Things we can do, which youngsters maybe can't

JuliusCaesar

I was over looking at survivalism, and ended up thinking about the kinds of skills we aulpeeps have acquired which young people might not have.

I can sew, knit, crochet (and embroider - not much real use!). (Do kids learn this stuff nowadays?)

I can cook from scratch including sauces. No need for jars or packets.

I can make bread and bake.

I can do a fair amount of DIY.

I can make a fire without using firelighters. (I came across a youngster who'd never made a fire ever, recently)

I always have a supply of food in the house, just in case. (As I discovered during the snows of the last couple of years - we didn't need to go shopping as we could live off the stores. Milk maybe; but we had herbal teas.)

I can garden and grow veg.

I've good first aid skills.

I also have books of practical skills, useful if the internet dies.

So what other skills do we have, from growing up before everything was instant, and just cause we were taught this stuff?

Rubecula

I can make my joints crack when I dance/move/stand up.:pac:

I can make a fire in the fireplace and not when I burn out a stolen car.

I can read a novel, and understand words with more than three letters.

I know how to scrape the burned bits off the toast.

I passed my driving test for cars, motorbikes and fork lift trucks.

I can get up in the morning for work.

I know how to respect others when I meet them.

(Ok not all younger folks are like I portray them, but there seems to be more and more who are exactly like I portray them.)

Jellybaby1

I can hand write a letter, and address its envelope at a slope!
I can speak English fluently
I can spell
I can use correct grammar
I can use a plain pen and ink with blotting paper at the same time:)
I can say 'please' and 'thank you'
I can survive on a tight budget and economise where necessary
I can do several hand crafts
I can calculate pounds, shillings and pence
I can hand wash my laundry using a washboard
I can arrange flowers but only if I really have to
I can cook without jars and packets
I can make a real fire, if I had one, I still miss it terribly
I can recite the avoirdupois table
I can recite the counties of Leinster off by heart to a tune, but for some strange reason not the other provinces, lacking some grey cells now!

Next please!

BBDBB

I can be myself and not worry about what my peer group think

Rubecula

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

I can recite the avoirdupois table
I can recite the counties of Leinster off by heart to a tune, but for some strange reason not the other provinces, lacking some grey cells now!

Next please!

I can not do either of these things sadly.

BUT

I can admit it when I don't know something.
I can admire someone who knows more than me without resorting to insults to try and make myself look 'big'.
I can open a door for a lady.
I can offer my seat to an elderly person of either gender.
I can step out of the way when I am blocking someone's path without getting upset or 'sarky'.
I can go for a pint on occasion and NOT start fighting in the street, pub or wherever.
and most importantly:
I can remember the Woodentops.:pac:

BBDBB

I can wear a pair of trousers so that I dont show my underpants

Jellybaby1

I can go shopping, fully dressed! :eek:

BrensBenz

Things I can do that the younger generation can’t? Well, I can:
1. turn the TV off;
2. enjoy radio drama;
3. enjoy a night out AND remember it the next day;
4. get dressed in forty nine seconds;
5. park my car;
6. remember when music was produced by musicians and not by tone-deaf singers pretending to be pole-dancers or an aerobics class;
7. look at a young one tottering on 6” heels and think “What was she thinking?”
8. enjoy classic images without saying “Aw jeez it’s only like black and white”;
9. go for hours without stabbing at the face of my mobile phone;
10. go for weeks without using the word “like”;
11. resist a purchase because I know it will be obsolete next week;
12. win arguments with customer service – stare and scare;

and, not wanting to drag this to base levels but....my beloved and I can have spontaneous and undisturbed afternoon delight, without pharmaceuticals or latex products or fear of additional family members next year. See 4.

looksee

Love all the above answers, and yes, can do most of them.

We used have to do £sd mental arithmetic at school, which I was not great at, but could do. I discovered recently that I can no longer do it! Yay for metric!

Rubbish as my arithmetic is, I can still add up the value half a dozen things at the checkout and have the right money ready by the time it has gone through the till. Not that I always do, but I can

odds_on

Rubecula wrote: »

I can make my joints crack when I dance/move/stand up.:pac:

I can make a fire in the fireplace and not when I burn out a stolen car.

I can read a novel, and understand words with more than three letters.

I know how to scrape the burned bits off the toast.

I passed my driving test for cars, motorbikes and fork lift trucks.

I can get up in the morning for work.

I know how to respect others when I meet them.

(Ok not all younger folks are like I portray them, but there seems to be more and more who are exactly like I portray them.)

I have never had a driving lesson nor had to take a driving test to get my driving license - I just applied for all the categories and got them. I have, in my time, driven motorcycles of many capacities up to 800cc, tractors, cars, car and trailer/caravan, lorries and semi-articulated trucks, and coaches.

It was so simple to get a license in those days! Now, I really am showing my age!

Rubecula

odds_on wrote: »

I have never had a driving lesson nor had to take a driving test to get my driving license - I just applied for all the categories and got them. I have, in my time, driven motorcycles of many capacities up to 800cc, tractors, cars, car and trailer/caravan, lorries and semi-articulated trucks, and coaches.

It was so simple to get a license in those days! Now, I really am showing my age!

I bow to the master

Jellybaby1

odds_on wrote: »

I have never had a driving lesson nor had to take a driving test to get my driving license - I just applied for all the categories and got them. I have, in my time, driven motorcycles of many capacities up to 800cc, tractors, cars, car and trailer/caravan, lorries and semi-articulated trucks, and coaches.

It was so simple to get a license in those days! Now, I really am showing my age!

I have friends just like you. I was always jealous of them because I was so late in learning to drive and then I had a few attempts at the test, but eventually I got there in the end, but although richer in freedom, poorer in cash!

BBDBB

alright JB we heard you the first time

Jellybaby1

BBDBB wrote: »

alright JB we heard you the first time

Stop annoying oul'wans willya! I deleted the flippin' thing and it wouldn't go away, these flippin' computer yokes they do me head in, so they do!:D:D

BBDBB

:eek: she's waving her walking stick at me!:D

Jellybaby1

BBDBB wrote: »

:eek: she's waving her walking stick at me!:D

It's me zimmer!!:p

BBDBB

is that young uns text speak?:p

Jellybaby1

BBDBB wrote: »

is that young uns text speak?:p

Like, duh!

BBDBB

epic!

Rubecula

wicked!

BBDBB

sick!

Jellybaby1

:D:D :D :D:D

Cicero

I can actually "talk to the hand"...the thing is, I'd prefer not to...

Simi

Rent ultraporn.

Cicero

I can mend and/or service a bicycle (chains. change tyres, repair punctures, replace brakes etc)

JuliusCaesar

.......and that's why the youngsters should feed us and protect us when the apocalypse comes!

Rubecula

Something else we can do, is remember the romantic 'slowies' at the end of the night in the 'club'. That last dance was always special. (And probably led to a lot of the youngwans being here too)

peasant

I can wait

(what with instant gratification being a fairly new idea and all that)

looksee

I can set a table, and know the difference between a soup spoon, dessert spoon and tablespoon is, and where they go...

The Princess Bride

Rubecula wrote: »

Something else we can do, is remember the romantic 'slowies' at the end of the night in the 'club'.

Ahhh the memories, I tell my teenagers about the 'slow sets' and they cringe- funny that,considering nowadays,youngsters go up to each other and "ask" for the "shift".........who should be cringing:eek:

chucken1

I can write love letters..and sometimes receive one