That Old Piece of Crap That You’ll Never Get Rid Of
Posted by Cap in Even More Ramblings |Everyone’s got one, right?
It can be your car, belt, frying pan, spouse, etc. They may be old, out of style, and there may be newer, slicker alternatives—but you love it and you’ll keep using it until it breaks down on you. Just because it’s old doesn’t mean you need to replace it.
My old piece of junk would be the HP Deskjet 895 printer.
It’s about 8 years old—a century old in the age of computer equipments. What I love most about the printer is the fact that the ink cartridges are now available cheap in generic formats. They can be found at a cheap price of 10 for $40!
What’s your old piece of crap that you’ll never get rid of?
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August 29th, 2006 at 3:07 pm
My HP 963C (or something like that…I forget the model number). Cartridges last a long time, it prints very nicely, and fairly quickly. I just wish I had a USB cable for it!
August 29th, 2006 at 3:42 pm
I’ve got a 19″ TV that’s really old. It’s been my bedroom TV for decades. It’s got knobs for tuning channels and adjusting the volume. Yes, you read that right. It has no remote. It doesn’t even have a coaxial cable input, just those two screws that you hook the antenna leads on to. It also makes snapping noises and the picture jiggles while it’s warming up.
I got it when I was 16 years old, in 1979. But it still works and the picture and sound are just fine after it’s warmed up a couple of minutes. Every now and then I go to the store to buy a replacement, but always end up not doing so, because the one I have still works.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
My old car, almost junk, but perfectly working. Bought it for about five grans. Was about to sell it a few years ago after spending a few hundred dollars in repairs. Later, received an old claim of more than one grand on the car in a class action settlement with an insurance firm. This more than made up for its repairs and also its current market value. Sometimes it behaves like crap, but I am still going to hang on to this piece crap that made me some money.
August 30th, 2006 at 12:02 am
Have this VCR that I bought in 1995 for $50 (at that time that was the cheapest VCR in the market).
Wait….its not a VCR, its a VCP (Video Cassette PLAYER)…yup..no recording. VERY VERY BASIC. Did not even come with a remote.
Works great still..
August 30th, 2006 at 5:29 am
1991 Ford Probe. 160,000 miles and taking it in for a new timing belt next week which I fully expect will take it over 200,000. This vehicle has been free and clear of payments for YEARS and is so reliable that it may be worth a $500 paint job, as well. 24mpg highway / 21 mgp city is not as great as many of today’s advertised cars; however, I’ve driven many rentals that CLAIM 30+ mpg but in real life only beat this old beater by a mile or two per gallon; certainly nowhere good enough to justify upgrading for fuel costs, alone. It looks like a true P.O.S., but I’ll drive it till the wheels fall off!
August 30th, 2006 at 5:55 am
Spouse? I’ve had a wife for 2 years – a century old in the age of marriage….
I’m definately going to use her until she croaks (or I do, whichever comes first), even though she “needs” to buy 20 purses and 15 pairs of shoes every month to keep her functioning properly (like changing oil in a car). I try my best to categorize this type of spending as “wife maintenance”, when I really know that deep down its CRAP. However, I do gain some solice in the fact that these expenses are somewhat common across the spectrum of marriages.
August 30th, 2006 at 11:31 am
I think it would have to be my 1998 Toyota Corolla, was black – now its bright blue – because now it’s my son’s car. It has over 160,000 miles on it and the dealership says there’s nothing wrong with it, so why get rid of it…..i’m NOT. And you can’t beat the gas mileage it gets!
August 30th, 2006 at 12:27 pm
I have an older (in Internet years) HP computer running Windows 98 and Office 95 at home. Does everything I need it to. Has a CD burner so I can make backups and create my own music albums, and a DVD drive so I can watch movies on it. My wife wants to get rid of it, or at least put it in storage, and upgrade to a newer computer. What the hell for?! I’m going to keep using it until I can’t repair it anymore (and by the way, I haven’t had to repair it yet!).
August 30th, 2006 at 1:26 pm
My girlfriend/fiancee. :)
August 30th, 2006 at 1:36 pm
my ATARI frogger is cool
August 30th, 2006 at 1:40 pm
my 84 chevy blazer… well until a deer jumped on it n wrote it off. Sure we put alot of work and money into it. But it did me well… and it was 4×4 got it for 2 grand. drove the shit out of it.
now I got a car n not even a week after driving it it was in the shop for a computer glitch… go figure…. i miss my blazer
August 30th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
Fun question!
Here are a few things…
Levi’s snap button jeans from like 14 years ago, and 70 pounds ago… the dream is still alive!
Big heavey 17 inch crt monitor… 10 years old, cost a fortune..still works…
One of those hand held black and silver cassette recorders.. you know, has the big play button, and the little orange record button, with a mic and everything… awesome for holding up to the radio to record songs for free…
paint shop pro 6! still use it, every day
ncn
August 31st, 2006 at 12:28 pm
Combination corded phone plus digital answering machine that I bought 8 years ago. Still works well, but it’s been replaced with a another digital answering machine that connects to 3 cordless handsets.
August 31st, 2006 at 11:27 pm
the nokia 3390 cell phone i got in 2002. it was not only FREE, i also received $80 in rebates! while i switched to another provider and no longer even use the nokia as a phone, i use it every morning as an alarm clock.
you going to have to pry it away from my dead hands before i give it up!
September 1st, 2006 at 3:57 pm
love the fact that lots of people mention their car. will be driving my car till the floor board falls off too.
September 2nd, 2006 at 5:08 pm
OK – I still use the Scott stereo speakers my parents bought in the early 1960s, about 5 years before I was born. No plastic, they’re 100% plywood. There are no red or black do-hickies to plug wires into, just a couple of knobs that you wrap the wire around and a screw to keep it there. And they still sound just fine; I’ve never had any problems with them despite 40 years and probably 10 moves. In fact I’ve never managed to find another pair that are so much better that I’ve been tempted to buy them.
And I’m still driving my 1992 Honda Civic with no air conditioning.
September 8th, 2006 at 10:22 am
My Honda Civic. It’s old, dinged up and weak, but it’s also paid off and very reliable. No car payment=more money for me, yay.
September 8th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Crap? Me? I have no crap. My spouse, on the other hand, is the master of never replacing anything. Ever.
Examples:
“This futon has served me well for over 20 years. It’s not THAT thin. Why would we need a new one?”
“This Mac Classic is the best computer I’ve ever had. The operating system fits on a floppy. It boots up in under 30 seconds. I can do everything I need to on this computer.”
“That chair belonged to my parents when I was a kid. What are you talking about? It doesn’t tip over THAT easily.”
“I got this pot for 25 cents at a thrift store in 1986. It still works great, as long as you don’t pick it up by the handle. Why should we replace it?”
Yes, it drives me crazy sometimes, but he’s saved us a lot of money by talking me out of replacing still-functional things.