People Born Before 1990, What Skill Do You Have That No One Uses Anymore? Folks Responded. What are yours?
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Reading a street/road map and knowing on how the grid system works
on finding the correct street location.
Knowing the reason on why the street numbers are even and odd numbers.
Comprehending the importance of knowing the directions of a street number
Understanding the concept on how many city blocks add up to a mile.
Also, knowing my east/west/north/south directions with/without a compass.
on finding the correct street location.
Knowing the reason on why the street numbers are even and odd numbers.
Comprehending the importance of knowing the directions of a street number
Understanding the concept on how many city blocks add up to a mile.
Also, knowing my east/west/north/south directions with/without a compass.
Nice, Chicago's street layout makes it easy to understand everything you posted once you get it. Growing up, I made phone calls asking for a ride from my parents using little more than cross streets or an L stop and the rail line color. Shout it to the 95th street, Homan and Congress L stops.
I still do that today.
Before I got into Networking, I use to see all this token ring cabling on the floor posing a trip hazard. I would disconnect all that shit and wind the cord up. The main hub was in this classroom that I used. This guy would come in heated and have to hook it all back up. Finally one day, he explained what that wire nest was for and we hooked it back up together neatly.My daddy made me a tech monster at a early age.
- Copy Atari 2600 games
- Modded VCR so I could bootlegging XXX movies and early Anime movies Fist of The Northstar was a big seller.
- Modding early cable boxes all cable channels and ppv .
4. Wired up my Votech school with these NICs before anyone even knew these thing would change the world.
Pause button mix tape, read a sundial and not catch feelings from hookers, strippers or Ig whores.
Cursive writing to be reintroduced in Ontario schools this fall
Cursive is making a comeback. Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.
Cursive writing — and typing — will return to Ontario schools this fall
The province is also bringing back a focus on phonics starting in Kindergarten to help boost reading skills.
Wife and I were going out and she popped a button getting dressed. I told her to take it off and give it to me and and keep getting ready....got out my sewing kit and fixed that shit asap....she was in awe...LOL....
Typing with two hands while looking at the screen or whatever I am typing from without looking at my fingers....I type faster than any secretary I have ever hired.
sense aint common
the wife and I used to leave cursive notes on our action boards in the house and the grand kids were absolutely clueless.
Some gems in here.
I gave the “bruh-nod” to most in approval because I agree with most mentioned. Here are a few area-specific ones to add to this collective. Growing up in Washington Heights, NYC (circa 1976) there were some skills acquired that many don’t have, ie.:
1. Understanding the commute. If you had to travel to from uptown to court street, you had to understand and anticipate train delays and how long it would really take you to get to your destination.
2. Threat assessment. If you travelled using public transportation or ever found yourself in a place with a lot of people (this was basically everywhere, where I am from) you had to learn how to immediately “read the room” to know which person might try some dumb sh*t and what your escape route is. This has saved my life on a number of occasions.
3. Grammar…fukn grammar. This was a subject in school, along with penmanship and shop classes. As a teacher now, listening to how most write and talk makes me shutter. I get slang, but hearing people say “on accident” is infuriating.
4. Basic Economics. This isn’t exclusive to the heights, but I’ve seen a shocking lack of this. Growing up poor helped me understand which stores (and areas in NYC) showed me to get the most out of a dollar.
I’ll stop here. I could probably go on for a minute regarding this topic.
I gave the “bruh-nod” to most in approval because I agree with most mentioned. Here are a few area-specific ones to add to this collective. Growing up in Washington Heights, NYC (circa 1976) there were some skills acquired that many don’t have, ie.:
1. Understanding the commute. If you had to travel to from uptown to court street, you had to understand and anticipate train delays and how long it would really take you to get to your destination.
2. Threat assessment. If you travelled using public transportation or ever found yourself in a place with a lot of people (this was basically everywhere, where I am from) you had to learn how to immediately “read the room” to know which person might try some dumb sh*t and what your escape route is. This has saved my life on a number of occasions.
3. Grammar…fukn grammar. This was a subject in school, along with penmanship and shop classes. As a teacher now, listening to how most write and talk makes me shutter. I get slang, but hearing people say “on accident” is infuriating.
4. Basic Economics. This isn’t exclusive to the heights, but I’ve seen a shocking lack of this. Growing up poor helped me understand which stores (and areas in NYC) showed me to get the most out of a dollar.
I’ll stop here. I could probably go on for a minute regarding this topic.