Last week I found out my chalk line was 30 years old and still works fine

I was cleaning out my van in the shop lot on Tuesday and found a chalk line my dad gave me when I started apprenticing in 1995. It's the red Stanley with the worn handle, and I figured I'd retired it years ago. I loaded it with fresh chalk, snapped a line across a sheet of plywood, and it was dead straight, no wobble. My helper laughed and said why buy a new laser when the old stuff just keeps going. Anyone else hold onto older tools that outwork the newer ones?

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