How old are your oldest things?

[19magic]

Thought this might be interesting to ask.

How old is the oldest furniture?
How old is your oldest clothing?
How old is your oldest electronic item?
How old is your oldest book?
How old is your oldest friendship?
What is your sentemental teddy/blanket etc?

Anything else that could be interesting?

Mine would be a dvd shelf I've had for 16 years, my coat I've had for 10 years, my original PS2 still works so 22 years, probably my old style nursery rhymes book it's got some really bizarre tales in there lol 23 years, a friend I made in high school so 16 years. And my cot blanket I've had since 2/3 months it's white with ruffles around the edge and have teddies having picnics on it.

[FunkyMonkee]

Sadly, thanks to my greedy ex-sisters, I lost a TON of very old stuff 4 years ago! I was able to rescue some of it.
My oldest books are all gone!! I had a copy of the Kabbala that was pretty old. My guitarist gave it to me. Other than that, I think my oldest books that I bought were my Peanuts books. I had at least 2 dozen of them, including the first one, most likely, first print, because I bought them shortly after they started making them.
In the basement and garage, dad had a number of very old tools.
My grandmother was big into antiques so, we had a very old dining room table and hall mirror, both of which were probably from the 1900's. She had a few steamer trunks and there was an old dresser in the back room in the attic that was was at least 120 years old, by now. Our house was built in 1900 (or was it 1903?) and grandma bought it in 1936 right after the big flood. We'd been in it ever since. Each room on the first two floors (save the bathroom and kitchen) had their own fireplaces. In the one bedroom on the second floor, the fireplace was "covered" with a folding card table that was built specifically for that task. When the fireplace was not in use, you put the card table in the hole in the wall and it fits perfectly and looks like it's supposed to be there. It has a slightly ornate cushioned black "leather" top with a wooden red border. If you wanna play cards, just pull it out of the hole, open the collapsible legs and away you go! I made sure that I took that when I was being kicked out!! There were also some fire grate items in the fireplace that must be as old as the house. I took those, too. Most likely, whoever got my house 4 years ago completely removed that fireplace! I KNOW they took out the one in the dining room! I saw them do it!
The oldest record I have (or had! I'm not sure I was able to grab it) is an old Edison diamond disc. These were 1/4" thick and very heavy! I'm not 100% sure that that was my oldest or if it was the cylinder that I have of Cal Stewart doing one of his many Uncle Josh records. I'm told that was actually from about 1920!! If that's true then the Edison disc has to be older than that!
My grandmother's wedding dress (I think) was still in the back room of the attic. I never got the chance to go through that dresser so, who knows what was in there, if anything.
When I was in 4th grade, we were told that the school was closing up for good after that year so, if we wanted, we could take stuff at the end of the school year. I took my desk. It must've been at least 30 to 50 years old when I got it in the late `60's! It was like a completely wooden red box with a lid on top and a space to store things under the lid. I don't recall if there was also a small drawer under the top. Anyone older than 12 would have trouble sitting at it.
By, electronic, I guess you mean like computers. I have one that I think is a 265 or at least a 365. There's a good chance I've got both. I have an old Tandy laptop from radio Shack that still works well. There's no hard drive but I'm told one can be bought. I'm guessing it's from the mid to late `80's because it uses 3" floppies. I never got into computers `til the mid `80's when I was in college but, I DID use one in high school that was sort of a Telex type deal. It used yellow paper tape instead of magnetic discs. I saved up a huge reel of the tape of stuff I typed on it but, that's gone, too.
I guess you could say the people I grew up with and went to school with are still "friends". We rarely ever see each other or talk online (or phone) but, every great once in a while we have short bursts of conversation. Otherwise, I guess it'd be my fellow record collecting neighbor. I met him in the late `70's or early `80's when he first moved in and we still see each other once or twice a month to this day.
Sentimental teddy would probably be my house and all the stuff I used to own and collected for my kids, over the decades! Apparently, I'm not gonna have any kids and if I did, all that great old stuff is gone!! All thanks to GREED!!! But, I sure wish I could get my house and all my stuff back!!
Oh! You mean, like a REAL doll? When I was little, mom gave me a stuffed monkey doll. Somehow, it lost one of its ears early on, I'm not sure how but, I kept that in bed with me for a few years. I still had it in the back room along with a stuffed tiger someone gave mom; when you squeeze the stomach it make a squeaking sound. At one point, mom gave that to me, too. I still had most of my toys from the `60's, & `70's, too!! As well as others from long before the `60's. I guess my house could've been a kind of museum but, that's all gone, now!! Thanks to those two bitches, may they rot in hell!!

[jamesgoldman]

How old is the oldest furniture?
How old is your oldest clothing?
How old is your oldest electronic item?
How old is your oldest book?
How old is your oldest friendship


Anything else that could be interesting?


Furniture
That would be the chest of drawers that was made in the 1950's and is also the piece I've owned the longest that must be over a decade in my possession


Clothing
That split between the skinnbekladnad and my top hat, both from the 1940's don't know on aging clothes because I don't generally keep tabs on it beyond once it wears out, it's replaced


Electronics
I don't have anything old so longest owned is my PS4 bought weeks before lockdown
If my watch counts then that's from the 80's or 90's, a frankly shocking condition TAG Heuer professional 2000


Books
My oldest by publication is a book on Jewish history that was published in 1891 longest owned is probably a cookbook if I had to guess I think Jamie Oliver's ministry of food that was bought for me in about 2007


Friendship
I have a few that date back a decade now from college and the restaurant but as for the oldest person I called a friend that would have been my late antique dealer who was 89 when she passed and I was 21


Jewellery
If I didn't touch this I wouldn't be me my oldest piece is an gold & amethyst cocktail ring I wear as a pinkie ring on my left hand it's from the 1930's and I know it's entire history so it was given as a 21st birthday present by an aunt to it's first owner, she had it her whole life until she passed aged 90, my client was her carer and given it amongst other stuff to sell for charity and she thought it was costume and I bought it for gold weight (because I wasn't sure if the stone was real or glass at that point), a jeweller confirmed it was amethyst and I looked at having turned into a pendant for my mother but it fit me so thats the ene of the story so far as for what I have owned the longest would be split between my gold bracelet and my panda ring as bought were bought at a similar time, the bracelet is 9kt, 3/4oz and made of old gold by the colour of it but not an old style I paid £400 for it 7/8 years ago a lot then but not so much now gold is that much higher priced and the ring is about half an ounce but has more gold because of the Chinese coin imported from Germany is pure gold and the sovereign mount it resides in is probably 1980s and is 9kt bark designed yellow gold and that cost me £495 at the time


The oldest thing I own
That is probably a coin I don't know much about it because it's not in great shape but it's just legible to read it's from 16#7 so it's over 300 years old, if I go for something in silver (that I actually care about) that gets us to 1818-1820 on the crowns but those are slicks so no legible date but only minted for those 3 years

[IslaTheWitch]

Some of my books are 40 years older than me :D Like The Lunar Trilogy by Jerzy Żuławski. My grandma bought it and then gave it to my mom, and she gave it to me :) I read it many times.

I moved here 3 years ago, so most of the furniture is relatively new, but I have a lamp from my mom's house, which is 30 years old.

I still have some clothes from the times I was pretty fat. Some beloved t-shirts or hoodies size XXL have over 10 years :D

I still have Nokia 3310, but I don't use it :D

My oldest friendship will celebrate 40 years in September.

I'm not quite sure if I have any sentimental blanket or other stuff.

[Jennz6]

Oh when you said “Teddy” I was thinking of my Teddy that I wear, it kinda old but I love it

[Nik1hil]

How old is the oldest furniture? not exactly furniture, but I have a writing pad/letter pad, that I used during school exams. my parents bought it for me in 2nd grade, it was like in 2002. I loved it was one of the first thing to be mine. i engraved my name on it. And it has been with me, I even wrote one the MBA examination paper last year on that letter pad. it is 20 yr old for me.

How old is your oldest clothing? Not my, but its my dad's old sweater around 15 years ago is used to wear it. He stopped wearing it, I asked one day can I have it. He was like fine. I wore it 1 winter and then I kept it with me, as a memory of him.

How old is your oldest electronic item? My old smartphone from 2016, REDMI note 4. Used it for 2016-2021.

How old is your oldest book? It is a Diary. I did make a scrap book, combining many comic book pages in a series. But my mom sold it along with newspaper trash.

How old is your oldest friendship? Two best friends make in school in 6th grade, it was 2007, They both got married in Dec 2023. Even though I was sick. i attended both weddings for 3 -3 days.

What is your sentimental teddy/blanket etc? I don't have on, i used to have a hat with head of bear mounted on it, but my mom threw if away even though i begged her not to.. As a young kid 2004, coming back home from school i found this Red River sandstone pebble, it was smooth and shiny. And i wanted to keep it, someday turn it into a keychain. But my mom threw it out, in a stinky mud pile due to leaky gutter, where pigs lay. I eventually realized, i should not get attached to things, because my mother will strip it away from me. I think that is somewhere, i even lost my attachment to people, or interest in pursuing relationship or finding a partner. Wow, seems like the reason, i never asked a girl out on a date.

This questions were deep!.. and OLD AF..

Anyways bye

[HighValue]

My oldest electronic item that still works is either my original Nintendo from the late 1980s, or my Sony Walkman (it plays cassettes). Probably the Walkman, but I am not sure.

I still have my original hand made teddy bear and blanket from when I was born.

I don't know about old furniture. I had a dresser from when I was a kid until last year when I moved and left it behind due to a lack of space on the moving truck. I do still have my weight bench that my parents got me when I was in high school though if that counts as furniture.

[MysticDevice]

How old is the oldest furniture?
An old cedar chest that belonged to my great, great grand parents. I don't know exactly how old it is but I would not be suprised if it was from the 1910's

How old is your oldest clothing?
Oof. Good question. Some tshirts and a few boxers. Not really sure why I still have them. I never wear them.

How old is your oldest electronic item?
An original Halo 2 edition Xbox.

How old is your oldest book?
Technically War of the Worlds. The copyright is 1898 but this copy itself was from a few years ago.

How old is your oldest friendship?
Since we were 7 or 8. We're 28 now.

What is your sentemental teddy/blanket etc?
Don't have those anymore. All got thrown out. It hurt when it happened but I actually felt relieved after.


Other old things are my Grand Dad's old pistol from 1929 I believe. And a Russian rifle from 1935.

[LiamJHayden]

How old is the oldest furniture? My mom's old wardrobe was made in the 1930's.
How old is your oldest clothing? A prototype NY Giants jacket from 1991, before I was born.
How old is your oldest electronic item? Not sure. I have a BOSS DD-2 pedal from 1983, but if I can count guitars I have some from the late 1950's.
How old is your oldest book? A copy of the Psalms in Latin from the 1560's (again was my grandfather's)
How old is your oldest friendship? Same best friend since my 4th birthday, July 4, 1999.
What is your sentemental teddy/blanket etc? My mom bought me a slew of Build-A-Bears when I was young.

Anything else that could be interesting? I have lots of old silver dollars from the 1880's and earlier.

[sawno]

The "oldest" thing I own is also new at the same time. Its my retro gaming PC designed to mimick my dream computer for the era around 2005. Some of the components date back to the late 90s and I have some spare parts from the early 90's. I also still have some of my childhood floppy's from that time.

I'm sure something I own is older, but this is the first one that comes to mind since I deliberately designed it around old parts.

[DJB72]

How old is the oldest furniture? Over a century
How old is your oldest clothing? About 30 years
How old is your oldest electronic item? About 40 years
How old is your oldest book? Mid 18th Century
How old is your oldest friendship? Around 32 years
What is your sentemental teddy/blanket etc? A blue bear called George.
Anything else that could be interesting? My grandfather's primary school photograph from 1924 100 years this year. He was 10.

[loveslongnails]

How old is the oldest furniture? - Probably 75 years old
How old is your oldest clothing? - Maybe 50 years
How old is your oldest electronic item? - 50 years - inherited speakers!
How old is your oldest book? - Over 100 years
How old is your oldest friendship? - 23 years

I have a working blender that was passed down from the 1950's or so.

[docster]

Electronics, the Texas Instruments TI99/4A Home computer. Circa 1982.

Book, a bible from the 1940's or '50's.

I still use a Members Only jacket from around 1982.

Toy, I have a pocket-sized truck I was given in 1970.

[exitseven]

I have a toolbox I bought in high school over 30 years ago.

[love_conquers_lust]

Older than me. I have some things such as a rosary that was handed down to me.

[Staximus]

I have some samurai swords from the 1800's or before

[Worst]

Probably my first ever hockey equipment from when I was 3 - so roughly 20 years old

[TallAnon]

At most like ~5 years, I moved quite a lot, so you only keep what's worth moving.

[AydenHazor]

I've got books dating back to 1864