As I reach a certain significant age I get to thinking about how short-lived most of our possesions are. I do have a few items that have been with me for around half my life time.

• Gordon Smith GS2 guitar. My second electric.
• Clairol hairdryer. Actually this just died and has been replaced.
• Swiss Army knife. I've had mine since I was 14 or 15. Some of the tools are a bit damaged, but it's still useful.
• T-shirts. Getting a bit thin now and just used for rough, but I still have some old Queen shirts.
• Sanyo portable stereo. Bought before I went off to poly and provided my sounds for many years afterwards.
• Citizen watch. A post-degree gift. Getting a bit battered, but still keeps good time. One of these days I may treat myself to a decent new watch.

There's probably a few other items that have hung around that long, but may just be stored away somewhere. It seems that most electrical items are doing well to last half as long as the above if that. As for computers, three years and some will consider them redundant. Mine are slightly older than that.

Updated 8/5/06 to add watch