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Things that have withstood the test of time

briantrumpetbriantrumpet Posts: 8,723
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In a spirit of positivity, how about things that have lasted well?

Here's a personal one: my Olds Super trumpet made in 1934, which I bought from America via eBay several years ago. It warms my cockles to think that it was made before Count Basie went to New York (1937), and might well have been played by one of the swing musicians of that era. It's still an absolute corker to play.




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  • johngtijohngti Posts: 2,130
    My Japanese squier JV 62 Stratocaster. Made in February 1983, bought for me by Mrs gti in or around 2004. Plays beautifully although to be fair, it’s due some maintenance now.
  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 2,904
    The internet. Microsoft didn't bother with a web browser for a while because they thought it would amount to anything. Now it's the backbone of business, entertainment, communication and a part of our lives.
  • surrey_commutersurrey_commuter Posts: 15,055
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  • lettingthedaysgobylettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,667
    My Sony reel to reel tape machine. Made in 1972.
  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 2,904
    The original Star Wars films. They look more realistic than the modern ones.
  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 2,904
    The 747. Fifty years of services and although airlines are retiring them, they are still being used as cargo planes. I can't believe they have already stopped production of the A380! The amount that must of cost via R&D.
  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 2,904
    The 911. Evolved, but completely recognisable in design.
  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 2,904
    The great British Brompton.
  • Charlie_CrokerCharlie_Croker Posts: 1,440
    edited February 2021
    lettingthedaysgoby said:

    My Sony reel to reel tape machine. Made in 1972.

    The Compact Cassette hasn’t lasted through my TDK MA-XG 90N’s are still going strong

    Edited: Got threads confused
  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 2,904
    Sir Frank Whittle's jet engine.
  • briantrumpetbriantrumpet Posts: 8,723
    Who knows the name Malcolm McClean? No??

    Well, he invented the shipping container, pretty much single-handedly. That's certainly withstood the test of time.

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  • kingstongrahamkingstongraham Posts: 18,703
    Knives - they're great. Been around for a few million years, and still work.
  • briantrumpetbriantrumpet Posts: 8,723
    kingstongraham said:

    Knives - they're great. Been around for a few million years, and still work.


    Oh yes, especially personal ones that one has been honing for a long time (I've got a nice non-stainless one which I acquired, second-hand, 37 years ago, and would easily chop a finger off). I won't let anyone else near them to sharpen them. Frustrates me enormously if I have to work with someone else's rubbish knives.
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  • briantrumpetbriantrumpet Posts: 8,723
    Obviously loads of churchy stuff, but one of the ones that still takes my breath away is the bishop's throne in Exeter Cathedral. I'd always assumed it was 19th-century gothic, but when I realised it was about 1330, my mind was blown: you can still see the chisel marks from the people who made it. Stunning.


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  • elbowlohelbowloh Posts: 7,078
    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Knives - they're great. Been around for a few million years, and still work.


    Oh yes, especially personal ones that one has been honing for a long time (I've got a nice non-stainless one which I acquired, second-hand, 37 years ago, and would easily chop a finger off). I won't let anyone else near them to sharpen them. Frustrates me enormously if I have to work with someone else's rubbish knives.
    Yeah, its so difficult to skinning your latest victim with a crappy knife.
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  • focuszing723focuszing723 Posts: 2,904
    Pancakes!
  • kingstongrahamkingstongraham Posts: 18,703
    elbowloh said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Knives - they're great. Been around for a few million years, and still work.


    Oh yes, especially personal ones that one has been honing for a long time (I've got a nice non-stainless one which I acquired, second-hand, 37 years ago, and would easily chop a finger off). I won't let anyone else near them to sharpen them. Frustrates me enormously if I have to work with someone else's rubbish knives.
    Yeah, its so difficult to skinning your latest victim with a crappy knife.
    Not difficult so much as messy, I find.
  • briantrumpetbriantrumpet Posts: 8,723
    kingstongraham said:

    elbowloh said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Knives - they're great. Been around for a few million years, and still work.


    Oh yes, especially personal ones that one has been honing for a long time (I've got a nice non-stainless one which I acquired, second-hand, 37 years ago, and would easily chop a finger off). I won't let anyone else near them to sharpen them. Frustrates me enormously if I have to work with someone else's rubbish knives.
    Yeah, its so difficult to skinning your latest victim with a crappy knife.
    Not difficult so much as messy, I find.

    Is there a reporting button for 'mass murderer'?
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  • bompingtonbompington Posts: 7,674
    The lightweight metal BBQ tongs that we bought in Sydney in the mid-90s for something like 30p - you could buy them in most corner shops.

    Ours are still going strong.
  • ddraverddraver Posts: 23,452
    briantrumpet said:

    Obviously loads of churchy stuff, but one of the ones that still takes my breath away is the bishop's throne in Exeter Cathedral. I'd always assumed it was 19th-century gothic, but when I realised it was about 1330, my mind was blown: you can still see the chisel marks from the people who made it. Stunning.


    I should know more about that! Thanks.
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  • kingstongrahamkingstongraham Posts: 18,703
    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    elbowloh said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Knives - they're great. Been around for a few million years, and still work.


    Oh yes, especially personal ones that one has been honing for a long time (I've got a nice non-stainless one which I acquired, second-hand, 37 years ago, and would easily chop a finger off). I won't let anyone else near them to sharpen them. Frustrates me enormously if I have to work with someone else's rubbish knives.
    Yeah, its so difficult to skinning your latest victim with a crappy knife.
    Not difficult so much as messy, I find.

    Is there a reporting button for 'mass murderer'?
    Sorry. I should have said ;)

    Lets you get away with anything.
  • secretsamsecretsam Posts: 4,884
    Various bits of Brunel's engineering. Clever guy.
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • briantrumpetbriantrumpet Posts: 8,723
    kingstongraham said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    elbowloh said:

    briantrumpet said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Knives - they're great. Been around for a few million years, and still work.


    Oh yes, especially personal ones that one has been honing for a long time (I've got a nice non-stainless one which I acquired, second-hand, 37 years ago, and would easily chop a finger off). I won't let anyone else near them to sharpen them. Frustrates me enormously if I have to work with someone else's rubbish knives.
    Yeah, its so difficult to skinning your latest victim with a crappy knife.
    Not difficult so much as messy, I find.

    Is there a reporting button for 'mass murderer'?
    Sorry. I should have said ;)

    Lets you get away with anything.

    Maybe Trump should have used a few more in his tweets... although having an entire principle-less political party behind you probably helps.
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  • surrey_commutersurrey_commuter Posts: 15,055
    QWERTY keyboard
  • briantrumpetbriantrumpet Posts: 8,723
    surrey_commuter said:

    QWERTY keyboard

    AZERTY's not doing too badly either - since the late 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AZERTY
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  • ballysmateballysmate Posts: 15,643
    Classical music.
    Music fads come and go with each generation but classical stays popular.
  • rjsterryrjsterry Posts: 21,303
    My set of J B Addis & Sons carving chisels. Old when my grandfather picked them up as an apprentice joiner in Chatham Dockyard.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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  • briantrumpetbriantrumpet Posts: 8,723
    rjsterry said:

    My set of J B Addis & Sons carving chisels. Old when my grandfather picked them up as an apprentice joiner in Chatham Dockyard.


    It raises an interesting question as to what's the oldest thing that one regularly uses, in either domestic or work setting. I suspect mine would be the trumpet at the top of the thread.
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  • pblakeneypblakeney Posts: 17,731
    A 1983 Casio fx-450 calculator would be the oldest in use but it doesn't see much wear and tear. I was wearing my 1992 Timberland leather gloves yesterday morning...
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  • ProssPross Posts: 30,343
    Sliced bread, not sure what the best thing was before it came along.

    Fire.
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