Skills you no longer need

[Libby]

What hard earned skills do you have that you no longer need?

Two I have are

Converting between decimal and predecimal money

Taking the foil tops off a milk bottle in one piece

What are yours?

[Blue nose]

I know how many carrots/potatoes/apples are in a pound (weight) from my days selling fruit and veg.

Everything is prepacked these days.

[Melanie R]

I know how to wire a plug 😊

[ROBBOTOO]

O level maths.

[snowbelle]

O level Religious study …not sure I ever needed that one tbh !

[ROBBOTOO]

Originally Posted by Melanie R

I know how to wire a plug 😊

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One of the useful things they taught at our school.

[marypoppins38]

Change a car tyre. I once got a complete puncture with my then very young children in the car in the pouring rain. I changed to the spare and drove to the garage dripping wet through. The mechanic asked who had changed it for me. I almost launched him.
When I passed my test at 17 my dad would not let me drive my car until I could change the tyre, check the pressure, refill the wiper fluid and check the oil.

[Blue nose]

Originally Posted by marypoppins38

Change a car tyre. I once got a complete puncture with my then very young children in the car in the pouring rain. I changed to the spare and drove to the garage dripping wet through. The mechanic asked who had changed it for me. I almost launched him.
When I passed my test at 17 my dad would not let me drive my car until I could change the tyre, check the pressure, refill the wiper fluid and check the oil.

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Me too. I can do all this. Thanks Dad 👍

[Beth_Disney]

I know how to make suppositories, fold powders, compound creams, roll pills, etc. and do the associated chemical calculations. These get sent to a specials manufacturer nowadays so it’s a skill that doesn’t get used.

[Libby]

Originally Posted by marypoppins38

Change a car tyre. I once got a complete puncture with my then very young children in the car in the pouring rain. I changed to the spare and drove to the garage dripping wet through. The mechanic asked who had changed it for me. I almost launched him.
When I passed my test at 17 my dad would not let me drive my car until I could change the tyre, check the pressure, refill the wiper fluid and check the oil.

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I know how to do this, but when I needed to I couldn't loosen the nuts and had to call the RAC out