Goodbye old friend

A kettle which I believe had accompanied me from Oxford to Newcastle to London and back to Oxford and various destinations around it for over twelve years was finally retired today, after it was shown to be leaking water at its base. This is probably a good lifespan for a plastic kettle. Its water gauge was long inaccurate, clogged with limescale, but it was well-travelled and had become a link with past epochs of my existence. It is now in a plastic bag awaiting its fate.