My house is from 1884 so that’s used pretty often.
I’ve moved continents so I haven’t brought too many older items with me generally speaking
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A 1797 George III Cartwheel penny, and some other old English coins. I don't use them as such, but I look at them daily. It's a great distraction from trivial issues to look at them on my desk and wonder how many people have owned them and what the owners bought with them.
My pocket mirror had a copyright date of 1914, but it's reasonable to assume it's a bit newer than that. It's probably around 100 years old.
I have a cupboard from 1789. I use it to store stuff, so yeah, I use it every day.
"Heet" liniment. I have an old bottle found when my father died. It still burns but it helps with the arthritis and other pain.
kitchen radio. It is one of the first portable tube radios, built 1958 or 1968 (dont remember). Internals died a few times, retro-fitted by a UKW radio receiver, then an MP3 player, now its a Raspi radio. It runs most of the time if I am at home
I still have a clock radio from the 1970s around. No repairs needed, it's amazing the difference no moving parts makes.
I have balls of yarn, knitting needles, and crochet hooks from the 60s and 70s. Also, most of my home appliances, like fridge, tv, washing machine, and microwave/oven, are about 20 years old and working perfectly.
Bedside table.
Maybe 50 years old.
Alarm clock I bought at the end of 2006 or early 2007. About 18 years ago
Hmm, do you literally only own things you bought new?
The question was about what I use daily.
The oldest thing I own is an end table from late 70s. Don’t use it very often though
Ah, okay. There has to be someone out there that's fully in this material century like that.
Probably my original day 1 psp.
The house that I'm in was built in the 1950's. It's small but cozy!
I have a Marvin the Martian mug I got in 1995 for my 10th birthday. I don’t use it daily, but every few days for sure.
I have a cheap plastic hair brush my mum bought me over 40 years ago when I was about 6 or 7, she said it cost a dollar and surprised I still use it daily.
There is nothing wrong with it, so it lives on.
I use my great grandfather's bottle opener. It's magnetic and sticks to my fridge, and it's over 100 years old. Works great!
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Our staircase was built over two centuries ago, and still does its job!
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I've got a couple of cast iron skillets from the early sixties that I use pretty much every day.
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I've been using the same coffee cup almost every day for the last 50+ years.
Yup, I'm old.