Just wondering what passes the test of time? I personally have an old Casio watch and if you count fruit trees, those are pretty old too.
I have a cheap plastic hair brush my mum bought me over 40 years ago when I was about 6 or 7, she said it cost a dollar and surprised I still use it daily.
There is nothing wrong with it, so it lives on.
I use my great grandfather’s bottle opener. It’s magnetic and sticks to my fridge, and it’s over 100 years old. Works great!
I have a Brazilian bottle opener that was a marketing gift from a store. The phone number has 4 digits.
I’m in my 40s now, so I guess my body.
Most of it is a decade old at best ^^
sauce: https://book.bionumbers.org/how-quickly-do-different-cells-in-the-body-replace-themselves/
Apparently we are just the brain and eyeballs(and female gonads) piloting a meat sack of Theseus.
Meat sack of Theseus is an excellent band name
lol this is excellent, bravo ^^
And some rat taste buds!
No wonder I love eating cheese and solving mazes so much!
I’m guessing metabolism causes the matter in a brain cell to turn over pretty often, even, and new neurons continue to grow throughout your life. Tooth enamel is the only part I know you can be reasonably sure is the same atoms as it’s always been. Eye lenses might have some chemically durable portion, I suppose.
A person is like a river. Always the same thing, but always changing.
- My house was built in 1960
- My car was made in 1974 (A land rover series 3)
- I go to sleep listening to podcasts on a Sansa MP3 player from 2000 that I’ve used every night since.
- My body, issued in 1971.
Our staircase was built over two centuries ago, and still does its job!
Do you have no fear of splinters‽ Cause I know those stairs would give me a splinter just by looking at them wrong
Hah! I don’t know if it’s because of how old the wood is, but it’s not very splintery, it has a smooth fossilised feel even though it’s so uneven.
Yeah, I’m sure anything that would have splintered off already has by now with how worn it looks. It shouldn’t be an issue now unless a chunk breaks off.
Mmm, delicious non OSHA-compliance. No handrails, no problem!
I’m fascinated with those joints. Are they nailed at all, or is it just held together by gravity, friction and the exterior walls?
No nails, gravity and large wooden stakes / dowels. It’s amazing to me that people made this by hand, and by the looks of it it was some exquisite craftsmanship, but it’s still functional hundreds of years later, unlike most things created today.
Ah, the old style of woodwork. People have almost forgotten it now - really, anyone uninterested in history has, although the traditions lasted longer than you’d think - but nails were once expensive. Scraping things to fit and using wood’s natural flexibility can get you a good way, and the fact it shrinks and hardens after being cut down can also be used to great effect. Although, in this case the fact the female part is a full log makes me somewhat doubtful greenwood techniques were used, aside from maybe to make the dowels.
They would have made this thing entirely without power tools as well (so it’s no wonder they skipped the nice finish). Two centuries ago they probably were using modern hand saws and the like, although certain archaic tools like the drawknife could have been in their kit as well.
Looks dangerous as fuck but pretty cool!
I’ve got a couple of cast iron skillets from the early sixties that I use pretty much every day.
I use my grandma’s and great grandma’s cast iron weekly.
Probably my legs, or something 😜
My razor is from 1912.
I came here to say my safety razor from 1932 that I use daily, but you beat me by a couple decades!
Gem razors ftw!
My absolute favorite! And a good pickup on your side. Gem gang represent.
I find it so surprising that the single edge gem blades didn’t take over the shaving world, compared to the standard double edged safety razor. The angle is built right into the razor head, it’s essentially idiot proof!
Straight razor or safety?
Safety single edge. The only razor I’ve ever been comfortable with.
Gold Gillette Aristocrat 1947 checking in.
A classic to be sure!
I’ve been using the same coffee cup almost every day for the last 50+ years.
Yup, I’m old.
I can’t believe how automatic it is!
My grandfather loved to collect old shit just for the fun of repairing it, that’s kind of how I got into my own hobby.
I remember fixing one of these with him, and actually we made a fuckload of toast because it was pretty cool.
Spine-tingling toast!
Relevant technology connections https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OfxlSG6q5Y
Ok fuck me I need to find one of these on ebay
You lucky bastard!
The old, big chest we store stuff in under the stairs is from 1883
‘Stuff’.
No questions please.Yeah, stuff. You know - stray boxes of Lego, some shoes, keys nobody knows what opens any longer…
I think there might be some pillows in there? Probably spiders.
I have a 100 year old porcelain doll. Her name is Agnes, she has real human hair and is definitely cursed. Does that count?
Other than that, I have a pre-WW2 windup clock that still works perfectly. It’s a solid steel brick.
I have a ninja turtle cereal bowl from when I was a kid that I still use. It’s from 1988.
How faded is it?
It’s suprisingly in great condition. The only sign of wear is the paint on the eyes has chipped off in some areas.
About 15 years go I had to go somewhere that was much much colder than I anticipated, so we made an emergency drive to the closest town, and I bought the warmest jacket they had. It was like $300, but I never regretted it. Its the most practical, comfy, jacket ive ever owned and doesn’t look half bad - even has a hoody you can clip on and off. Got me through snow as well, but its not water proof.
Love that jacket.
I have clothes that are more or less 20 years old. Kitchen utensils that are 25 years old. But I think my body is the oldest thing I have that still works, more or less.
Same. I’d like to find a replacement for the left foot (or at least the left big toe) but I can’t find any, anywhere.
