There's a clock in a stove in a house that burned in a canyon near us; the burn was 15 years ago at least and the house is gone but the clock still works .... can that have honorary mention? I don't know how old it is though.... We fight with a half propane-half -geez I dunno, kerosene? - that part is gone -- range that predates 1950 every summer. Parents' waffle iron from the 40's still works. I want it but my mother gets very offended when I ask for it. Her grandkids will be too old to enjoy waffles soon.... I have a hand-held beater from the 60's. Love that thing. It's turquoise - what more could you want? It wont work unless you wear an apron. :)

I will give this a BUMP by saying that I still haven't seen that perfect grey! One that has colour but is not too dark, more light, more of a silverish, true grey. Sigh...

Grew up with gas when you had to stick a lit match into a slot in the floor of the oven to light it... scary. Had pilot light that was ALWAYS on so very center of stove was always hot... at least too hot to touch and hot enough to actually keep stuff warm. After getting married, lived in an apartment that had electric and hated it. Can understand that electric is probably "safer" than gas. Electric oven was fine, in fact probably more consistent than gas? Have gas now. Planning a serious down-sizing within next 6-12 months. Going to an apartment again and will surely have to get used to electric all over again.

On the lighter side, I have really been enjoying The Sporkful. Dan Pashman is a very engaging host with an infectious laugh. The podcast's goal is using food to learn more about life. http://www.sporkful.com/ A good recent one to start with is "A Marriage Built on Rum Cake" with Alan and Arlene Alda. http://www.sporkful.com/a-marriage-built-on-rum-cake-alan-alda/ He also has a newer podcast, Ask Mimi, where "famously opinionated 92-year-old food critic Mimi Sheraton offers advice on food and life to audience members, callers, celebrity chef guests, and comedians in a podcast taped live on stage." https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/stitcher-premium/ask-mimi CBC hosts an informative food podcast, The Fridge Light. The episode Green Gold on this history of lettuce was surprisingly fascinating! https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/arts-culture/the-fridge-light/ Another newer podcast, Unspooled, sees comedian Paul Scheer team up with former LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson to watch all of the AFI top 100 movies. https://www.earwolf.com/show/unspooled/ For a much sillier experience, Scheer, his wife June Diane Raphael (from Frankie and Grace), and their friend Jason Mantzoukas, host How Did This Get Made where they talk about terrible movies. Just an hour of funny friends ripping on terrible choices. https://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-made/