To put joking aside, I have been trying to make a sort of quilt pattern to add to one of my sweatshirts, but I'm not good at sewing and don't have a sewing machine. So I would probably listen to her talk about quilts and how to make the edges look good.
A handmade ceramic mug I bought when I first got out of homelessness. Probably about fifteen years old now. It's white with a flared base and motif of a bison on it.
I've got a trumpet (YTR-6320) from the 80s I bought used a bit back. It looks beat to hell but it just sings! It's as light as a feather aswell- I can play with one hand in my pocket.
Media-wise, I love some old 1930s swing and jazz tracks. It's super interesting to hear how similar some songs are to modern music.
Hell yeah! It's a tough instrument, but it's the most expressive one (in my opinion). Trumpets always sound like the person who's playing them, almost like an extension of your personality. I think there's something wonderful about that.
Fountain pens. They don't make custom alloys of gold specifically for their nibs any more because they're not ubiquitous. An old "wet noodle" italic Parker or Waterman is a writing experience to behold.
Try out fudepens too. Fountain pens, but with a brush end. Sometimes they're refillable (my preference), sometimes they're not. They make them with actual bristle brush tips, but also foam tips like calligraphy markers.
Normally, I'd answer my husband. But today, I'll say Skyrim. I picked it up again after multiple years, and I have loved and played this game since its release in 2011.
Talk all the shit you want, this is one of my favorite nostalgic kicks.
For me it's definitely a game! I'll still boot up an emulator to play super metroid on SNES, and that game is 31 years old. I can't think of anything else I regularly do or enjoy that's quite that old, but I could definitely be forgetting something.
Edit: upon more thought chess is way older and I at least do a puzzle daily so maybe that counts. I don't play actual games that often though.
I still keep a few old things around but I'm not near them or using them on a daily basis.
The only exception is one necklace, which I always keep on even when showering. I started using it about a decade ago, but it belonged to my mother since her teenager years.
So yes, that's an item that's old and I enjoy on a daily basis
I know it's old, I know it has low resolution, I know it doesn't meet the standard of modern gaming, but it's (in my view obviously) the best shape packing game ever made.
Like destroys Tetris... Which can't even hold a candle to this game. Not to say that Tetris is a bad game, it's a brilliant game!
I just think Squarez Deluxe takes it to the next level and gives so much room for player creativity.
The basic just is that you have a play field, and with a short timer for each, you are given blocks which can be various 9x9 shapes that you rotate and move freely on the grid and place at will.
All of the complexity comes from the special blocks which can have positive, negative, or in between effects.
Your positive tools are scarce, but if you use them creatively and with forward probabilistic thinking, you can have amazing, hour-long sessions that you cannot look away from.
Some of the special blocks are goo traps that explode so shapes that pass by get stuck. Some are acid that let you destroy blocks at will and you can form your pieces into very unique shapes that tuck in exactly where you need them.
There are bombs, mines, missiles, playfield expanders/contractors, etc.
The first two modes get you acquainted with the mechanics, but Extreme Mode is where the game is played.
The original developer is a cool dude and he changed it to freeware so you can grab DOSBox and hit myabandonware or archive and be playing like in minutes.
My Purdue University Basketball lamp from the early 1990s. That or my townhouse built in 1986 if we are going for those. I didn't go to Purdue if you are wondering.
As far as a "thing", which I would define as an object and not a person or animal, I would have to say my two McIntosh amplifiers. I have an MC7100 and MC7108.
Both were built in 1992. I am listening to the MC7108 in my office as I write this.