Just wondering what passes the test of time? I personally have an old Casio watch and if you count fruit trees, those are pretty old too.

  • AFK BRB Chocolate
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    288 days ago

    My dad was friends with the guy who designed the Aztec Hotel. He didn’t want regular light fixtures originally, so he came up with an idea for lighted columns, and he made a prototype table-lamp sized. The was in 1925. The prototype is in my living room and I use it every day.

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        317 days ago

        I went downstairs and took one just for you:

        His thing was that he didn’t want obvious electric lights in the lobby because Aztecs didn’t have electric lights. But it was decided that giant glass columns in earthquake country in the 20s was a bad idea, so they didn’t do it