Obsolete Skills

I could probably waste some time here. Inspired by a post at Scobleizer:

Things we used to know that no longer are very useful to us. Here’s some we came up with. How many can you come up with?

1. Dialing a rotary phone.
2. Putting a needle on a vinyl record.
3. Changing tracks on an eight-track tape.
4. Shorthand.
5. Using a slide rule.
6. Using carbon paper to make copies.
7. Developing film/photos.
8. Changing the ball or ribbon on your Selectric Typewriter.
9. Getting off the couch to change channels on your TV set.
10. Adjusting the rabbit ears on your TV set.
11. Changing the gas mixture on your car’s carburetor.

Someone has created a wiki now: Obsoleteskills.com Do you have anything to add? Might come in handy someday.

For the record, I can do all the above except 4 and 5.

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