My umbrella. It’s been absolutely worth it to invest in a solid umbrella.
Mine is a Davek, and it’s wonderful. Nice wooden handle and has never failed me, even in strong winds. They even gave me a card I can use to replace it once, if anything happens to it!
Come to Wales, it won’t last 6 months. Whenever I see someone with an umbrella I can’t help think they’re new here
My pliers. They’re passed down from my great-grandfather. He bought them used.
Let me guess; Knipex?
No, they’re Soviet pliers he bought in the 40’s. They look similar to these:
Note the pinchy parts on the outside of the pivot that will cut you if you’re careless while opening the pliers.
Noted.
In Soviet Russia, pliers cut you!
There are some strange answers here. Either there are a lot of very old people or people who should be on suicide watch given their suggestions of things that clearly won’t last very long. I’m assuming a difference between things breaking and things being broken through misuse.
My Black & Decker Matrix drill. I have 2 other attachments for it and I could see myself getting as many as 8 of them. I’m sure they’re sub-par compared to their standalone counterparts but I’m not a hobbyist so I’d much rather have versatility and not have to make room for a chest full of tools.
Inbefore:
Toaster
My Rotring 600 mechanical pencil, my Canon 2000 film camera, and my TI-36x Pro calculator.
- When it come to writing, I have never used a smoother implement, nor one that is constructed of such robust materials. For a long time I used a “nicer” mechanical pencil from Tūl, but does not compare to the Rotring.
- My Canon film camera is old and not a particularly fancy model, but it takes excellent photos and perfectly exemplifies the authentic emotion of film photos. I use it when I go on adventures with my friends, and the photos are always fun and genuine.
- I have tried a dozen different calculator apps, and none of them are as efficient to use as a physical calculator. It does what I need to without the feature cramming that calculator apps suffer from.
I also have a Canon 2000 body that I haven’t been able to bring myself to part with despite shooting digital for 16 years. My lenses for it all fit my 70D (which feels bizarre to realize it’s getting long in the tooth as well).
A morakniv knife, a ka-bar knife and an Opinel knife.
A Citizen watch A Kenneth Cole mechanical watch
A lighter
Now I understand why we men love all these things. They last forever and for some reason this really appeals to men.
Opinel knives are the shit! I use them exclusively for fletching.
My bicycle
My accoustic guitar, I desperately hope, I love it way too much to ever be without it.
Second that. Whichever niece or nephew that shows an appreciation for handwriting or fountain pens is going to inherit a small fortune in pens.
That’s a possibility, for sure.
I could/should have added ‘books’—good old quality print books. They won’t go anywhere, and no corporation will be able to delete them because of licensing issue and no one will be able to edit them in order to ‘improve their content’ by making it fit whatever trend/hysteria. And those books will stay unchanged no matter if less and less people are interested in reading or are even able to read.
Sadly nothing yet, maybe just a couple of T-shirts… Mainly because I had to move/relocate every 1-2 years for my entire adult life until now & had to sell/give/throw away anything I couldn’t bring with me every time I move
Cutlery from William Sonoma. Partner said she loved my kitchen for cooking because I had the best stuff. Now it’s our stuff.
So long as I can replace parts like battery and storage, my Steam Deck. That, and pretty much all the consoles I currently have.
Second this. I will likely upgrade to a steam deck 2 in the future just based on how good the OLED is, but honestly if it never comes I’m fine for years and years with kt
My house.
Yeah, I’m never going through that process ever again haha
