A lady laughed at me on the phone today

[SoCalDem]

I found an online place where i could order gaskets for my ancient pressure cookers, and she had to have me hold on while she went "to get the book".. It seems that one of my pressure cookers is so old, it's not even listed online..

She laughed and said. "hey, isn't it time to replace that relic"?.. "We haven't made that model since 1953"

It's an old Mirro 4 qt with a bakelite handle.

To their credit, they did have a gasket that will still fit it.. Including postage it cost me $32 for the two gaskets I needed (8 qt & the Oldie 4qt).. I would rather keep replacing gaskets than to buy new ones.. There's something comforting about using my Grandmother's pressure cookers :)

[AllegroRondo]

1. if it aint broke, dont fix it

you certainly cant buy a pressure cooker now that will last for 50 years.

[reyd reid reed]

2. Stick with the ones you've got...

to hell with the laughing fool. She's prolly a kid who doesn't know the value of seasoned pots and pans.

[CottonBear]

3. I still have my great grandmother's electric frypan and toast-r-oven,

It is comforting to use them! :)

[NMDemDist2]

4. you better call her back and order a dozen to last the rest of your life

you sure won't want to replace them when you're too old to learn new tricks :hi:

[SoCalDem]

5. You callin' me an OLD DOG??

:rofl:

The previous gaskets, I bought about 30 years ago, so I think I'm safe :)

[NMDemDist2]

12. I would NEVER say such a thing-- just commenting that some day you *will*

be an old dog :rofl:


yeah, sounds like your safe then :hi:

[DS1]

6. what, buy new Chinese-built crap that'll fall apart in 6 months?

If I had something that old I'd definitely keep it, people seemed to build things like that actually cared back then

[soleft]

7. Maybe I should buy stock in that company

Sounds like they've been around for a while.

[SacredCow]

8. I'd never replace it....

Until very recently, I had my grandmother's Manning-Bowman waffle iron. The heating elements shorted out, and I couldn't get anybody to fix it, so we had to part ways. I've since bought 4 waffle irons, and none of them get hot enough to make proper waffles.

they don't make em like they used to

[SoCalDem]

9. I still use my old Manning&Bowman waffle iron.. It's ugly

I melted a bread wrapper on it about 30 years ago :eyes:.. but it works perfectly,. It was a wedding present in 1970 :)

[chaska]

10. Holy shit! $32 for two gaskets???

[SoCalDem]

11. works out to about 50 cents a year apiece..not bad

:)