New Pitcher

New Pitcher

This is really random! 

I finally broke down and bought a new pitcher for my office. 

This is so I can keep drinking water as I work at my computer. The old pitcher (which presented me with a mystery thirteen years ago) was falling apart. The plastic lid was cracking. I was afraid it would break soon, spilling water everywhere as I poured out of it. I'm not sure how long I had that pitcher. I used it in my office since 2011 but it was in the house long before that.

I don't like this pitcher as well as I did the old one. I do like the handle which makes it easier to carry. The old pitcher has indentations for holding it and if you filled it with water to the top of the indentations, then put in ice to the top, it was perfect, This one I have to kind of guess how much water to put in. Halfway between a dot and the two-quart marking seems to be about right.

This new pitcher also "sweats" more with condensation and the ice melts faster. I'm thinking the plastic isn't as thick and therefore not as insulating.

It'll be interesting to see how long this pitcher last me. I should think at least a decade or two. It doesn't have an air-tight seal like the old one did (before the little cap on it broke), so there will be no mysteries. 

Why did I use the same pitcher for sixteen years? Why not? It worked fine and I didn't see any reason to replace it until it started breaking. 

Do you have something you've hung on to and used for at least decades? Let me know in the comments below.