22 Obsolete skills
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The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?
wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:36 last edited by@Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:
The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?
Yes/No
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wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:46 last edited by
Using a sundial to tell time.
Using an analog clock to tell time.
Reading analog utility meters.
Using library index cards and the Dewey Decimal System to find a document in a library.
Creating a video DVD.
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wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:47 last edited by
Good to hear people are sewing. I do my bit encouraging and some mentoring of people who are interested. I’m told machine dealers and technicians did really well during the pandemic. People wanted to sew and quilt.
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Using a sundial to tell time.
Using an analog clock to tell time.
Reading analog utility meters.
Using library index cards and the Dewey Decimal System to find a document in a library.
Creating a video DVD.
Creating your space using MySpace.wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:50 last edited by -
wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 01:55 last edited by
"The phonetic alphabet — nobody seems to use it anymore. When someone is spelling out, they'll use, like, 'D for duck' or 'Y for yoyo.'"
Pilots use the phonetic alphabet, every day. And the MSN guy got it all wrong.
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"The phonetic alphabet — nobody seems to use it anymore. When someone is spelling out, they'll use, like, 'D for duck' or 'Y for yoyo.'"
Pilots use the phonetic alphabet, every day. And the MSN guy got it all wrong.
wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 13:57 last edited by@Copper said in 22 Obsolete skills:
"The phonetic alphabet — nobody seems to use it anymore. When someone is spelling out, they'll use, like, 'D for duck' or 'Y for yoyo.'"
Pilots use the phonetic alphabet, every day. And the MSN guy got it all wrong.
The MSN guy was just saying how people mimic the idea of the phonetic alphabet but don’t do it correctly. When people spell their names for me they will use all kinds of unusual words - “A as Apple, D as driving, A as Aardvark, M as Mary”
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Using a sundial to tell time.
Using an analog clock to tell time.
Reading analog utility meters.
Using library index cards and the Dewey Decimal System to find a document in a library.
Creating a video DVD.
Creating your space using MySpace.wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 14:00 last edited by LuFins Dad@Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:
Using a sundial to tell time.
Haven’t in a few years, but probably will do so again, soon.
Using an analog clock to tell time.
All the time
Reading analog utility meters.
Idon’t generally read utility meters, but the analog ones are still around
Using library index cards and the Dewey Decimal System to find a document in a library.
Do so often
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wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 14:04 last edited by
Most of that list was ridiculous.
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The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?
wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 14:07 last edited by@Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:
The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?
Lord, I hope not.
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The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?
wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 17:24 last edited by@Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:
The ability to always plug a USB-A connector into a USB port the right side up, every time, no flipping. Is that a skill?
Real skill is to plug a USB-C connector into a USB port with the wrong side up!
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wrote on 27 Nov 2024, 17:32 last edited by kluurs
@Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:
#21 for @kluurs
I just ordered some CDs this morning. I'm telling you - CDs coming back. You watch and see. Nothing like putting those little discs in the drawer and listening to that thing spin. You'll regret not keeping yours. The 80s were a great time.