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

[Anonymous]

Op here. I also have a pop swatch, an electric egg beater, and the primary colored Tupperware drinking cups from my childhood.

[Anonymous]

Sorry, meant to say pp here. Not the op.

[Anonymous]

I have a Waring blender from the 1990s. I also use my mom's old walnut salad bowl and utensils, from the 1970s. Some serving dishes from my MIL - 70s/80s.

[Anonymous]

1983 B.A.
1988 J.D.

[Anonymous]

I have a raincoat I bought from Eddie Bauer in the mid 90s. I've also had the same trash can since 1999.

[Anonymous]

Lots of second/third-hand furniture & kitchen stuff from my mom.

Some art, Knick-knacks.

Some of my books from the 70s-80s that I read to DS.

One amazingly resilient and still style-relevant dress from Express circa 1992 that somehow fits & looks good on *everyone.* I get compliments every time I wear it and have loaned it to friends who have the same experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I purchased good pots and pans and kitchen knives in the mid 90s. I still use them everyday.

My road bike and golf clubs are also from early 90s.

Ditto - except golf clubs - I don’t golf.

[Anonymous]

We have a old wooden sled. I do not know how old it is (1950s, 1960s) but the thing still works.

[Anonymous]

Copper bottom pans and Corning casserole dishes from the 1960s that were my parents'

Framed artwork in my living room from the 1990s

Winter hat from the 1980s

[Anonymous]

I have way too much stuff from the 90s to itemize—kitchenware, clothes, furniture, bike, etc.

I have a hot air popper and waffle maker from about 1982 that I still use (bought for sleepovers when I was a kid). They work great. My daughter plays with my cabbage patch kid and fisher price dolls from the 1970s. I’m sure there are other toys from the 70s and 80s my kids stuff use but the dolls are the most popular recently.

I have lamps and furniture that are much older than that. The beds my kids sleep in were my sisters from the 1960s and I have chairs from the late 19th century. Stuff was just better made then—all hardwood before all the old growth timber was gone. Such a shame people buy new stuff made with rubber wood instead of refinishing and reupholstering the old stuff.

[Anonymous]

Barbies and accessories - many from the early 1980s when I was a kid, but I also inherited several from the 1970s

Childhood Books - including the entire set of Sweet Pickles books from the 1980s. My DCs love them.

Several boxes of vinyl records - mostly from the 1970s

Various kitchen items, some of which are definitely from the 70s and 80s - pyrex and corningware, measuring cups, baking sheets, a nut grinder, flour sifter, mesh colander

College sweatshirts and t-shirts, PJ bottoms (plaid flannel of course) and thick wool socks from the 1990s

Costume jewelry from the 1970s - several of the rings and bracelets are still stylish and I wear them regularly

[Anonymous]

My car - 1998 Subaru outback and, up until a few years ago the Accord.

My parents held on to the Fisher Price people and houses that we played with and now my kids play with it.

[Anonymous]

I graduated high school in 2000, so all of my possessions stayed at home except for my TV and computer, which were upgraded almost immediately when new tech came out.

[Anonymous]

Inherited a lot of 50s-90s cooking stuff and dishes from my parents when I moved out on my own in the 90s. They were downsizing, so it worked out, and I use most of it to this day.

A lot of my furniture is early twentieth century and mid century, nice solid wood.

Still have our 80s and 90s coolers; they aren't Yeti but they do the job.

My DH still has some 90s shirts and sweatshirts he wears on the weekends.

[Anonymous]

I still have my LL Bean Norwegian Sweater purchased sometime around 1983 and it still fits. They still sell it, although they call it a “heritage sweater.” Thank makes me feel old.