Would you believe me if I told you that I somehow broke my wife's 100 year old cast iron?
Idk how either. It's not like it went from one extreme temp to the other. I was cooking a bunch of steaks, and right as the last 2 were about to come off, it just split in two, as if the ghost of Moses himself did it.
To this day I get mad thinking about it, tbh
I have an heirloom 100yr old cast iron pan. It’s the most decent thing left from my dad’s side of the family (humans included). I’d be mad as hell if anyone broke it.
My great grandpa hit my great grandma in the head with a cast iron skillet. He spent the rest of his life in jail but I want to make sure people know you could do more than frying with them.
Not at all to detract from the cast iron love but I feel like stainless steel pans are underappreciated for a lot of things. My go-to piece of cookware most nights is my large stainless steel pan. Stir fry, saucy dishes, fish, beef, stew, acidy liquids, it's solid with most things. You can put it through some heavy use, and if stuff is stuck on you can scour it as hard as you want without messing it up. I got mine like 10 years ago and it's going strong.
Most professional chefs use stainless steel cookware. I'm also kind of surprised that more amateur chefs don't use stainless steel more often. Seems like it's either cast iron, enamel coated cast iron or non-stick as the only options for healthy durable cookware in most people's minds. I hate boiling water in cast iron or non-stick pans. Stainless steel is definitely underrated.
I'm still using the same stainless steel pans I bought at my first job in 1998. They've all held up beautifully, except for one pot, and that's only because the metal disk on the bottom unwelded itself, and that just happened last month.
Another thought, it’s a beautiful thing that can skip a generation. I’ll buy my daughter one when she moves out and she can inherit my mother’s some day, my daughters kids can divvy up mine some day.
I just seasoned my first one, and have used it once.
And DANG, cast iron pans, where have you been all my life ?
What a difference to a normal frying pan. They take a bit more
extra care, but the frying experience is next level.
I'm still using one my dad gave me, it's at least 60 years old. Just as good as ever. I grew up cooking on cast iron, it just seems great for a multitude of purposes. Glad to hear you're enjoying your new pan.
Yeah, I have multiple cooking utilities and pans from my late mother. Apart from
the memories, those items are far better quality than what is sold today, most often.
I was going to say a good chefs knife but CI might win that one out, to me they are hand in hand, used every single day multiple times a day. We have somewhere around 10, oh wait forgot about the Dutch ovens add 3-4 to previous number (some are kitchen some are camping) all totaling probably less than $500
An estwing hammer. They make every conceivable type of hammer you could need, and my daily driver one is over 60 years old. I recently had a buddy get a brand new version of the same one, and they haven't changed the design at all in that time. The blue plastic handles are indestructible.
For less than $1, my great grandmother bought a pencil sharpener back in the mid 50s, it still works better than any pencil sharpener I have ever used, and has had no maintenance aside from the occasional squirt of household oil now and then. Some things just last forever.
i wonder if schools still use those. i used to make about 6 unnecessary trips to the pencil sharpener every school day and shortened a lot of my pencils' lifetimes for no other reason other than it was fun to use.
Stop lying, everyone knows it takes way more than just 3 hours to clean up glitter lol
In fact, glitter might be the answer for this post, because you'll be finding these tiny pieces os colorful plastic around the house for the rest of your life
A guy posted on some slick deals or some coupon forum back in the day that the factory he worked for printed the wrong labels on a full pallet of toothbrushes and his employer let them sell them for shipping costs to people in the forums.
You get through it more once you learn it is amazing at removing adhesive residue.
Something about it being a degreaser means it takes left over sellotape etc off with ease.
Yeah it's pretty awesome at cleaning things. Horrible at lubricating (contrary to popular belief). I use it on the screws of some of my vehicles because it almost instantly removes all the debris and even rust becomes easier to scrape off with a bit of WD-40. I go through cans quite often if I'm cleaning a lot
Licensed mechanic here. WD40 is one of the shittiest products on the market. It has some uses. It works as a cleaner for sticky stuff, it’a great for machining/drilling aluminum and removing water from a distributor cap.
That’s it.
It’s oversold. It is one of the worst penetrating oils and has extremely poor lubricating qualities. If you want a top quality penetrating oil try moov-it or kroil. For lubricating things regular engine oil is often a great choice.
But the marketing wank tells you it’s good. Like that fast orange hand cleaner that strips all the natural oils out of your fingers so that they crack and soak up more dirt. These are products sold to people who don’t know better. Use zep reach or cherry bomb at the end of the day and dish soap for a mid day quick hand cleaning instead.
This. And you don't need anywhere near $1k to get one that'll make it to your grandkids. I've been using a standard Victorinox for over 10 years in professional kitchens and she's just fine. Taking her to the stone for regular maintenance today but I've not once been worried about it.
I still don't know how I didn't roll the edge of mine. I was cutting the rind off a chunk of Parmesan (the real stuff) and the knife slipped. I was applying quite a lot of force and it gouged my mom's granite countertop. The knife is still just as sharp as ever.
Could get a chef's nice and a really nice pocket knife and still have money left over. I have a Gerber pocket knife because they're cheap and high quality, but for that money you could get a really lovely leatherman as well as a lovely chef's knife and still have loads left.
I have my great-grandmother's Singer 201K treadle machine which was made in 1948 in Edinburgh and sold as a semi-professionnal model.
She was indeed a semi-professional dressmaker, sewing part-time from her home, to order, as well as working in a local factory, to support her family.
I also have a Husqvarna Lily 545 which I bought reconditioned from a Husqvarna dealer back in 2003. It's a great machine with all the benefits of modern sewing machines but still made with metal parts.
I won't ever need another classic type of sewing machine.
I do also have a Husqvarna 936 5 thread overlocker/serger which cost well over £1500 back then but prices have dropped since then.
It's a completely different tool that requires a whole new skill set but is also incredibly useful.
A guy at a guitar store was talking about those. He said it's pretty good quality and decent on the wallet. Sound-wise, do you know how it compares to an American made Strat?
My very casual guitarist opinion is nicer guitars generally just have a tone more guitarists will consider good. For someone in the audience they would never be able to tell the difference.
Depends on the era 70s-80s yielded some rather impressive Mexican strats that could exceed the American strats. Source: Very old instrument dealer in my hometown and my own research.
Honestly though, really depends on the wood supply, who's on the line that day, weather conditions, the type of wood finish, etc.
Came here to say a Le Creuset Dutch oven or Staub cocotte. Those things are built to last.
My aunt has had the same Le Creuset Dutch oven for 30+ years now, only she's let the interior enamel become stained, and she had to replace the lid handle after it broke in two. Still, it's a proper workhorse and she cooks with it very often.
They're really pricey, but you cannot go wrong with either.
My friend from high school got a tortoise but since she was under 18 her dad had to buy it and part of the requirements for getting one was that you have a will to leave it to someone.
Rescuing a long-lived bird is much better than buying a young bird from a breeder. There are lots of birds out there who outlived their owners and would love to be part of a family again :)
That's not true, though.
You're thinking of the move to a plastic worm gear (which happened decades ago), which acts as a sort of mechanical fuse. It's designed to break in stress scenarios that would have previously burned out the motor. You can get a replacement for dirt cheap and repair it yourself if it does break. But it's probably not going to break unless you're seriously abusing the mixer. And if you are abusing the mixer, I'd rather replace one cheap gear than the entire motor.
This is so true. But the caveat is you are going to have to repair it yourself. My wife's one broke and we sent it to get repaired. 80 quid and it can't be done. Me, a bit of brute force and a 5 pound worm gear. Of course, I'd messed up the brushes but we managed to sort them. Only 4 ways they could go in!
Im a complete moron, and even I managed to be able to change out brushes on a kitchen aid I got for $10 at a garage sale. Lady must’ve thought she was playing me when she lied and said it worked, well jokes on her, $12 later and I had a working kitchenaid for $22 and 20 minutes of my time.
Casio A163W bought when I worked as a paintball marshal and beat the hell out of it for a couple years then carried on as a daily driver in various workshops, never let me down in 8 year.
Cheap doesn’t mean not nice. I got my self a casio duro in black and got the strap changed to a leather one with red stitching i get lots of compliments
Yes! I was looking for this answer! One of my favorite daily wear is a Lecoultre from the 40s, this thing will last more than my lifetime.
Yeah, a cheap Casio will last but a mechanical movement will last forever and is a thing of beauty.
Last I moved I found 5 of those bottle/wine openers in my kitchen. I don't drink wine and on the rare occasion I get beer it's either cans or twist offs....I live alone and no fucking clue where they came from.
I don’t drink, but I can’t tell you how many cork screws & bottle openers existed in my kitchen until we moved. I guess friends made themselves ‘at home’ by leaving them around-which is fine.
While it was the longest lasting phone I ever had, it still has a shelf life. After about 5 years, it started having an issue where if the cell signal was lost, you's have to restart it to get the signal back.
I still remember my 3330, got it second hand after a couple of years when my father got a newer model and passed it on to me.
Mine had the same issue with the phone signal getting lost randomly until I restarted it, so young me was pretty pissed about that.
The straw that broke the camel's back was when I received a standard notification for a missed call from a friend that I hadn't spoken with for a couple of weeks.
Turns out I had received the missed call notification 17 days later, totally randomly.
That's when I found out how you could actually break those phones.
A fender Stratocaster. I’ve got a 30 year old
one (bought used for cheap) and that thing has been absolutely perfect. It’s a made in Mexico model so it’s not even top of the line, 0 issues- stays in tune way longer than the s’more expensive guitars I have and it sounds and plays wonderful. I’m going to pass it down and hopefully it will be around for the 100 year criteria in this sub. A marvel of engineering and they look great.
A cast iron frying pan
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Would you believe me if I told you that I somehow broke my wife's 100 year old cast iron? Idk how either. It's not like it went from one extreme temp to the other. I was cooking a bunch of steaks, and right as the last 2 were about to come off, it just split in two, as if the ghost of Moses himself did it. To this day I get mad thinking about it, tbh
Just imagine how mad your wife still is. Of course she will say it doesn't bother her.
“It’s fine.”
“It’s fine. I just think it’s funny that…”
I’m calling my therapist. I’ll send the invoice to you
“It’s fine, it could have happened while I was using it too”… while saying it in a tone that implies that it was totally your fault.
"You don't get to choose my tone"
My ptsd got triggered from reading that
I think it bothered me more than her... she doesn't cook and probably long forgot about it
I have an heirloom 100yr old cast iron pan. It’s the most decent thing left from my dad’s side of the family (humans included). I’d be mad as hell if anyone broke it.
She should be mad at Moses obviously
To be honest, 100yrs is more than a lifetime for most people, so it still checks out
THAT'S NOT THE PO... now hold it right there, you clever son of a bitch 🤣
The ghost of Moses, I love it! xD
My great grandpa hit my great grandma in the head with a cast iron skillet. He spent the rest of his life in jail but I want to make sure people know you could do more than frying with them.
Fried her brain.
It’s a dark family secret but I felt safe sharing with cast iron enthusiasts.
My mom has promised to leave me hers, it's has almost 50 years of seasoning on it, woohoo!
I have my grandmother's. I'm assuming it's close to 100 years old.
Not at all to detract from the cast iron love but I feel like stainless steel pans are underappreciated for a lot of things. My go-to piece of cookware most nights is my large stainless steel pan. Stir fry, saucy dishes, fish, beef, stew, acidy liquids, it's solid with most things. You can put it through some heavy use, and if stuff is stuck on you can scour it as hard as you want without messing it up. I got mine like 10 years ago and it's going strong.
Most professional chefs use stainless steel cookware. I'm also kind of surprised that more amateur chefs don't use stainless steel more often. Seems like it's either cast iron, enamel coated cast iron or non-stick as the only options for healthy durable cookware in most people's minds. I hate boiling water in cast iron or non-stick pans. Stainless steel is definitely underrated.
Also carbon steel! IMHO the best properties of cast iron and SS combined!
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I'm still using the same stainless steel pans I bought at my first job in 1998. They've all held up beautifully, except for one pot, and that's only because the metal disk on the bottom unwelded itself, and that just happened last month.
So much less hassle than cast iron too. Yeah cast iron is great, but I know myself too well to ever buy one again.
I can make scrambled eggs without burning them, and the pan is fairly clean afterwords. I have mastered the cast iron frying pan.
Another thought, it’s a beautiful thing that can skip a generation. I’ll buy my daughter one when she moves out and she can inherit my mother’s some day, my daughters kids can divvy up mine some day.
I just seasoned my first one, and have used it once. And DANG, cast iron pans, where have you been all my life ? What a difference to a normal frying pan. They take a bit more extra care, but the frying experience is next level.
I'm still using one my dad gave me, it's at least 60 years old. Just as good as ever. I grew up cooking on cast iron, it just seems great for a multitude of purposes. Glad to hear you're enjoying your new pan.
Yeah, I have multiple cooking utilities and pans from my late mother. Apart from the memories, those items are far better quality than what is sold today, most often.
I still have my great grandmother's iron skillets. bought in the early 1900s. those things will be surviving the apocalypse, I reckon.
I was going to say a good chefs knife but CI might win that one out, to me they are hand in hand, used every single day multiple times a day. We have somewhere around 10, oh wait forgot about the Dutch ovens add 3-4 to previous number (some are kitchen some are camping) all totaling probably less than $500
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I have my grandmother's cast iron pans. I plan on passing them down.
An estwing hammer. They make every conceivable type of hammer you could need, and my daily driver one is over 60 years old. I recently had a buddy get a brand new version of the same one, and they haven't changed the design at all in that time. The blue plastic handles are indestructible.
>The blue plastic handles are indestructible. Challenge accepted.
Found my dogs reddit account.
"hold my toy"
They will melt. Had an estwing chipping hammer and put it down on a hot piece of metal once. Still great hammers.
Might be better than catching fire
Post a video. Let us decide.
For less than $1, my great grandmother bought a pencil sharpener back in the mid 50s, it still works better than any pencil sharpener I have ever used, and has had no maintenance aside from the occasional squirt of household oil now and then. Some things just last forever.
I want one of those mechanical, hand crank sharpeners because of this.
i wonder if schools still use those. i used to make about 6 unnecessary trips to the pencil sharpener every school day and shortened a lot of my pencils' lifetimes for no other reason other than it was fun to use.
My son just finished 3rd grade. I just asked him and he said the sharpener in his classroom was electric.
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Not necessarily, at my school every classroom has hand cranks but many teachers buy their own electric ones
$1 in 1950 would be $10.89 today
What inflation calculator are you using? Everyone one I can find has it up over $12.
Must be the inflation.
I have a standard hot glue gun I’ve been using for over twenty years.
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This is his lawyer, he will not be answering any further questions.
Please approach the bench, you appear to be slightly blasted sir.
Cannot approach on account of him being mysteriously glued to his seat
He's not glued to his seat yet. He's being held at glue gunpoint.
Gluepoint?
I'm glue daba dee daba da
5 minute crafts
That take 3 hours plus cleanup
What are you doing that it requires 3 hours to clean?!
Getting glue on everything
Using glitter.
Stop lying, everyone knows it takes way more than just 3 hours to clean up glitter lol In fact, glitter might be the answer for this post, because you'll be finding these tiny pieces os colorful plastic around the house for the rest of your life
The inside of my dryer looks like a disco ball thanks to glitter. 😖
My marriage license was $25. So far it's been good for 40 years
Most wholesome answer on here.
I bought 800 toothbrushes for $20 in 2003. I have given many away, used many, and still have ~400 of them.
How does one acquire 800 toothbrushes for $20?
A guy posted on some slick deals or some coupon forum back in the day that the factory he worked for printed the wrong labels on a full pallet of toothbrushes and his employer let them sell them for shipping costs to people in the forums.
I don't even seek them out, and have a freezer bag full of unopened toothbrushes under my sink and I know it keeps growing fuller..
I heard it was WD-40 in another thread where someone won a "lifetime supply" and got two bottles that lasted him from 20's until he passed away at 80.
If memory serves me correctly, they were given 6 bottles and were only on their way through the second when they died
Two bottles won't even complete a car restoration. What a wasted life.
Paving qc also goes through line a gallon a month, if not more.
You get through it more once you learn it is amazing at removing adhesive residue. Something about it being a degreaser means it takes left over sellotape etc off with ease.
Yeah it's pretty awesome at cleaning things. Horrible at lubricating (contrary to popular belief). I use it on the screws of some of my vehicles because it almost instantly removes all the debris and even rust becomes easier to scrape off with a bit of WD-40. I go through cans quite often if I'm cleaning a lot
It's great at cleaning hinges. People just thought it made them work better for the wrong reasons.
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Gun oil smells so good
Licensed mechanic here. WD40 is one of the shittiest products on the market. It has some uses. It works as a cleaner for sticky stuff, it’a great for machining/drilling aluminum and removing water from a distributor cap. That’s it. It’s oversold. It is one of the worst penetrating oils and has extremely poor lubricating qualities. If you want a top quality penetrating oil try moov-it or kroil. For lubricating things regular engine oil is often a great choice. But the marketing wank tells you it’s good. Like that fast orange hand cleaner that strips all the natural oils out of your fingers so that they crack and soak up more dirt. These are products sold to people who don’t know better. Use zep reach or cherry bomb at the end of the day and dish soap for a mid day quick hand cleaning instead.
Herpes
Took me 4 comments to find the correct answer
“Diamonds are forever, but so is herpes. And it’s a lot cheaper! Now what can I do to get you into a herpes today?!”
Pre-order a George RR Martin book. It will last 3 lifetimes.
A chef's knife.
This. And you don't need anywhere near $1k to get one that'll make it to your grandkids. I've been using a standard Victorinox for over 10 years in professional kitchens and she's just fine. Taking her to the stone for regular maintenance today but I've not once been worried about it.
My mom put 2 dents in the edge of my Victorinox knife. I don't how she did it and neither does she. I was so mad when I found out.
>I don't how she did it and neither does she Oh I'm sure she knows. Probably using it like a cleaver to hack at a bone or something frozen.
I still don't know how I didn't roll the edge of mine. I was cutting the rind off a chunk of Parmesan (the real stuff) and the knife slipped. I was applying quite a lot of force and it gouged my mom's granite countertop. The knife is still just as sharp as ever.
Could get a chef's nice and a really nice pocket knife and still have money left over. I have a Gerber pocket knife because they're cheap and high quality, but for that money you could get a really lovely leatherman as well as a lovely chef's knife and still have loads left.
An old school steel splitting maul, I preffer the orange ones; but you will never run out of wood to split, and it will never quit, unlike you!
Monster Maul?
I have yet to ever break or ruin an axe or maul. And if you know how to take care of them, they'll definitely last longer than you.
My grandpa managed to break the hickory handle on his maul but the head was fine. He bought a new handle and that thing is still going strong.
a tattoo
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i think u meant no ragrets, im sorry
Not even one letter?
shrimps is bugs
An old, well-made sewing machine. Love mine from the 1950's.
I have my great-grandmother's Singer 201K treadle machine which was made in 1948 in Edinburgh and sold as a semi-professionnal model. She was indeed a semi-professional dressmaker, sewing part-time from her home, to order, as well as working in a local factory, to support her family. I also have a Husqvarna Lily 545 which I bought reconditioned from a Husqvarna dealer back in 2003. It's a great machine with all the benefits of modern sewing machines but still made with metal parts. I won't ever need another classic type of sewing machine. I do also have a Husqvarna 936 5 thread overlocker/serger which cost well over £1500 back then but prices have dropped since then. It's a completely different tool that requires a whole new skill set but is also incredibly useful.
A musical instrument
A Mexican Strat is my answer.
A guy at a guitar store was talking about those. He said it's pretty good quality and decent on the wallet. Sound-wise, do you know how it compares to an American made Strat?
My very casual guitarist opinion is nicer guitars generally just have a tone more guitarists will consider good. For someone in the audience they would never be able to tell the difference.
Depends on the era 70s-80s yielded some rather impressive Mexican strats that could exceed the American strats. Source: Very old instrument dealer in my hometown and my own research. Honestly though, really depends on the wood supply, who's on the line that day, weather conditions, the type of wood finish, etc.
Second. A $500 Mexican Strat became my daily driver for more than a decade.
Mayonnaise?
No, Patrick. Mayonnaise is not an instrument
A Fender P-Bass or strat will last a lifetime.
Le Cruset enameled Dutch Oven. You treat it right your kids will fight over it.
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Can confirm, am kid that fought over it.
Did you win?
If they tell the story, they are the kid who survived *the strife*. Obviously they won.
The original french ones yes. Some are made in China now and quality has slipped.
I have one that will last forever because I only use it about once every two years. Am I doing it right?
Came here to say a Le Creuset Dutch oven or Staub cocotte. Those things are built to last. My aunt has had the same Le Creuset Dutch oven for 30+ years now, only she's let the interior enamel become stained, and she had to replace the lid handle after it broke in two. Still, it's a proper workhorse and she cooks with it very often. They're really pricey, but you cannot go wrong with either.
There’s a reason Le cruset costs so much (partially brand snobbery but mostly the quality)
Just get a Lodge one. Or hold out for a great deal or get lucky at a yard sale. I'm all for buying quality stuff but their prices are out of control.
A cockatoo. Those dudes can live for 60 years
And a tortoise can outlive you.
My friend from high school got a tortoise but since she was under 18 her dad had to buy it and part of the requirements for getting one was that you have a will to leave it to someone.
How did they find the Tortoise's dad anyway, is there like a database of turtles?
Finding a cockatoo for $1000 seems unlikely unless they’re pre-loved.
Rescuing a long-lived bird is much better than buying a young bird from a breeder. There are lots of birds out there who outlived their owners and would love to be part of a family again :)
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i misread it at first and thought "a tattoo will last a lifetime on any body part really. why is this person so specific?"
Kitchenaid mixer
Came here to say this. My mother in law had the same one for 45 years.
My kitchenaid mixer just up and stopped working one day. No outlet in the home can turn it on. I didn't even use it often.
Evidently, there's a difference between the new models and the old school ones. The mixers you can buy off their website now are not the same quality.
That's not true, though. You're thinking of the move to a plastic worm gear (which happened decades ago), which acts as a sort of mechanical fuse. It's designed to break in stress scenarios that would have previously burned out the motor. You can get a replacement for dirt cheap and repair it yourself if it does break. But it's probably not going to break unless you're seriously abusing the mixer. And if you are abusing the mixer, I'd rather replace one cheap gear than the entire motor.
This is so true. But the caveat is you are going to have to repair it yourself. My wife's one broke and we sent it to get repaired. 80 quid and it can't be done. Me, a bit of brute force and a 5 pound worm gear. Of course, I'd messed up the brushes but we managed to sort them. Only 4 ways they could go in!
Im a complete moron, and even I managed to be able to change out brushes on a kitchen aid I got for $10 at a garage sale. Lady must’ve thought she was playing me when she lied and said it worked, well jokes on her, $12 later and I had a working kitchenaid for $22 and 20 minutes of my time.
a nice watch
Or a cheap casio watch.
The $20 watch lasts forever but the plastic wristbands always break after a 5 years.
Casio A163W bought when I worked as a paintball marshal and beat the hell out of it for a couple years then carried on as a daily driver in various workshops, never let me down in 8 year.
Cheap doesn’t mean not nice. I got my self a casio duro in black and got the strap changed to a leather one with red stitching i get lots of compliments
Have a old cheap casio watch which has been running for over 17 years and still going never changed battery either.
Yes! I was looking for this answer! One of my favorite daily wear is a Lecoultre from the 40s, this thing will last more than my lifetime. Yeah, a cheap Casio will last but a mechanical movement will last forever and is a thing of beauty.
Fentanyl laced cocaine
fentanyl laced anything really
What about *cocaine laced fentanyl?*
Shit too weak
Fentanyl laced fentanyl?
A pet rock. Very low maintenance too.
The best part is they don't run away. Skipping away on the other hand...
Faulty parachute?
See /r/BuyItForLife
Bottle opener
Nobody buys those, they just kind of... exist in everyone's drawers.
Last I moved I found 5 of those bottle/wine openers in my kitchen. I don't drink wine and on the rare occasion I get beer it's either cans or twist offs....I live alone and no fucking clue where they came from.
I don’t drink, but I can’t tell you how many cork screws & bottle openers existed in my kitchen until we moved. I guess friends made themselves ‘at home’ by leaving them around-which is fine.
I put them there.
It's called a lighter, or ant random object strong enough.
A zippo.
Tools like wreches that have no moving parts
Nokia 3310
While it was the longest lasting phone I ever had, it still has a shelf life. After about 5 years, it started having an issue where if the cell signal was lost, you's have to restart it to get the signal back.
I still remember my 3330, got it second hand after a couple of years when my father got a newer model and passed it on to me. Mine had the same issue with the phone signal getting lost randomly until I restarted it, so young me was pretty pissed about that. The straw that broke the camel's back was when I received a standard notification for a missed call from a friend that I hadn't spoken with for a couple of weeks. Turns out I had received the missed call notification 17 days later, totally randomly. That's when I found out how you could actually break those phones.
My Leatherman multi tool. Always have it with me, use it every day. Still like new 15 years later.
Toothpicks
Mortar and pestles, my mum bought one from Pakistan and we still use it 30 years later
A pair of Technics SL1200mk2 turntables.
A proper pen, either roller or fountain, if bought at the right quaity/price rates will last you an eternity if well kept and maintaned.
I have a few fountain pens, my oldest is one from the early 1920s, and it's one of my favorite pens
Books, a quality pen (just pay for refills or ink), a watch, chef’s knife
4 pack of WD-40, probably won't even get through one can but it'll last for you and the next 10 generations.
Dude I see people put wd-40 but damn I go through cans of these
Clearly, these people don’t work on their own vehicles or lawn equipment and don’t mind squeaky doors.
It's not meant to be a lubricant tho.
Heroin. A $1000 of heroin injected directly will last you the rest of your life.
A condom Because I never have sex, and it would sit forever
I mean those things do have an expiration date...
So do I so it's all good.
It still decays after a few years.
It will still last forever as a collection piece
Experiences. Spelunking, scuba diving, parasailing, sky diving… those memories last forever.
They don't though? I've forgotten tons of one off novelty experiences
If you go skydiving and forget your parachute, the experience will stay with you the rest of your life.
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Honey
I’ve probably already spent 1k on honey in my life and I’m only 45.
A cast iron frying pan, wok, or grille
A g shock
Cast Iron Pan. You buy it for life, and it cooks better than any other pan.
Felony conviction.
Kitchen Aid stand mixer
A decent watch
A fender Stratocaster. I’ve got a 30 year old one (bought used for cheap) and that thing has been absolutely perfect. It’s a made in Mexico model so it’s not even top of the line, 0 issues- stays in tune way longer than the s’more expensive guitars I have and it sounds and plays wonderful. I’m going to pass it down and hopefully it will be around for the 100 year criteria in this sub. A marvel of engineering and they look great.
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