Whats lasted beyond all expectations

Mitsubishi Car. (Say no more)

Sony alarm/radio - currently 28 y.o.

Freezer - from 1974

1994 Callaway 5 wood.

I think I have a mower from 1976 in the shed.
 
RGDave said:
Mitsubishi Car. (Say no more)

Sony alarm/radio - currently 28 y.o.

Freezer - from 1974

1994 Callaway 5 wood.

I think I have a mower from 1976 in the shed.
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Shed lock seized around 1977? :D

I have a 5 wood sat in my locker only recently decomissioned from the mid to late 90's. still good for it too, even with the original grip.
 
pokerjoke said:
I know this may sound a bit sad,but something crossed my mind today.
First,how long ive had and been using my Gillette Sensor Razor,it must be
over 10 years,of course i had to change the blades, but thats value for money.
Also my cycling shoes,shimanos,have had them 15 years and there still going strong.
Whats lasted beyond your expectations,non golf related
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Um the razor blades are the most shop lifted item EVER, they are stupid expensive so you have paid many times over for the handle!! Sadly though I have done a little experiment that is along these lines(I am a bit embarrass about this but it seems relevant now). I use a Mac 3 and a little over a year ago I thought to myself, how blunt can the hair on my face really make a laser cut blade? Surly I thought it would get to a point where it had lost its really full on newness but then it would plateau. Oh god, yes, I have been using the same Mac 3 blade for over a year now, there is no conditioning strip left on it but its still great and seems to get no more blunt than it was after a month. I shave 4 days a week with it and although I am not the hairiest guy ever, I do need a shave before work if I am in a shirt and tie.

Ye, im a strange guy... but I just wanted to know.... there is nothing I can say that will make this sound normal...:o


Question is, when do I call time on it?
 
I am too young and from the "disposable" generation, I rarely keep anything for a long time apart from clothes as I am too cheap to buy new ones and eat healthy so still wear clothes from when I was 15 :o

If it breaks, wears out, doesn't perform like new I first try and recycle it, then see if anyone else can have it, finally chuck it. This is good in a way as my wife is a bit of a hoarder so any space I do not fill up she puts trinkets on or a bookshelf in (not so much now she has a kindle).

My entire life can fit in the back of a car, two suitcases of clothes; two sets of golf clubs (antique inter war set and current set), my PC and peripherals in two boxes, that folder of legal stuff everyone has and a few kitchen/presents from wife items (dolche gusto :D mainly).

Sad huh?
 
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Alex1975 said:
Um the razor blades are the most shop lifted item EVER, they are stupid expensive so you have paid many times over for the handle!! Sadly though I have done a little experiment that is along these lines(I am a bit embarrass about this but it seems relevant now). I use a Mac 3 and a little over a year ago I thought to myself, how blunt can the hair on my face really make a laser cut blade? Surly I thought it would get to a point where it had lost its really full on newness but then it would plateau. Oh god, yes, I have been using the same Mac 3 blade for over a year now, there is no conditioning strip left on it but its still great and seems to get no more blunt than it was after a month. I shave 4 days a week with it and although I am not the hairiest guy ever, I do need a shave before work if I am in a shirt and tie.

Ye, im a strange guy... but I just wanted to know.... there is nothing I can say that will make this sound normal...:o


Question is, when do I call time on it?
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Does it not pull the hairs out rather than cut them? Or do you just have bum fluff. I have to change my blade every other week, it hurts too much after that.
 
Big_Rick78 said:
Does it not pull the hairs out rather than cut them? Or do you just have bum fluff. I have to change my blade every other week, it hurts too much after that.
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Seems not to, and no bum fluff, I have to be cleanly shaven for work...
 
my last pair of work shoes lasted me from my first job in the city 15 years ago until about a month ago. the cobbler has finally said that enough is enough and there are no more re-soles to be had...absolutely gutted. Church's know how to make a good pair of shoes
 
On my first day of work some forty plus years ago I was issued with a pair of scissors... Still got 'em and they've seen more than their fair share of 'action'... Still using them on a daily basis though like me they're in run down mode :(...
 
Alex1975 said:
Um the razor blades are the most shop lifted item EVER, they are stupid expensive so you have paid many times over for the handle!! Sadly though I have done a little experiment that is along these lines(I am a bit embarrass about this but it seems relevant now). I use a Mac 3 and a little over a year ago I thought to myself, how blunt can the hair on my face really make a laser cut blade? Surly I thought it would get to a point where it had lost its really full on newness but then it would plateau. Oh god, yes, I have been using the same Mac 3 blade for over a year now, there is no conditioning strip left on it but its still great and seems to get no more blunt than it was after a month. I shave 4 days a week with it and although I am not the hairiest guy ever, I do need a shave before work if I am in a shirt and tie.

Ye, im a strange guy... but I just wanted to know.... there is nothing I can say that will make this sound normal...:o


Question is, when do I call time on it?
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Thats quite funny,your right though blades are extremely exspensive.
I think im going to give it a go too.
 
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