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>for 100 years with ~20 minutes of maintenance. While I get your point, are you honestly saying a hoe has lasted 100 years and still completely usable to its o

>for 100 years with ~20 minutes of maintenance. While I get your point, are you honestly saying a hoe has lasted 100 years and still completely usable to its original standards with absolutely no sharpening, oiling, cleaning or care of any kind other than changing a screw? Stainless steel wasn't exactly common back then, so I'm assuming this hoe was probably iron with a wooden handle? The iron would definitely need to be at least cleaned and dried after use to prevent corrosion and the handle, while probably at least treated at one point, would likely need some kind of maintenance, even if just cleaning, to prevent rot and decay? After 100 years not even a single nick in the blade that needed to be honed out? Never hit a single rock with it? Tree roots never dulled it? Sorry, I know I'm being kind of facetious, but manual tools definitely need care and maintenance if they're used regularly. Even simple ones.

userbinator 7y ago
To give a better and perhaps more relevant example: The wiring and many electrical devices in my house are over half a century old, yet all the switches and outlets still function perfectly fine.
- DoofusOfDeath 7y ago
  If they use aluminum wiring, the situation may be less rosy than you think.
  - userbinator 7y ago
    Fortunately, the building predates aluminum wiring.
- grawprog 7y ago
  Just to make a counterpoint. The wiring and many electrical devices in my house are over half a century old, the entire circuit breaker panel needed to be replaced a few years ago, the light in the bathroom actually just stopped working a couple weeks ago, i've replaced both the switch and the light fixture itself, but still no light so it's looking like it may be damage to the wiring, outlets are extremely easy to overload and a couple just don't work at all, there's actually an extension cord running from the basement through the floor connected to a working outlet there to replace one of the non-functional outlets.

userbinator 7y ago

To give a better and perhaps more relevant example: The wiring and many electrical devices in my house are over half a century old, yet all the switches and outlets still function perfectly fine.

DoofusOfDeath 7y ago
If they use aluminum wiring, the situation may be less rosy than you think.
- userbinator 7y ago
  Fortunately, the building predates aluminum wiring.
grawprog 7y ago
Just to make a counterpoint. The wiring and many electrical devices in my house are over half a century old, the entire circuit breaker panel needed to be replaced a few years ago, the light in the bathroom actually just stopped working a couple weeks ago, i've replaced both the switch and the light fixture itself, but still no light so it's looking like it may be damage to the wiring, outlets are extremely easy to overload and a couple just don't work at all, there's actually an extension cord running from the basement through the floor connected to a working outlet there to replace one of the non-functional outlets.