Old is the new green
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Posted By fzas - Thu, Dec 03 2009 at 8:12 AM ESTOld is the new green
My mother's baking sheets and grater - 50 yrs old; my grandmother's vases - 90yrs old; clothing - 20 yrs - dresses and coats my mother made for me; I can still fit them.
Posted By Lauren - Sun, Aug 16 2009 at 2:24 PM ESTTV and dining room table
TV from 1994 and our table is 25 to 30 years old--it's teak and still in good shape.
Posted By TamGam - Sat, Aug 01 2009 at 8:12 AM ESTlike...groovie...
I still have the lava lamp my brother gave me for my 12th birthday.
That was in 1974...35 years ago...and she still works perfectly!!
Posted By Susan - Fri, Jul 31 2009 at 12:20 PM ESTMost everything...
is old: house (1939), furniture (oldest is1920s), clothes (Salvation Army), some tools (from grandad)... Only buy new when I can't find old.
Posted By Elizabeth - Thu, Jul 30 2009 at 9:57 AM ESTFollowing Mom's example
I still have some clothes from ninth grade (24 now). My mom still has clothes she bought before I was born! They're classic items that are still in style today. She's taught me when you buy clothes, go for quality so those pieces last forever.
Posted By Green Joy - Wed, Jul 29 2009 at 11:02 PM ESTSomething we SHOULD have the same of
I know the goal is what we still have but something I would really like to see as something people always use forever is a coffee mug. I've worked at a coffee shop for the past three years and I cringe to think of how many coffee cups I've given out to people just for them to throw away. The sad part is, even though the plastic ones have recently become easily recycled (REMEMBER THIS AND RECYCLE YOUR ICED CUPS) the hot ones still can't be because they are a mix of paper and plastic. It's easy.... More
Posted By OakleighVermont Solargroupies - Wed, Jul 29 2009 at 4:45 PM ESTold is the new green
Everything we have is old- the house, antique furniture, clothes, cars, much to the chagrin of our daughter!
Posted By Momof2 - Wed, Jul 29 2009 at 4:30 PM ESTwell, i've still got the same husband...
...and he's been pretty useful for the past 20 years and hasn't shown any signs of wearing out....does that count?
Posted By Shea Gunther - Wed, Jul 29 2009 at 4:35 PM ESTha!
Sounds like you've been good about keeping up with maintenance. :D
Posted By Anonymous - Wed, Jul 29 2009 at 3:02 PM ESTKeep the old stuff working: use it
I still work daily on the oak desk I got from m father when I went to university. He got it from an older brother before WWII, in 1937. I scraped the wood and re-varnished it once, in 1982, and it still looks great.
We also still use a deepfreeze, a Husquarna, from 1984 that we bought in the UK when we relocated. Since they use 240 V in the UK and here in Holland 220V, it lives forever!
The oldest thing I own
I have a couple things...I have a vintage leather motorcycle jacket I purchased when I got out of high-school which I still wear, and a pair of biker jeans from the same store. I still wear them and I am 41 now (I buy nice clothes and hate to not be able to wear them, so I watch my weight very carefully). I also have a few pair of shoes that are over 12 years old that I still wear. One pair I just had to have resoled, but they are still great.