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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:23 PM Original message |
Skills that are dying out: Here goes: Using a slide rule, |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not learning to write cursive is so strange. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. There was an thread in GD recently about some states not teaching it any more. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It seems weird because we were taught that way; however... |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. My printing isn't that great, my cursive is prefect. |
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Saving Hawaii (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. and my cursive is completely unreadable |
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Saving Hawaii (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. If nobody knows it, it won't be needed anymore |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Cursive is easier to write then printing. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
127. Not when you write "text-speak" as most kids do today. Cursive text speak |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
194. My daughter started cursive in 3rd grade, is continuing it in 4th now |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. There are no times whatsoever that you are required to use a cursive signature |
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Saving Hawaii (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. my signature is basically a J-scribble N-scribble with a slashthrough. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. The bank when I worked there refused to accept "X". |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. What a dick!! |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
148. You drew a penis on my credit card machine. |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
76. Hi "J-scribble N-scribble with a slashthrough"... I'm "D-squiggle L-swirl-dot"! |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I never thought anythjing I learned was as idiotic as cursive. |
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Saving Hawaii (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. they made you learn to write in italics!?!? |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Yes, so we could write references to other texts properly. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. What's wrong with cursive and what's so hard about it? Yeesh! |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Same here. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:12 AM Response to Reply #51 |
99. Same here! I'll never forget the first time I wrote an entire page in cursive, |
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BrendaBrick (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
142. "I know when I write a a letter... |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. I prefer printing. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
85. I learned curseive in 3rd Grade (1994), but hate using it because... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #85 |
164. Got to be an autistic thing... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #164 |
168. Yes, I much prefer typing to writing! |
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Lionel Mandrake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #85 |
181. I was disappointed in first grade. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. Baking from scratch, sewing your own clothes, |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Which begs the question... |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. Canning food. |
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Denninmi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Au Contraire |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. "Tuning up" a car with a non-electronic ignition. |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
134. Last year, on the points |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
136. I have a 1951 M38a1 Jeep. Took me 3 years to do a frame up restore |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #136 |
195. Sweet. |
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yankeepants (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. spllng n grmmr n/t |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. Electronics repair. |
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Tom Ripley (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
97. That is the first thing that came to my mind |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #97 |
185. Along the same lines, amateur radio and Morse code. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #185 |
190. Got into a discussion with a ticket holder over Morse not being required anymore. |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #190 |
192. Morse is quite useful, and it's a shame it's not required anymore. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. So many of these things are "Good Riddance" items to me. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The skill doesn't have to be in a school curriculum. nt |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I think this will be a big mistake, like new math. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. I think it's pretty much national and universal. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Typewriters have been around for a long time but people still wrote by hand. |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. I do difagree. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. So we should loose history because of this. |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. I'd just be happy if we'd go back to writing 'lose' when appropriate. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #43 |
88. "In 20 years America will be a country of people who can't read, write or spell." LOL |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #88 |
169. I half agree |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. Why are you typing with your mouth full? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
87. I would assume there will be professional calligraphers who... |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
90. There is home-ec as an elective |
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nadine_mn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
92. But where else would you learn it? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. Converting Flemish ells to English ells |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
130. oo the ell cares? |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Good manners. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Yep. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Remembering phone numbers |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Cell phones. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. I always have to refer to a my address book. |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
64. I don't know... |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. Things I learned in school including: type setting, metal fabrication, and woodworking. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
44. Woodworking? No way! |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. I can do all of those things except shorthand. |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Can you bake a cherry pie? |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I can make pies. |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I love pie. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Yes. From scratch. Using cherries I picked myself. |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Yum! |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. It's a good thing you're not making an apple pie then. |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
137. And a pecan Pie, and a Sweet Potato Pie. |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. Understanding the concept of |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
178. Those are mostly theoretical |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. Touch typing. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. People still learn touch typing |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I don't see a lot of them |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Even if you type on a computer, you still need to know touch typing. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #47 |
89. I tried to learn touch-typing in high school, but I failed miserably. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. The only bad thing about touch typing is that is that I hit keys on keyboards hard. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #52 |
94. I have a noise problem too. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #94 |
100. Be careful--you might end up with RSI. BTDT. nt |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #45 |
156. I probably never had a career as a result of not learning to type, |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. 90% of the cars sold here in the UK have manual gearboxes. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
81. Really? About 7% of new cars in the US have manual transmissions, including European imports. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #81 |
104. It's hard to rent a car in Europe that's automatic |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. Dupe |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #46 |
101. Yall Europeans are weird, then. LOL. nt |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
53. Chipping flint arrowheads and scrapers. |
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Tom Ripley (418 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #53 |
98. I really did laugh out loud |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
133. Good book n/t |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
196. I'm with you! |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
197. It's called flintknapping |
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jellen (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
54. Hand writing a personal letter/via snail mail n/t |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
55. Darning socks. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Yeah. Screw socks w/ holes. I throw 'em out. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
57. Long division by hand? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Also: Saving things to a "floppy" disc. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
59. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
72. everything is geared toward standardized testing, so no one knows how to write |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #59 |
119. I am appalled at the poor grammar, punctuation and spelling |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #119 |
149. I have a thing for Grammar Girl |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
60. Shepardizing cases using the paper books in the law library ... |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #60 |
77. Flaxbee, Esq. hated doing that |
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nadine_mn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #60 |
91. When I was in law school we had to learn how to do it both ways |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #60 |
121. I Use To Do That When I Was A Paralegal |
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Tyrs WolfDaemon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
61. Making bows and arrows, spears, slings |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
83. These are useful skills. |
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BrendaBrick (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #83 |
143. "The Household Cyclopedia" |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #143 |
173. Try the Foxfire series. Kinda hard to find, but great reading ! |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #83 |
180. That is what scares me to. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #83 |
191. Guess what...I can do most of those things, |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:59 AM Response to Reply #61 |
95. Hey, Goat! How you doin'? |
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Tyrs WolfDaemon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #95 |
131. Goat: Maaaaaaa Waaaaas Laaaaasst Weeeeeeks Diiiiinnnneeeeer |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
138. Butcher and smoke my own meat, can live with out elect. forage for food |
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Tyrs WolfDaemon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #138 |
154. I've had some of my best conversations with wolves and foxes |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
66. Raise your hand if you attend work meetings where white (or black) boards are used |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Yes. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #66 |
170. Raised |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
67. ANY driving skill. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #67 |
123. ROFL!! You got it! Life in Houston is dangerous. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #67 |
174. I was about to add "following the rules of the road" |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
68. Straight shift cars? |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #68 |
151. ALL my cars have been sticks. My husband's and sons' cars too. |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #151 |
193. I still prefer to seek out and drive sticks. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
70. Darning. Not saying it. Sewing it. nt |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #70 |
118. I was just thinking about that the other day. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
71. Using rotary phones. nt |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
73. Building home fallout shelters. nt |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
74. Sending a telegram. nt |
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styersc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
75. Knapping stone tools. |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #75 |
139. Mine don't look so pretty, but they work. n/t |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
78. Crocheting doilies using fine thread. Tatting. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
79. Running a ditto machine, keypunching, making corrections on an IBM Selectric |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #79 |
102. Or setting up and running a slide projector (not Power Point!) Big PITA. nt |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #102 |
108. And changing a typewriter ribbon |
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BrendaBrick (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #79 |
144. Ditto machine |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. Why yes, sniffing the bubble gum smell of the ditto ink as the |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #147 |
152. I can still smell the sheets, never forget that smell. |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
80. Making bathtub gin in an unused shed behind the barn. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #80 |
112. Why make it when you can buy it? |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
82. Dialing a rotary phone, listening on a party line! Putting a ribbon in a typewriter ... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #82 |
120. I remember doing all that, except developing film. n/t |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
84. I am equally skilled in all three of those. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
86. Txt-spk is the new shorthand. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #86 |
103. good point, there. nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #103 |
107. I like mentioning it whenever somebody goes "kids can't spell these days". |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #107 |
146. right-click, add to dictionary |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
93. I found this interesting article on the importance of cursive. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #93 |
109. That is certainly true for learning Chinese/Japanese characters! |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #109 |
122. How else would you be able to look things up in the dictionary |
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BrendaBrick (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #93 |
145. Good article. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
96. Putting a blade on a band saw and aligning it correctly without losing multiple body parts. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
106. Packing a pipe with Prince Albert or Captain Black |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #106 |
140. Making a clay or corncob pipe. |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #140 |
163. Some folks even make their own briar pipes |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
110. Reading a map. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #110 |
113. I'm 25 and I swear that I'm the only one of my peers that ca understand the city bus route map. |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #113 |
157. A good point - if someone can't understand a street map, |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #110 |
124. Yep. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
111. Well, complaining about Kids These Days clearly isn't a dying art. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #111 |
114. +1,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #114 |
115. I guess somebody should tell them that half the stuff they've listed is popular with young people. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 04:19 AM Response to Reply #111 |
159. Indeed. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
116. Driving a car with a Manual Transmission |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #116 |
188. Too true |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
117. Quilting. Calligraphy. |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #117 |
126. A lot of people quilt... |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
125. Morse Code, Short Hand, Newspapers, Encyclopedias... |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #125 |
141. Morse code was dropped by the military 10-12 years ago. n/t |
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zanana1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:38 AM Response to Reply #125 |
162. I disagree about second languages... |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #162 |
187. 2nd languages seem to be more popular in America than when I was a kid |
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DisgustipatedinCA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
128. even some "high tech" skills have already died out |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #128 |
186. I did those things back in the 90's |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
129. My kid would be ecstatic if his school did away with cursive n/t |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
132. Manual machinist, old school mechanic |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #132 |
166. Sadly true. |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
135. I became acquainted with |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
150. True story, kids at work can't tell time without a digital device. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
153. manners. |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #153 |
155. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #153 |
175. When I hold a door for a lady I always apologies. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
158. Gas welding (oxyacetylene) |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
160. Writing a coherent sentence. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #160 |
171. Sadly, that problem is hardly new... |
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zanana1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
161. Gregg shorthand! |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
165. Combing the seeds out of your pot on a vinyl album cover |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #165 |
167. LOL! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
172. Every one? Just a thought. No need to cook, to write, to iron, to mow (I hire), etc. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
176. Well...it is a bit off the wall, but backing up a trailer onto a railcar...... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
177. Hand cranking your Model A to life before driving the car out of the barn. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
179. in the US? |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
182. While perhaps not dying out, these may be on the |
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canoeist52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
183. That's why I'm hanging on to this book for future generations... |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
184. My child is in the sixth grade and |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #184 |
199. Is it to prevent grading bias? |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #199 |
201. No. |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
189. Building a rail fence. I have done it and there is a lot of skills needed to do it right. n/t |
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Ineeda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #189 |
200. Making change. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-16-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
198. Lots of creative skills |
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