What things do you still use from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s?

[Anonymous]

A cute sewing box that I keep letters in. Think it’s from the 80s but so old it could be before I knew it existed.

I thought I had some kitchen and dining stuff that my mom gave me in ‘03, but that would have been older..... however it looking around and can’t find anything I remember receiving. I KNOW one non-stick pot.

Christmas decorations from 80s+ because they have the year on it.

Two photo albums from approx 1992 + 1996 that are cheesy but they hold my elementary and Hs memories in a closet.

Some books on my shelf are quite old. Most are from the 00s but some of them have to be from earlier.

And I used to have some of Dh’s clothes from the 80s. Dh and I decided it was ok for our boys to really use them instead of trying to keep them heirloom for yet another generation (who probably wouldn’t care). We tried, but they did eventually stain going through two boys. It’s fine and we got lots of pictures with them. Just got rid of them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom's hot rollers from the 60s.

Sony shelf stereo system with CD and record player that got got when I graduated high school in 1991.

Sony clock radio from around 1993.

Yes 90125 CD (OK, the CD is from 1994 but the album is from 1983 and it's still in regular rotation in my car to this day.)

Is it the Dream Machine?

I can’t sleep with an alarm clock, or I’d still have mine.

PP here.

Yes, it is! But not the cube one, it's this one (or very similar, I'm too lazy to go upstairs to verify):


I have one that's even older (from the 1980s) that has no radio, only a godawful beeping alarm. I remember specifically buying this one because of the alarm radio and back up alarm.

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My grandparents' bedroom set (1940s?)
My other grandparents' dining room furniture (1930s/40s?)

Do not even know where else to begin . . .

[Anonymous]

I have a down ski jacket from 1978. Warmest thing ever.

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Doc Martens, 1995.

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I still use my LL Bean backpack from 1986. It was my college backpack.

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Anonymous wrote:Landline.

Cassette/CD player

Sewing machine (nothing beats an American made, all metal parts sewing machine.)

I just made a project with my Mom's 1957 Singer. It's made like a tank.

[Anonymous]

Lots of stuff. I'm old, but I also like to buy quality stuff and use it forever (and I'm actually whatever the opposite of a hoarder is):

LL Bean down sleeping bag
Lots of kitchen stuff (pots and pans, good knives -- I use cast iron pans that belonged to my great grandmother)
Golf clubs
Maglite flashlight
Sorel boots
Fountain pens
Hairdryers (I even have a couple of small travel hair dryers, because back in the day, not all hotels provided them)
Leather Briefcase
Alarm clock (it's in the guest room now, I use my iPhone as a bedside clock)

[Anonymous]

My dad gave me a pair of nail clippers when I was around 12 or so. I still use them.

I still use the same laundry bags I got in 1994 for college.

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HP12C

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My ironing board which was my parents, high they got in the 60s.

[Anonymous]

I have the same laundry bags I took to college too! We have a cd clock radio that is our only cd player anymore that we still use. I have my sports walkman and my in laws found my husband's old walkman and the kids use them to listen to the radio or old cassette tapes. (I have my old "mix tapes" that I made by recording songs off the radio and you can hear the deejay talking at the beginning or ending over the notes of the song). I have my grandma's silver which is probably from the 60's and blankets she hand loomed which are also from the 60s, but I don't use those often. I have a Louis Vuitton epi leather bag that was a graduation gift in the 90s that I thought was too fancy to use for every day, so I rarely used it and it's still in great shape and I use it occasionally. I have a lot of jewelry from the 80s and 90s that was my mother's. My son has my Swatch Watch (it has no numbers or number markers, just hands, so it's a good challenge for him to tell time with it!) And I still wear the watch I received for my college graduation present every day.

[Anonymous]

I still wear the ski jacket I bought in 1985.

Kind of embarrassing but it is warm and has lots of pockets.

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Anonymous wrote:I still use my LL Bean backpack from 1986. It was my college backpack.

Me too! That thing is indestructible.

Also:

Alarm clock from early 90s
Conair velvet hot rollers from early 90s
Bedroom furniture from mid 90s
Timberland boots from late 90s
Assorted kitchen items (cast iron skillet, pans) that I bought at a yardsale in late 90s to set up my apartment

[Anonymous]

Like many others, I still have my 90s LLBean sleeping bag which I got for camp when I was 11.