About half of my books.

my HP Printer / Scanner from 1998

The bed that my father has built for my wife and me some 30 years ago. My father sleeps in his grave now. My wife and I still sleep in this bed.

Clay bowl I made in high school. It’s where pocket coins accumulate until I dump them into the machine at the bank that puts them back into my account.

WW2-era P-38 can opener.

Kitchen utensils, Cupboards, furnitures, framed pictures, our car & some tools.

I have swiss army knife, it’s 19 years old so not quite 20, i use it everyday. I take it on every longer journey and there’s virtually no situation where it doesn’t help in some way… even if it’s the silly toothpick, I’m always happy to have it.

A Mosin bayonet. uh wait, I gotta go.

I have a 100+ year old singer I sometimes still use. The old machines are very sturdy and can punch through leather and canvas. It was my great grandmothers, then aunts, now mine.

Realistic Lab 400 turntable.

For those who don’t know Realistic is an old Radio Shack brand. Because their users were tech savvy they came with full repair manuals detailing schematics, parts lists, assembly diagrams, etc…

This all makes it extremely easy to repair. I recently replaced the capacitors after it became apparent the direct drive was unstable. There was no question what I needed to order or where exactly it needed to go.

I will likely have it until the day I die.

A wall clock that was gifted to my grandparents on their marriage anniversary, and I’ve been fighting everyone in the house to keep it.

That clock is close to 40 years old, and still is functional. It’s a simple clock made in Germany. No protective glass or a seconds hand. Just a plain clock that has turn brown over time. Everyone in my home thinks it’s trash. I think it’s an engineering marvel.

Loads of things.

Kitchen: My stove us 30+ years old. Loads of kitchen gadgets, too. The older knife set my wife uses (she is too afraid to use mine), but mine might touch the 20 years, too.

Living room: The table is 30+, as well as the side table I made.

Basement: The shelves I built 30ish years ago - and they will probably last longest, as they are welded from steel.

And thousands of other things.

My computer desk is a hand-me-down from my dad, it was already old 20 years ago…

I have a thing for old computers, so… My C64, VIC-20, plus/4, A600, A1200, NES, Sega master system, PowerBook G4. I can’t fit all on my desk at once, so three are in storage, but I rotate.

Also, my graphing calculator. I bought it new in 2000. I think they haven’t changed much, as there’s still just a handful of models approved for state exams. I took a skipper course five years ago, and that’s the one I brought.

NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, Wii, a cuckoo clock, that kind of cat clock with the eyes and tail that go side to side, a coffee grinder with the handle, my husband.