What couldn't you do without?

I am amazed that so many people have echoed the OP and named their kitchen knives as indispensable as I would have chosen a knife myself.

It is a semi serrated knife which cuts through vegetables like butter. I have had it for forty years and it is known in the family as ‘Pete’s knife’. Recently, the wooden handle finally crumbled. Thanks to the Internet, however, I have located a Sheffield cutler who is going to give it a new rosewood handle for £35 which is expensive, I know, but will be worth it to me.

Cats.

I could list a whole load of stuff probably.
But... I'm staying with my mum this week. She hasn't been doing so well for a while and it's shocking how quickly she's aged and become frail (76). She's having a surgery in 4 days the hopefully will mean she can do without the pills that are affecting her other ailments so much, and should restore a bit of normality for her.
So my answer above all else is my Mum ❤

Purplepoppies Really hope your mum improves and you are right our parents, family and friends are the most prescious things in our lives.

A lot of these are things we like very much, as opposed to things we can't do without.

Coffee and the washing machine. I could live without any other domestic appliance but the washing machine is the greatest invention of the 20th century.

Purplepoppies, good wishes to your mother for her recovery. She's a year younger than I am, so really not that old! She's very fortunate to have a daughter like you.

My tablet, medication , car and my cats

My hearing aids! Couldn't function without them!