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22 Obsolete skills

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  • AxtremusA Offline
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    Axtremus
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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?

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    • AxtremusA Axtremus

      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?

      George KG Offline
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      George K
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      @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

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        #21 for @kluurs

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          Axtremus
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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.

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            blondie
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            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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            • AxtremusA Axtremus

              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.

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              George K
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              @Axtremus said in 22 Obsolete skills:

              Creating your space using MySpace.

              LOL

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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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.

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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.

                  image.png

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                  LuFins Dad
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                  @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.

                  image.png

                  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”

                  The Brad

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                  • AxtremusA Axtremus

                    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.

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                    LuFins Dad
                    wrote on last edited by LuFins Dad
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                    @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

                    The Brad

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                      LuFins Dad
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                      Most of that list was ridiculous.

                      The Brad

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                      • AxtremusA Axtremus

                        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?

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                        @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.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        • AxtremusA Axtremus

                          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?

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                          Klaus
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                          @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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                          • AxtremusA Axtremus

                            #21 for @kluurs

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                            @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.

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