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13. I collect old clocks from as far back as the 1870s

Wed Nov 25, 2020, 04:36 PM

Nov 2020

If taken care of, they will still be ticking in another hundred years. They are amazing machines. As I sit here, one just binged on the half hour, there are nine of the banging away in the space I am in, and others scattered over the house. In the days that these were designed and built, people bought for quality and reparability. Now people buy for cheap. Companies make products you have to replace often because you can't make billionaires on products that last lifetimes.....

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I was thinking about my electric hand held mixer [View all] Ohiogal Nov 2020 OP

Harvest Gold was a 1970 thing. I had Harvest Gold washer and Dryer True Blue American Nov 2020 #1

Sweet. I found my vintage Kitchen Aid at an estate sale. Grasswire2 Nov 2020 #2

I have an electric hand mixer, a Hamilton Beach, I got as a wedding present in sinkingfeeling Nov 2020 #3

Wow you've got me beat! Ohiogal Nov 2020 #4

My Hamilton Beach is about that old and it still runs like a top. I occasionally look at Nay Nov 2020 #17

I have a GE harvest gold stand mixer from the 70s catrose Nov 2020 #5

An interior designer for Cambridge had to design furniture to last 1000 years Cicada Nov 2020 #6

Cast iron waffle iron patented 1901 central scrutinizer Nov 2020 #7

I have my grandmother's MrsMatt Nov 2020 #42

this is my hand mixer.... by Waring IcyPeas Nov 2020 #8

Change the logo from Waring to GE Ohiogal Nov 2020 #9

happy mixing and happy thanksgiving IcyPeas Nov 2020 #10

Thanks Ohiogal Nov 2020 #11

or Sunbeam and it could be mine yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #28

Isn't wonderful how inanimate objects can trigger such wonderful memories. Fla Dem Nov 2020 #12

I collect old clocks from as far back as the 1870s Chainfire Nov 2020 #13

So true. Ohiogal Nov 2020 #14

That is true for everything I can think of except for cars. Chainfire Nov 2020 #31

Yes I agree about cars! Ohiogal Nov 2020 #32

My parents bought a Zenith chest freezer in 1962..... lastlib Nov 2020 #15

Wow! We had one the lasted about 10 years, then it died. LeftInTX Nov 2020 #30

Shouting out to B'port, CT ❣ sprinkleeninow Nov 2020 #16

Thank you, sprinkleeninow! Ohiogal Nov 2020 #23

We are still using Mom's old Hamilton Beach chrome stand mixer from the 1960s, and it still japple Nov 2020 #18

Try here jmowreader Nov 2020 #34

Thanks. I had already looked and the one I need is not listed. It's so old that it was japple Nov 2020 #35

Well...you could do this... jmowreader Nov 2020 #36

That's a great idea. Thanks for the suggestion. If there's not one in my town, I'm sure japple Nov 2020 #38

That's the SAME ONE that I have... harvest gold! NurseJackie Nov 2020 #19

Harvest gold Ohiogal Nov 2020 #33

My mom still has a Montgomery Ward refrigerator from the summer of 1954 Staph Nov 2020 #20

Wow! Ohiogal Nov 2020 #25

We so Rebl2 Nov 2020 #21

The inexpensive items like handheld mixers will never be made here again jmowreader Nov 2020 #37

Tell me about it lillypaddle Nov 2020 #22

I still have beach towels from when I was a child Ohiogal Nov 2020 #24

I remember 50 years ago my mom used to make whipped cream applegrove Nov 2020 #26

my mom used to whip egg whites with a flat whip to make meringue yellowdogintexas Nov 2020 #27

I went through my grandmothers house after everyone else had. We were giving it up in the 90s. applegrove Nov 2020 #29

We have a Sunbeam Mixmaster from the 70's. Niagara Nov 2020 #39

My Mom had a Kitchen Aid Marthe48 Nov 2020 #40

My mom's Kitchen Aid stand mixer from the '50s, wound up with me. Tracer Nov 2020 #41

For my Kitchen Aid, lost the whip attachment Marthe48 Nov 2020 #43