Sure, I understand being attached to something for sentimental reasons. You must have gotten a lot of use from it over the years. But if your current mixer dies you can't say that after 32 years it let you down. Even the most durable products that we have will eventually give up the ghost. Just give it a proper send off and a good eulogy
The reality is that we people are finite little beings, and our inventions and creations are finite too. I've come to realize that everything we buy in our lifetimes will eventually end up in a landfill. Even if we bequeath it to our children, it will eventually end up in a landfill. The only exception I can think of is anything made of a precious metal or a precious stone. Even the precious metal will likely be melted down sometime in the future.
The reality is that we people are finite little beings, and our inventions and creations are finite too. I've come to realize that everything we buy in our lifetimes will eventually end up in a landfill. Even if we bequeath it to our children, it will eventually end up in a landfill. The only exception I can think of is anything made of a precious metal or a precious stone. Even the precious metal will likely be melted down sometime in the future.