Vintage Things That Will NOT Disappear In Your Lifetime

[Trenchfriend]

Ha, 2025 and we still got plain old mp3-(USB) players available!

 

[Trenchfriend]

6. The mechanical pencil sharpener.

Dual sized, with a wooden body!

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Brannock Device for measuring shoe size. It was invented in 1925 by a Syracuse, New York shoe store owner named Charles F. Brannock (1903-1992). Today they’re still made in Syracuse by the original manufacturer.

Strangely I have fond childhood memories associated with it. I used to go with my Mom when she went shopping in Downtown LA. She was always buying shoes and I would often get bored and play with these when we were at the shoe store. I had no idea what they were called until now!

 

[LostInTyme]

Well, you sure put your foot into that one.

 

[Zombie_61]

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Brannock Device for measuring shoe size. It was invented in 1925 by a Syracuse, New York shoe store owner named Charles F. Brannock (1903-1992). Today they’re still made in Syracuse by the original manufacturer...

Mildly interesting how we all arrive at that age when we're suddenly expected to know all of the sizes of the clothes we wear without using things like the Brannock Device, yet it's not considered a "Rite of Passage" like getting a Driver's license or reaching the age of 21 when we go from "still a kid" to "Adult - wise up and sort it out". We humans are a funny lot.

 

[Turnip]

And even if folks would know all their sizes and shapes to fit best, many of them prefer to cover themselves in bulky sweatwear and cheap plastic shoes from the land of smiles or in ridiculously fitting suits with cheap, often crappy quality „leather“ shoes, stinkink like a bucket of synthetic resin.

 

[tonyb]

When a girl accuses you of looking at other girls.

Might that be because we are given to looking at other girls?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Mildly interesting how we all arrive at that age when we're suddenly expected to know all of the sizes of the clothes we wear without using things like the Brannock Device, yet it's not considered a "Rite of Passage" like getting a Driver's license or reaching the age of 21 when we go from "still a kid" to "Adult - wise up and sort it out". We humans are a funny lot.

My biggest gripe are that clothes sizes aren’t uniform because I’ve bought Large size shirts and coats in the past and found that some don’t fit even though it says Large. I think it’s because much of it is made in Asia and are made in relation to their sizes. For example, I’ve often found that Asian “Large” seems more like western Medium.

 

[LostInTyme]

All my adult life, I wore size 10.5 wide shoe. Now, depending upon which Chinese factory made the shoe, I can wear anything from a size 10 4E to a size 11.5 medium width. It's always a guessing game, with a LOT of returns to Amazon or other on-line seller. No more going to a shoe store, Sears or even Kohl's who has drastically reduced it's shoe department.

 

[Trenchfriend]

What do you pay for an (unspecial) key duplicate in family driven-down to earth-working class metal shops/companies in the US?
Asking just for interest, because had a key duplicate have made for the first time in my life. 20€ plain.

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^^
Do you mean regular old house door keys, such as the type to fit a Kwikset or a Schlage lock set?
At the local Ace Hardware the key blanks run four bucks and they charge a couple bucks more to cut them to match.

 

[tonyb]

All my adult life, I wore size 10.5 wide shoe. Now, depending upon which Chinese factory made the shoe, I can wear anything from a size 10 4E to a size 11.5 medium width. It's always a guessing game, with a LOT of returns to Amazon or other on-line seller. No more going to a shoe store, Sears or even Kohl's who has drastically reduced it's shoe department.

I’m a 10.5 in Converse sneakers and 11.5 in Vans. So a full size difference. That’s a lot.

 

[Trenchfriend]

^^^^^^
Do you mean regular old house door keys,

Yeah, regular mechanical housedoor keys without any special safety gadgets.

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^
20 Euro seems an awful lot for that.
I have seen, but have yet to use, an automated machine that allows the purchaser to copy a key without the assistance of store personnel.
Regular old home door locks are still the norm around here, but I wonder for how much longer, what with all these “smart” devices increasingly invading our domestic spaces.
The lovely missus is lobbying for security cameras and door locks she could open remotely. She’ll probably get it, eventually, my reservations notwithstanding.