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

Broke or Not? / No. 42

Card No. 42

Thursday, November 5, 2026. The answers, with sources.

The answers

  1. Since 100

    A Roman lighthouse on the coast of northwest Spain

    Still going

    The Tower of Hercules is the only fully preserved Roman lighthouse still used to guide ships. The bottom 34 meters are Roman. The top 21 were added in an 18th-century restoration.

  2. Since 1999

    BlackBerry phones running BlackBerry's own software

    Done for 2022

    On January 4, 2022, BlackBerry shut down the services behind BlackBerry 7 and BlackBerry 10. Those phones lost reliable data, calls, texts and 911.

  3. Since 1972

    A NASA probe, the first to fly past Jupiter

    Done for 2003

    Pioneer 10's last, very weak signal reached Earth on January 23, 2003, after its power source ran down. It is still coasting, silently, toward the star Aldebaran.

  4. Since 1980

    MD-80 "Mad Dog" jets on major US passenger airlines

    Done for 2020

    American flew its last MD-80 trips in September 2019, and Delta retired its MD-88s and MD-90s on June 2, 2020. That ended US scheduled service on McDonnell Douglas jets.

  5. Since 1778

    HMS Victory, a wooden warship

    Still going

    HMS Victory is still a commissioned Royal Navy ship, the oldest in the world, and flagship of the First Sea Lord. She has sat in dry dock in Portsmouth since 1922.