I’m in my 70s, soooo pretty much everything I own. Sigh.
Do you mind if I ask you how you made it to Lemmy?
I found it on the internet.
The cast iron has made it 30 years with me and I expect it to live past my lifetime and my kids’ lifetimes and if they have any kids who want them, outlive them as well.
I have some furniture (cabinets) from my grandma that my kids want when I die too, in particular the gun cabinet my dad converted to a shelved cabinet.
I never want to move again, so the house I hope but it requires so much maintenance I don’t know if it counts.
If I can possibly keep my 2014 Honda going I will. Would prefer to keep it until I stop driving (love it so much) but like the house, at some point I’m not sure it’s the same car.
I have ADHD, so literally nothing is safe.
Same, but I have some hope for the 440 lbs anvil in the shed.
Same. Plus hobbies and interests change so there is always new stuff coming and old stuff going.
There are some strange answers here. Either there are a lot of very old people or people who should be on suicide watch given their suggestions of things that clearly won’t last very long. I’m assuming a difference between things breaking and things being broken through misuse.
The clothes that juuuuust don’t quite fit that I’m hoarding just in case I manage to lose that wright I’ve been trying to lose for the last thirty years now.
I’m going to assume I’ll live another 45 years here.
My first electric Guitar should probably last and holds some sentimental value. My other guitars I can imagine selling at some point even though right now I like them.
Maybe some tools will last that are little more than solid pieces of metal. But how much use I’ll have for them when I’m in my 80s i don’t know, so maybe they move on before I do.
Kitchen table and coffee table are very solid and may out live my kids. But maybe we’ll decide to swap to something else with a different style after 30 years, who knows.
That’s all I can think of that has any chance of me keeping that long without breaking through standard use.
My bicycle
A really good friend got me a Le Creuset dutch oven for christmas and I got another used one for relatively cheap and I really love them. I would never buy them new, but they are really well made and I’ve managed to bake some nice sourdough bread with them.
My collection of straight razors.
Most are made somewhere in the last century, some are even older then that. These have a theoretical lifespan as sharpening them will remove the tiniest bit of metal but as I have 100+ of them I think I will never ever have to buy a razor again in my life. Heck, even my children and their grandchildren will be able to use them. If they have the nerve and courage to use them that is.
Came here to say my DE razor that I bought second hand which was made before WW2. Still going strong and used every day.
Pffft, that takes too long. Real men shave with a belt sander.
A hercules coffee cup I’ve had since I was around six.
Electric shaver (oscillating)
Bone-conducting headphones
Multi-tool (all stainless construction)
Does the shaver and headphones have replaceable batteries?
Thanks for asking.
I just looked it up and the shaver has an ifixit video on how to replace the battery. Looks like a 10-15 minute changeover.
No video or instructions for the headphones, but a replacement battery part is available.
What has made bone conducting so good for you? I got a pair from my partner but we aren’t super impressed vs earbuds, except they suit fitness better
I like them, because most of my use cases are to still be able to hear if other people close-by call out.
Being able to use them wet is a bonus.
The 8hr playback is good for me.
They are quite hardy
The lower sound quality and lower volume is not a problem for me, because it is at a passable level.
If I want crisp sound, it’s on monitors or decent enclosed headphones.
I’m old enough to realize most everything will either need to be replaced or given up as lifestyles change, but young enough not to count random stuff I happen to have.
Some really precious things I’ll keep forever, but don’t really use.
Just looking around the house and thinking, will I have any of this in my last years is sobering.
That said there are a few knickknacks I’m likely to keep since they are small and easy to keep up with. Maybe my collection of old Christmas albums. A few ornaments. A few Keychain. Deploymas…
My accoustic guitar, I desperately hope, I love it way too much to ever be without it.
A morakniv knife, a ka-bar knife and an Opinel knife.
A Citizen watch A Kenneth Cole mechanical watch
A lighter
Now I understand why we men love all these things. They last forever and for some reason this really appeals to men.
Opinel knives are the shit! I use them exclusively for fletching.
My umbrella. It’s been absolutely worth it to invest in a solid umbrella.
Need a brand and model name here, please !
Mine is a Davek, and it’s wonderful. Nice wooden handle and has never failed me, even in strong winds. They even gave me a card I can use to replace it once, if anything happens to it!
Thank you ! They sadly aren’t avaliable in my country :(
But I’ll make sure to buy one if I go abroad
Come to Wales, it won’t last 6 months. Whenever I see someone with an umbrella I can’t help think they’re new here