Out of curiosity one day I asked to my eldest uncle about what's the oldest thing we have in our village house? I was surprised to know that it is a very old, at least 200 years old, hand run stone 'chakki' (grinder). I have always seen that placed in a corner but never thought it could be so old.
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21 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 19h
We still use 80 year old sewing equipment from my grandfather, who was a taylor. My favorite is a giant pair of fabric scissors.
We display an alphabet embroidery done by my great grandmother when she was a school girl. It is dated 1881.
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136 sats \ 4 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 19h
Wow 80 years old! Something like this?
Or the handles are made of brass?
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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 19h
Exactly like that, except yours look a little more worn.
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36 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 17h
I've one more with brass handles. I mostly use that one.
So good to know about the other thing that's also so much old.
I think because in India the culture is still very rustic, we often come across so much of things fron the past. Until 2000 or so the house of my mom's father (Nana ji) was built of mud. It was however a splendid 3 storied house. People here still do ploughing with ox and a tool made of wood, not very prevalent but can be seen.
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 17h
Everything in the US is new, with a few exceptions.
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 17h
I agree. I don't think US even has a building or a monument older than 300 or 400 years.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @IamSINGLE 13h
A 1943 coin, I found it in the old room of my great granpa.
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41 sats \ 1 reply \ @suraz 14h
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 14h
Sure I know. We also use it till date to measure things in villages when doing exchange of goods particularly. I also have some weights like 1 ser 2 ser.
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 17h
I have a down sleeping bag for backpacking that's about 40 years old. It's still in decent shape (the nylon is getting a little bit...crinkly might be the right word), and I used it recently.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 13h
I remember until a few years ago I had my school backpack in the storeroom. I was so surprised to find it there because I remembered I had it thrown.
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @anon 17h
‘04 Corolla still runs like a charm
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter OP 15h
Wow! Corrollas are ageless and matchless.
Is that the oldest? Or it's just the first thing came to your mind after reading the question?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 1h
I think it’s the oldest, at the least it’s the oldest item I use regularly
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 17h
A rock I found at the beach where we harvest mussels.
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Don't know how old it is but it must be a few million years at least...although the area is volcanic so may be less?
It has strange markings on it which may be of human origin but not sure of its true story...it is shaped in a roughly adze/axe head shape.
I guess the mussels and Paua (abalone) at that beach have been harvested for many years before we found them!
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28 sats \ 2 replies \ @plebpoet 18h
my body?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 17h
That can be true but I believe if you search for something older you'll find.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 17h
Your soul may be older!?
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @senf 18h
I have a shirt that's about 25 years old.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Coinsreporter OP 13h
Thanks for reminding. I too have my toddler clothes, more than 25 years old for sure, which were bought on my first birthday. My mother has kept them safe.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @senf 12h
Ha, I got my shirt in college!
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @j7hB75 20h
A Dell XPS 17 from 2011 (14 years old). Installed Linux on it a while back and it runs like a charm.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 20h
That's sounds like pre-history but not too old. I'm surprised you don't own anything older than that.
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @carter 20h
Probably the antique Griswold cast iron skillet I got from my grandpa
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter OP 20h
A skillet! Does it look much different than the ones we can buy these days?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 1h
Some of comic books, Tintin, so it has 40 years old more or less
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @astro_penguin 3h
Probably the washer and dryer in my house. They both came with the house when I bought it, and the invoice for them is from 1993. I have much older things like books, coins, and collectibles but I don't really use them regularly.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 4h
I have a 40 year old fridge, it still works, I've had to get someone to make new hinges when the door fell off and replace the rubbers a few times, other than that its been pretty solid
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 5h
My penis
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 4h
Penis can't be measured in standard time, but in strokes per week, so it can age faster or slower than others! I'm so far in the future that my penis is now in a quantum state where it is stroked and also not stroked at the same time
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @mrsu 7h
My dressing gown. I've had it for over 20 years, but it was bought second hand, so likely its much older.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoiner1 8h
I still use a Sony mini disc player.
Not sure when I got it, maybe it was 2004
This devices were a big failure.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Blank 10h
A Kem Weber Walt Disney animation desk. Technically not mine, but it is in my house and I use it from time to time.
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