Products that last forever - Page 2

1. I have some pretty old jewelry thats been handed down to me, 100+ yrs old and still looks new.

2. Door handles in my Grandparents house have been there sine the house was built in 1925, seems weird to still use them when I think back as a little kid using them.

3. McDonalds french fries

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Originally Posted by markkr 

3. McDonalds french fries

I've heard the fries and burgers fossilize in the intestines of obese people.

hubble telescope

t800

then my own long lasting shun pro

Interesting post.  I was just talking about this subject to someone earlier today.

I've got 15+ year old Westclox digital alarm clock that still has no problems and is reasonably accurate over the year (only falls a few minutes off over 6-12 months).

I miss those old Nokia cell phone bricks (black and white screens, no grayscale, only images were crude icons due to the low resolution display).  Call quality was always pretty good, battery life was great, and they were rugged.

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Originally Posted by markkr 

3. McDonalds french fries

You realize they changed the recipe some years back.

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Originally Posted by RexAeterna 

CRT monitors 

I killed all mine, not to mention some burn-in issues.  Great picture though.

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Originally Posted by Elysian 

I've got 15+ year old Westclox digital alarm clock that still has no problems and is reasonably accurate over the year (only falls a few minutes off over 6-12 months).

I got some crappy Coca Cola clock from a friend for my birthday a good 12 years ago. I just threw it out recently. Still worked, never changed the batteries, but was off by 13 minutes.

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Originally Posted by derycksan 

Didn't have the same experiences with my Shun, tip broke off fairly early and the carbon steel gets worn pretty quickly.  Very sharp and I love it, but not my "durable" knife.

Sory about the tip, but are you sure you didn't mess up the edge with a bad sharpening?

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I had a Terminator once; it didn't last:

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I got some crappy Coca Cola clock from a friend for my birthday a good 12 years ago. I just threw it out recently. Still worked, never changed the batteries, but was off by 13 minutes.

Yeah, I like the old fashioned clocks a lot more than any of those gift guide GPS-synced clocks that they're trying to push on people now.

My iRiver H120 still works perfectly fine and I still can't get around to throwing it out, while I've had one or two more recent flash portable media players die on me, and won't even start up with the USB plugged in.

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Originally Posted by Elysian 

Yeah, I like the old fashioned clocks a lot more than any of those gift guide GPS-synced clocks that they're trying to push on people now.

You know what clocks are awesome?  Remember those electric clocks hanging on the walls at school?  Those things are tanks and have perfectly smooth sweeping hands that even the best Seikos, Omegas and Rolexes can't match.  

I wonder how durable this is.  Anyone know it?

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Originally Posted by markkr 

3. McDonalds french fries

and burgers.

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Originally Posted by Anaxilus 

You know what clocks are awesome?  Remember those electric clocks hanging on the walls at school?  Those things are tanks and have perfectly smooth sweeping hands that even the best Seikos, Omegas and Rolexes can't match.  

 

I wonder how durable this is.  Anyone know it?

 

 

That is clearly the walls of a station in the DC metro and based off all the dang work their doing lately on the red i'd say not all that long lol, but really it better last a long dang time.

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Originally Posted by Anaxilus 

You know what clocks are awesome?  Remember those electric clocks hanging on the walls at school?  Those things are tanks and have perfectly smooth sweeping hands that even the best Seikos, Omegas and Rolexes can't match.  

I've always wondered by those school clocks had those sweeping hands, but wristwatches incremented seconds as steps.  You'd imagine that if the social order ever broke down, those clocks would still be there hanging over the chalkboards.

That reminds me, another product that always seems to last forever are old Calculus textbooks.