </p>
<p>My grandmother’s Waltham wristwatch (with a dial so tiny I can barely read it) from the 1960’s is still working.</p>
<p>I’ve got one: The Paul Stuart tuxedo my dad sprang for as a college senior in 1950. Its most recent appearance was at my son’s winter formal last month. Classic shawl collar – makes him look like Sean Connery-era James Bond. It was mine from 1973 unti a couple of years ago, although I, um, grew out of it in the '90s.</p>
<p>A “Roxbury” tall case clock (grandfather) passed down from hubby’s great great great great grandfather who (according to note in back written by great great) “fought in the latter part of the Revolutionary War…sharing in the victory at the Battle of Saratoga…born 1761…died 1840…built home about 1800…clock probably purchased for the new home.” So…208ish years?</p>
<p>Panasonic clock radio that has awakened my husband every day since 1974.</p>
<p>Mitsubishi made Montgomery Ward tv from 1984–still has a great picture.</p>
) We have a 1965 Mustang that was off the road for 20 years from the time my son was born in 1984 until 2004, but has now been restored beautifully by my husband and daughter and registered as an antique historic car.</p>