Member Since: 22 May 2020
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 1627
Things that have lasted
In this chuck away world, what’s lasted the test of time?
Purchased in 1995. Used regularly, never even changed its battery, still going strong.
5th Nov 2021 6:53 am
discovery1953
Member Since: 07 Jan 2014
Location: Westbrook, Wilts.
Posts: 1167
SWMBO after 41 years of putting up with me 😂😂
5th Nov 2021 8:44 am
john watson
Member Since: 10 Nov 2011
Location: lanark
Posts: 973
50 years come next month although lockdown was trial of her patience, mind you I do have all the PIN numbers .Once you have defeated the idiots any job is half done. Pity there are so many idiots to defeat.
5th Nov 2021 10:14 am
discovery1953
Member Since: 07 Jan 2014
Location: Westbrook, Wilts.
Posts: 1167
discovery1953 wrote:
SWMBO after 41 years of putting up with me 😂😂
. As I worked abroad for 75% of the time then we have been happily married for 10 🤣🤣
5th Nov 2021 10:25 am
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4541
I bought this in 1988!
Richard
D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.
Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
Range Rover Classic '79 - Gone
5th Nov 2021 10:42 am
Kilovolt
Member Since: 29 Jun 2015
Location: South Derbyshire
Posts: 1079
I have a Panasonic Toughbook CF-52 which is a 15" screen ruggedised laptop.
I seem to recall it was expensive at the time circa £1200 plus VAT. Started out on Windows XP, been through Windows 7 and 8 and now runs just fine on Windows 10.
Its' got to be at least 15 years old and it still runs fine (with an SSD) and is used in my garage for car engine diagnostics amongst a few other jobs (having retired it from business use several years back).
They don't make them like that anymore
Modern laptops these days are lucky to make their warranty period!"Track day running - Don't put your foot back on the accelerator until your absolutely sure you don't have to take it off again"
Current Ride: D4 XS Commercial Baltic Blue SDV6 fully loaded with heated everything
Track Days: BMW E36 M3 Evolution MY 1996 (3.2 Litre 377 BHP sat in 1,250 Kgs of car, with a pro safety cage and some serious braking power)
5th Nov 2021 10:43 am
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Doing some welding the other day, and in my box of grinders I found my very first 4 inch angle grinder and a load of discs, bought approx 34 yearsa go.
Iirc it cost me a tenner, which back then would have bloody expensive to me!
Note that is 4 inch not 4.5 inch which is most common these days.
I bought this when it was 12 months old in 1974 and have owned it ever since.
I'm 80 years old next June & I am being pressed to "declutter" which seems to mean selling my 2 MGs, and other assets which might be difficult to sell for the right money when the time comes.
Suffice it to say that both MGs will probably be sold in the next few months.
It has been agreed that I can keep my D4 & the SL350, and maybe even trade the former in for a new Defender 110
NJSSAm I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
5th Nov 2021 12:02 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4541
NJSS, thats fantastic. Do you still enjoy the MG's? Don't sell if you enjoy having them!Richard
D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.
Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
Range Rover Classic '79 - Gone
5th Nov 2021 12:20 pm
Journeyman
Member Since: 27 Sep 2020
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 298
We have a Kenwood food mixer which used to belong to MIL and is probably close to 50 years old and works fine.
Correction - it's nearly 60 years old and has been serviced a few times by a vintage Kenwood specialist in Hythe. Still makes great cakes!
Cheers,
Jez
Discovery 3 HSE Stornaway Grey
MY 2008 2.7 TDV6
Discovery 2 2003 - gone
5th Nov 2021 1:22 pm
DIY Ace
Member Since: 06 Feb 2019
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 977
Re: My 1973 MGB GT V8
NJSS wrote:
I bought this when it was 12 months old in 1974 and have owned it ever since
Suffice it to say that both MGs will probably be sold in the next few months.
NJSS
A shame to sell them, but at least the market appears strong so timing is fortuitous perhaps.
If you need any help on that front, a pal of mine builds the catalogue entries for silverstone auctions, I'm sure he'd have a obligation-free chat with you.
Richard.2022 BMW i4 M50. Bought Oct 2022. 10,200 miles and counting...
2014 BMW 435d convertible. Bought July 2021. 58,000 miles and counting...
2005 Discovery 3 HSE Auto. Bought Feb 2019. 169,000 miles and counting...
2009 Freelander 2 XS Manual. Bought Sep 2013. SOLD Aug 2021 (already regretted!)
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Riyadh, KSA
Posts: 3079
One thing I've never been able to kill off despite my best efforts is a Mountain Equipment Lightline jacket my grandad bought me as a gift for a mountaineering course back in 1999. It's been washed a few times but it's still perfectly intact, full of down and fully functional over 20 years later. It's survived winter bivvys, crampons, ice axes and welsh slate.
I'd really like a nice new Rab one but it won't perish I think my grandad is looking down on it making sure he gets his money's worth out of it
D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
2016 Toyota Hilux Invincible - Liberating experience
5th Nov 2021 1:53 pm
galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
stick welder ...£60 48 years old...
6th Nov 2021 12:44 am
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6774
Re: Things that have lasted
JordsDisco wrote:
In this chuck away world, what’s lasted the test of time?
Purchased in 1995. Used regularly, never even changed its battery, still going strong.
I have a HP 20S purchased in August 1994 that still works.
6th Nov 2021 1:23 am
ronald.soak
Member Since: 29 Apr 2008
Location: London
Posts: 534
lynalldiscovery wrote:
Doing some welding the other day, and in my box of grinders I found my very first 4 inch angle grinder and a load of discs, bought approx 34 yearsa go.
Iirc it cost me a tenner, which back then would have bloody expensive to me!
Note that is 4 inch not 4.5 inch which is most common these days.
Probably time to part with the discs as they have a nasty habit of breaking up when they age, particularly the smaller sized ones. More recent production discs have a use by date stamped on the boss.
10mm mounting size?
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I think my grandad is looking down on it making sure he gets his money's worth out of it 
