▲ 260 ▼ What item did you "buy for life?" (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Poe@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 253 comments fedilink hide all child comments How's it holding up?
[–] Poe@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) Oh, that's a good point! I've had the same mechanical pencil for the past four years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* I still have the same mechanical pencil I bought over in Germany during a student exchange in 1988. Absolutely bulletproof, and - as typical - I didn’t see it’s thumb-click design (lead advancer right behind the tip, where the thumb usually sits when writing) being sold in North America until about 10-15 years later. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ProperlyProperTea@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I've got some mechanical pencils from 8 years ago. Granted I hardly use them now, but they served me well as daily drivers for the first 5. They're the shaker kind too! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago* I still have the same mechanical pencil I bought over in Germany during a student exchange in 1988. Absolutely bulletproof, and - as typical - I didn’t see it’s thumb-click design (lead advancer right behind the tip, where the thumb usually sits when writing) being sold in North America until about 10-15 years later. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ProperlyProperTea@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago I've got some mechanical pencils from 8 years ago. Granted I hardly use them now, but they served me well as daily drivers for the first 5. They're the shaker kind too! permalink fedilink source parent