Coturnix's Obligatory Readings of the Day for yesterday included a link to a
list of obsolete technical skills. Both sites have interesting discussions and the concept has spawned, not
one, but
two wikis on the subject. I had most of the skills on the list at one time, but can't guarantee doing some of them anymore without poking someone's eye out. However, among thew amazing skills I can claim are:
- Dialing a rotary phone
- Counting change
- Changing the ribbon in a typewriter
- Threading a 16mm projector
- Cuing a track on a vinyl record
- Running a mimeograph machine
- Doing long division
- Trimming the tip on a quill pen
- Tuning the picture on a television set
What amazing technical skills do you have?
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