What is the oldest thing that you bought NEW

[SquishMitten 10403]

Truly the oldest stuff would be baseball cards, but if current-use is required, it’s various tools I started buying around 10 years old when my old man bought me a car to fix up. Guarantee many of my sockets and wrenches are ~30 years old, probably lots of other stuff as well. Gonna keep my eyes open for a few days thinking about this. Probably something actually cool/interesting I’m forgetting.

[Prepuce of Doom 21052]

I have a shitload of things "purchased" with Marlboro miles 20-30 years ago that I still use occasionally. Mostly bags, pouches, camping gear, etc., but also a leather jacket, reversible rubber/canvas rain slicker, a windbreaker that collapses into a small fanny pack, and other similarly functional and timeless shit like that. 

I smoked like a chimney, but also had a network of people in college who would save/scavenge miles for me as long as I'd give them an ashtray or Zippo or other low-cost item out of each round of "purchases" I made. 

Edited April 30, 2023 by Prepuce of Doom

[Celery Man 20929]

One of my acoustics is a few years older but it doesn’t come out of the case much. This guy is from ‘98 and hasn’t been put away in years.

 

I had a diner coffee mug probably from the 70s but I don’t think it survived the move (and that was dad’s purchase anyways).

[Elvis 3370]

Fucking leather checkbook. 
 

That counts!

[WithoutAClue 15329]

If I was still playing golf, my 1975 Hogan Director irons.

Currently still using my Sharp EL-515 solar powered calculator purchased in Japan back in 1983.

[OrangEngr 1035]

On 4/25/2023 at 9:02 PM, Underdog said:

Didn't buy but was a wedding present 40 years ago. 

 

Both my grandparents on my dads side passed away last year so I appreciate this visual memory of spending time with them growing up

[Scraps 13560]

with my own money.....baseball/basketball cards in the 80s

Edited May 3, 2023 by Scraps

[abuelo gringo 321]

Probably my wedding ring (1967).  Pretty well cleaned out of other old things by a flood eight years ago.

[Pescado_Rojo 19412]

On 4/30/2023 at 10:14 AM, SquishMitten said:

Truly the oldest stuff would be baseball cards, but if current-use is required, it’s various tools I started buying around 10 years old when my old man bought me a car to fix up. Guarantee many of my sockets and wrenches are ~30 years old, probably lots of other stuff as well. Gonna keep my eyes open for a few days thinking about this. Probably something actually cool/interesting I’m forgetting.

SRV's 'Couldn't Stand The Weather' on vinyl when it came out in 1984, then tools. I started working in car stereo stores when I was 16 in 1986, and had to supply my own tools. Started out with shitty Western Auto stuff, then discovered the Snap On truck. Should have most of them paid off pretty soon. 

[Antidean 200]

7 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

SRV's 'Couldn't Stand The Weather' on vinyl when it came out in 1984, then tools. I started working in car stereo stores when I was 16 in 1986, and had to supply my own tools. Started out with shitty Western Auto stuff, then discovered the Snap On truck. Should have most of them paid off pretty soon. 

My Snap On tool box purchased in 1981 gets daily usage. "I own the best so please don't ask to borrow" sticker is still on it.

And yes, it took awhile to pay it off.

[CHIEF 5075]

1 minute ago, Antidean said:

My Snap On tool box purchased in 1981 gets daily usage. "I own the best so please don't ask to borrow" sticker is still on it.

And yes, it took awhile to pay it off.

My son has a pretty big batch of Snap-On tools. I told him it would have been much cheaper to just have a cocaine habit during college.

CHIEF

[Paper_jam 831]

If going by "with my own money" then it's boring stuff like record albums and books. I bought Def Leppard's Pyromania in '83, I still have some Stephen King paperbacks I bought in '82, (Cujo, Salem's Lot).  I have a nice HO scale model train engine I bought in 1980, but the money I used to pay for it came to me as a gift, so I don't know if that counts.

 

 

[former alkie 72]

St. Christopher necklace that mom gave me in 1971'ish (7 yrs old)

Worn it 24/7, ever since

Edited May 5, 2023 by former alkie

[retsevlys 408]

I bought a Murray push mower with a Briggs & Stratton engine from Walmart in 1996 with grass cutting money. The engine code says it was manufactured 1/31/1996.  I was 14.  Besides normal replacements like blades, spark plugs, dry-rotted wheels, and air filters, I've replaced the prime bulb once and the magneto last year.   It cranks on the first pull.

[BigDHornfan 6545]

My wife wears my grandmother’s wedding and engagement ring from 1950.

[nbmishoid 949]

My Yairi I bought new in 1978, for, truly, tree fiddy  Play it daily, though it’s second string 

[CHIEF 5075]

3 hours ago, nbmishoid said:

My Yairi I bought new in 1978, for, truly, tree fiddy  Play it daily, though it’s second string 

Mine is a 1983 Brazilian Rosewood, but it was inherited. It's my alternate tuned guitar. It is easily my most playable guitar  you are a lucky man to have one  

CHIEF

Edited May 6, 2023 by CHIEF
Tites

[Armybrat 40815]

Bought this .22 Ruger at Petmecky Sporting Goods on Congress Avenue in 1959. 
I was 15. 
Still have it, and it shoots great after untold thousands of rounds through the tube over the past 64 years.

 

 

[tx 3 putt 76862]

31 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Bought this .22 Ruger at Petmecky Sporting Goods on Congress Avenue in 1959. 
I was 15. 
Still have it, and it shoots great after untold thousands of rounds through the tube over the past 64 years.

 

 

I’ll give you $50 for it 

[honolulu horn 6158]

Bought this cup at the Texas Union in 1990. Still use it multiple times a week. I'm guessing it cost around $5. 

[SHOOTER12 8800]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

I’ll give you $50 for it 

Might start at tree-fiddy...

[GoPokes83 2240]

Bought this .22 Ruger at Petmecky Sporting Goods on Congress Avenue in 1959. 
I was 15. 
Still have it, and it shoots great after untold thousands of rounds through the tube over the past 64 years.
 
 

It’s in phenomenal condition! You ever have it reblued?

[Armybrat 40815]

5 minutes ago, GoPokes83 said:

It’s in phenomenal condition! You ever have it reblued?

No. 
The anodized finish is almost all worn off the grip frame, but the bluing on the frame, cylinder, & barrel is 98%. 
It was rarely carried in a holster but shot a lot.

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

On 4/26/2023 at 12:35 PM, Hpara759 said:

I bought it when I was 14-15 years old.....so 1973 or 74.

still use it

You just wait. That’ll take off part of your fingertip, but when it does, just tape it back on. It’ll grow back.

Don't ask me how I know this, but I only buy lock blades now. 

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

This Mitchell Garcia 300 c. 1973 spinning reel was my second spinning reel, purchased with money from my newspaper route. My first was a different model that went missing when one of my kids borrowed it to go fishing with friends. I caught my first largemouth in Texas at the Freeman Ranch (now the forensic corpse ranch) when we moved to Texas in 1974.

I know I have older things I’ve purchased, mostly fishing/hunting/camping/tools.

Note: I still have the double blade spinner that I used to catch that largemouth. The skirt is long gone, and I know if I replace it, I’ll be tempted to use it. 

Edited May 7, 2023 by ImissWallyPryor

[msucolt45 4052]

No. 
The anodized finish is almost all worn off the grip frame, but the bluing on the frame, cylinder, & barrel is 98%. 
It was rarely carried in a holster but shot a lot.

Cleaned it like a “good soldier” after shooting it too!

Hook’em!!!

[Parliament 14227]

Authentic Troy Smith jersey.  Wore it to our 2006 game in Austin.  (All joking aside, Austin is a great place to party in.)

[Buzzrock 14901]

Mid-80s Remington 1100 LT 20 Special is the first thing that comes to mind. Still performs like a brand new gun.

[Jerry Callo 8695]

Found some vinyl cleaning my mom's house today - including the Grease soundtrack I purchased in 1978.