What is the oldest thing

you still use on a regular basis. Home or work.Mine is a 1940's radio I use every day. The sound quality is superior, only problem is I can't get all stations. 

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My son's pyrex baby bottle, steadiflow brand. I use it in the kitchen as a measuring cup.

I offered it to him as a keepsake but he didn't see the sentimental value of it so I kept it!

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Not very old I guess, circa early 60's I believe.

An old sewing box, made from straw and with little compartments inside.

It was my mothers.

Still has a heap of old buttons that she had kept in there too.

Mind you, I am not a sewer so it is only opened if I need to replace a button or do something simple.

Oops, I have remembered something.

An old camphor box that was brought out from Asia in the late 40s. I store spare blankets in there.

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I used it about 4 weeks ago.  A cast iron bed that has a Birmingham brass name plate, a cast iron bed.  A brass knob became dislodged and my DD and I discovered a piece of newspaper dated 1920's within the bedpost.

 

It was my great grandmother's and travelled from England  about 1860 to a Goulburn graziers property.

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I live in a house that was built in 1886.

I sleep in a bed that was made in 1860. I have wondered how many people may have passed away on the bed and in the house....

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The house I live in built in 1926.

 

I wear my late mothers wedding ring from when she married in 1945.

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My engagement ring was my husbands grandmothers so it's about 100+ years old.

My grandmas tea cup, which was part of a wedding present set in the 1920s. I still use it occasionally when I'm playing ladies.
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Must admit I love old houses, so much character and history  .... I often look at the old worn wooden door step that leads to the back verandah and wonder how many other people have used it before me.

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I think most ppl have old things they love to use.

 

My favourite knife is old (not sure how old) wooden handled Solingen. Not sure what the blade is, I am thinking plain steel because if I don't dry it properly it rusts. I use it for vegie preparation, carving meat, and sometimes at the table. I love it. 

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Being an avid reader. An old Funk and Wagnalls Dictionary.

Could not do without it.

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This is my sewing box. It was my grandmas. It's just an old biscuit tin, I have no idea how old it is, but I just found out the company dissolved in 1961, so it must be at least that old and I found an identical one listed on an antique site.

 

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Some people can go their whole lives and never really live for a single minute.
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