Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Don't fix it if it ain't broke

Broke or Not? / No. 39

Card No. 39

Monday, November 2, 2026. The answers, with sources.

The answers

  1. Since 1979

    A Sony Walkman that plays cassette tapes

    Done for 2010

    Sony stopped making cassette Walkmans in Japan in 2010 after selling about 220 million. The first one, the TPS-L2, went on sale July 1, 1979.

  2. Since 2001

    Apple's iPod music player

    Done for 2022

    Apple discontinued the iPod touch, the last iPod, on May 10, 2022. The first one, in 2001, cost $399, held 1,000 songs, and only worked with a Mac.

  3. Since 1706

    A tea shop at 216 Strand in London

    Still going

    Twinings has sold tea at 216 Strand since Thomas Twining bought Tom's Coffee House in 1706. A Hogarth portrait, painted to settle his account, hangs in the tasting room.

  4. Since 1768

    The Encyclopaedia Britannica in printed volumes

    Done for 2012

    Britannica announced in March 2012 that it would stop printing after 244 years. The last set was the 32-volume 2010 edition.

  5. Since 1583

    An amusement park in the woods north of Copenhagen

    Still going

    Bakken is open and is called the world's oldest operating amusement park. It grew up around a spring found in 1583, and getting in is free. You pay per ride.