The oldest tech you still use

[Ryujin]

I switched everything over to gmail at least a dozen years ago in anticipation of an eventual switch away from Rogers. It didn't end up happening until over a decade later, but forewarned is forearmed, etc.

It was far less painful than you'd think. Basically, just go through your list of important sites and services that you use your Rogers email for. On the first pass, you'll remember 80% of them. Over the next few weeks or so, you'll remember or run across more. Over a few months, max, you'll have a list of all of the important ones (if in 6 months, you don't remember or use one, you probably don't need it). At that point, you're prepped for a switchover.

There are so many carriers nowadays that are so much cheaper than Rogers or Bell too. I had stuck with Rogers because I could always get a screaming deal, usually by whispering the word 'TekSavvy' (or whoever the latest competitive threat to the Rogers/Bell hegemony was).

I got a pretty good deal out of Rogers when I switched my cable TV setup and internet to unify billing, a couple of years ago. My digital cable boxes were being phased out and they pretty much had to do something.

 

[roger semerad]

The oldest thing I have that I regularly use is my Sony KD-27FS170 t.v.. It was the last model of standard definition Trinitron that Sony ever made. My dad bought it for my birthday in 2006 or 2007. The retailer was marking down all their older stock, and he got a good deal on it. It's probably the most thoughtful gift anyone ever got for me. It's a really good t.v. overall. It's got component, s-video, composite, and rf inputs; and it's also got a built in digital tuner so if you hook up an antenna to it you can watch network t.v. to this day. Not that I would, it's for old video games only, no unnecessary ware and tare for this t.v.. Since it's as new as a crt t.v. gets and it's been cared for its whole life it's in great condition. The only downside is that it uses a flat screen that notoriously has more geometry issues than the classic curved screens. For most content it's not too noticeable, but in 2d side scrollers you can definitely see distortions around the edges. The oldest game console that I've used with it is the N.E.S., although that console is currently down waiting for a pin connector replacement.

Now the oldest thing I've ever used was a toaster that my grandparents had. It might have been the exact model in this Technology Connections video. At the very least it worked exactly the same.

It was the best toaster I ever used. I don't know how old it was, but it was probably from the 70s. It broke down and my grandparents threw it out. At the time I didn't think anything of it, but I wish I had it and repaired it to working order. Toast isn't a big thing for me, so I'm not actively looking for one, but if I ever saw one at a good price I'd get it.

The single oldest thing that I own is the ADnD 1st edition player's handbook. Bought it from a book reseller a few years ago, don't know exactly when it was printed, but it's probably older than I am (I was born in 82).

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

I got a pretty good deal out of Rogers when I switched my cable TV setup and internet to unify billing, a couple of years ago. My digital cable boxes were being phased out and they pretty much had to do something.

I currently pay about $44 monthly... how's your Rogers deal taste now?

 

[Zardnaar]

If retro gaming counts im still regularly playing Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri. It was releases 1999.

Star Wars Empire at War. Currently playing atm. 20 years old. Its been modded.

 

[JiffyPopTart]

I have a 1960s hand mixer given from grandparents to parents to me that I'm going to use tomorrow to make mashed potatoes.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

If retro gaming counts im still regularly playing Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri. It was releases 1999.

Star Wars Empire at War. Currently playing atm. 20 years old. Its been modded.

I went Fallout 1 and 2 not too long ago... 97 and 98. Both hold up very well.

 

[roger semerad]

If retro gaming counts im still regularly playing Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri. It was releases 1999.

Star Wars Empire at War. Currently playing atm. 20 years old. Its been modded.

I don't know if old media counts, unless we're talking about the original disks. It would get kinda silly otherwise, most of us have really old movies on some format or another. High five for still playing Alpha Centauri though, one of my favorites. I might fire it up myself soon.

I have a 1960s hand mixer given from grandparents to parents to me that I'm going to use tomorrow to make mashed potatoes.

I didn't think of it before you said this, I've got a mechanical hand crank whisk that I sometimes use. I got it from my parents, so I don't know how old it is, but it's got to be pretty old. No way anyone was making a hand crank whisk once electric ones were cheap. It will whip egg whites about as fast as an electric one, but you need two hands to use it so you have to secure the mixing bowl. It cleans really easy too, just put the whole thing in the dishwasher. I only use it for whipping egg whites and whipped cream though, anything more heavy duty takes too much strength for me. Feel the forearm burn!

Edit: Well, it's probably not as old as I thought. Out of curiosity I looked it up and apparently, they still sell these things new! Mine is still probably from the 80's or 90's, so old but not really old.

 

[Gradine]

My wife just got this alarm clock for her birthday:

It tells your horoscope (from 1996!)

 

[Ryujin]

I currently pay about $44 monthly... how's your Rogers deal taste now?

$114 + tax for standard cable and a few specialty channels, plus Crave, and 500MB/sec unlimited internet. We get screwed on speed in Canada, compared to the US, but they have the population density.