What House-hold Items Do You Expect To Last A Life-Time?

[Snowy Love]

your right i have 11 year old duplo and leggo and i have all matchbox cars that ive been keeping. Also a rocking horse and a metal hot rod ride on. they should last too.

We have a matchbox Farrari that was FIL's - so it'd be about 50 years (maybe more).

Also, DH has a Mini that's 48 years old & the body of my step-Dad's FX Holden would be 60 years (not the engine or interior as he's replaced those, but we know people with stock ones).

RF - I'd expect my bookcase to last as it is made to hold books! Its only 3 years old & isn't sagging yet, we shall see.

I expect my sideboard (that came from step-Dad's work when they closed the Brisbane office) to last, but its very plain and office like so I don't know I want it to. Inside it I expect the crokery we got as a wedding present 10 years ago to last, but not the everyday crockery, especially with (soon to be) 2 boys.

Lorelle - clothes horses only last a few years here (close to the beach) before they start getting rust on the plastic coating. Saying that, I've had mine about 10 years, I just put up with the rust and don't put anythng delicate on them.

[Bathsheba]

LOL you have just described my clothes horse!!!! It's 15 years old and very rusty on the corners... I don't know why i haven't replaced it really always something more important... oh and I have REVA pegs that I bought at the same time as the clothes horse still in very good condition... because I never leave them on the line and treat them lovingly storing them in a calico lined cane basket

[Trillian]

OH yeah! Lego will definitely last the distance, but Jaz, I have to disagree on Barbie dolls - at least the ones you buy these days. They are completely different to the barbies we had. MIL still has all the lego and SIL's barbies and they are still much better than the barbies the girls have. The body part may last but I bet their hair doesn't.

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SL ... LOL, clothes horse there must be like a car rusting ... my Aunt lives near the beach & i know that's her prob there too ... (SL, Wish i lived near the beach - Hey wanna swap for brrrrr freezing Ballarat )