40 years ago we got this blender. We were making baby food. Throughout the years I'd make bean dip or guacamole. Granted, maybe only used it every other month if that. I'm more recently using it  to make dog food I augment my puppie's kibble with. Well as you would expect after 40 years the plastic begins to fail. I decided it was better value to replace instead of buying replacement attachments. (The base was just fine.) So my children will need to figure out what to do with this when I die.