The belt I’m wearing today has been my go-to belt since 2008. Got it from Next, just a standard black one, classic buckle. Been worn thousands of times, it’ll give up the ghost eventually but it’s not looking like it’ll happen soon.
Good chance it’s the best value purchase I’ll have made in my entire life, each time worn will have cost less than a penny.
Mr Ed
Similar here - had my belt since 2010 and it’s the only one I ever wear. Think it has stretched a little longer over the years, but I have a hole punching tool that I used to make a new hole so it still fits perfectly 
From my pov, a belt that stretches as the years pass sounds ideal!
Pizza Hut Eltham branch. 7 years and they never miss.
Bought my work bag with my first proper salary payment from my first proper job, which will be 14 years ago next month. Still going strong.
had my wallet since I was 16. a big chunky leather boi full of expired cards etc.
18 years on remand and they still can’t get me down.
Got a one-day London underground travelcard in my wallet from 27th August 2007. £5.10.
Not sure how long I’ve had my belt but at least 10 years. I have a fancier one for wearing with suits at weddings but my old boy still does me fine for jeans and such.
JVC Adagio S20 mini system speakers: 30 yrs of service.
Stabilo Boss yellow highlighter: 28 yrs.
‘Lazy fish’ corkscrew: 27 yrs.
Ikea polypropylene laundry bin: 26 yrs.
Metal, wooden handled, spatula: 25 yrs.
Kitchen Devil paring knife: 25 yrs.
Phillips iron: 24 yrs.
Muji transparent acrylic tissue box: 21 yrs.
Nylon trifold wallet: 19 yrs.
Cutlery set: 18 yrs.
Ironing board: 17 yrs.
Canvas belts with metal loops buckle, 1x yellow, 1x pink: 16 yrs.
Walking boots: 15 yrs.
Crap bike lock: 14 yrs.
Kryptonite D-lock: 12 yrs.
Playstation 3 super slim, aka DVD player: 11 yrs.
Everything bought less than 10 years ago: seems to last about five seconds before it’s fucked.
I refuse to believe that a highlighter hasn’t dried up after 28 years.
coat purchased by my mum in 2000, wore it pretty much all the time until relatively recently
best bit is the buttons say Young Adventurer on them cos it’s for ages 10-11 but grew with me thus continued to fit
Hey, it’s fair to say that I may have been inaccurate.
Cos it’s actually a Schwan Stabilo® Boss® highlighter.
Which is useful information. Because
And here it is with it’s contemporary pencil case, adorned with Elastica and Oasis logos:
The lines engraved through the barcode were done during a boring maths lesson. With this Helix compass:
Also pictured, a pack of drawing pins from the early 90s that pre-date anything in that whole list.
But does the highlighter actually work? Let’s see…
Yes it says “refillable” on the back. No-one in the history of ever has refilled a highlighter.
It’s witchcraft!
I reckon that you could get on the “and finally…” bit of the news with that (local paper at least).
If this was twelve years ago, I’d start a blog and write about the memories attached to each thing on the list.
Might still. Probably won’t.
