22 Obsolete skills
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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.
@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.@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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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?
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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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@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.
