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My mother-in-law uses a microwave which is 30+ years old



Wozza

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She refuses to change/upgrade because a) it still works and b) it's a (very good) oven too.

Do your folks/grandparents refuse to give up very old appliances?
 


Fungus

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I refuse to give up my Nokia 6330i Classic.
 




Bold Seagull

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Mar 18, 2010
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She refuses to change/upgrade because a) it still works and b) it's a (very good) oven too.

Do your folks/grandparents refuse to give up very old appliances?

Don't know about my folks, or grandparent, but I refuse to give up very old appliances if they are still working!
 


Fungus

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My Nan had an old faithful Trinitron before the switchover when it became obsolete. Not sure how old it was, but it was pretty ancient.

This thread could be interesting, they don't make things like they used to. Consumer items in the 21st century are very much built to break after 3-10 years. Oh the joys of rampant capitalism.

Couldn't she have bought a cheap set-top box? Agree about modern consumer items (and the cause!).
 






Cian

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Jul 16, 2003
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Couldn't she have bought a cheap set-top box? Agree about modern consumer items (and the cause!).

Cheap ones towards the end usually only had SCART output; doubt that had a SCART input.

My grandmother has a marginally newer TV that does have SCART and she has a Sky+HD box on it - got conned by a salesman that the analogue cable was going to be turned off too when it hasn't been. Has a 1960s electric cooker and a similarly old fridge/freezer that both work fine too although I suspect the energy efficiency of the oven on the cooker and the entire fridge are atrocious.

As goes new kit failing - you have to remember survivor bias here. In the 1970s everyone claimed new electronics were "not built like they used to" as all the 1940s/50s stuff left were the ones that didn't fall apart when new. We now say the same about the 70s kit. Realistically electrical items build quality has hugely increased -TVs for one no longer need to go to get repaired frequently like they did; but the lead-free solder we have to use now is crap and will fail.
 


Wozza

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Don't know about my folks, or grandparent, but I refuse to give up very old appliances if they are still working!

Apple would be out of business if everyone did that...
 




skipper734

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My Microwave is 25 years old and still going strong, it's big and has a digital timing pad, so you can time accurately and repeatedly in seconds. Works fine. My toaster was my Mums, must be over 40 years old. Adjustable bread or roll size, it has two bars that look like bars from an electric fire rather than the flimsy things they put in modern toasters.
I am also much older than any of my appliances, just because something is old don't make the mistake that it has no value.
 




Questions

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I miss my mother's mangle.
 




FamilyGuy

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Jul 8, 2003
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I still frequently use a 60 year old Grandmother, she's just a few months younger than I am.
 




symyjym

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She refuses to change/upgrade because a) it still works and b) it's a (very good) oven too.

Do your folks/grandparents refuse to give up very old appliances?

I still have the first microwave that was bought for the family home and it's about 30 years old. Got it from Beejams that used to be in Blatchington Road in the early - mid 80's.

I left home with the microwave and it just keeps on going so would be a shame to dump it when it is working.
 




jackanada

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Jul 19, 2011
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My grandmother has a very fine gas cooker that has just been condemned after 60 years of service. It got a bit shaky around 50 but an old school british gas man was very fond of it and went above and beyond to keep it going. Alas after he went to the scrapheap the cooker was always going to be close behind.
 


symyjym

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Nov 2, 2009
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My grandmother has a very fine gas cooker has just been condemned after 60 years of service. It got a bit shaky around 50 but an old school british gas man was very fond of it and went above and beyond to keep it going. Alas after he went to the scrapheap the cooker was always going to be close behind.

Are you talking about your grandmother or her appliance? :lolol:
 


moggy

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Oct 15, 2003
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I will be playing Chuckie Egg on my ZX Spectrum later.

Can I ask why you are using an avatar that blatantly defames the life of an innocencent young girl who's life was cut short by the nazi regime?
I think it's in terrible bad taste!
 








Barrel of Fun

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My maternal grandparents (both deceased by 1998) didn't have a fridge. They had a big deep freezer and a pantry/larder. Anything fresh needed, they would nip to the village (Hurst) and buy from the butcher.

They never used to buy mince, but would use a very archaic handle mincer attached to the wall.
 



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