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#1473242 - 06/11/16 01:46 PM Useless skills that were once useful
JazAddict JazAddict Planeteer Registered: 05/17/04 Posts: 18011 Loc: The West Coast of Florida	Typing while talking Listening to multiple conversations simultaneously Writing what is being said to you in real time (requires some shorthand lingo usually) Things I did for a livin that I have little other use for And you? _________________________ Liberty is inversely proportional to government. http://www.bobminer.net Da Bears Bob Miner
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#1473318 - 06/11/16 10:19 PM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: JazAddict]
DAGtunes DAGtunes Planeteer Registered: 11/29/07 Posts: 7590 Loc: San Clemente, CA	1: Playing an instrument 2: Singing In Tune 3: Audio engineering 4: Mastering 5: Anything I've learned...
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#1473326 - 06/11/16 10:41 PM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: DAGtunes]
Popmann Popmann Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 05/23/02 Posts: 33090 Loc: Twangville, TN	When I worked in a record store as a young'un--I was a kind of wonder kid because you had to pass a test on musical knowledge (and I mean knowledge of artists and labels and producers across different genres) to get a job at the record store AT ALL. Pass. I ACED it....at 16. No one had ever aced it--let alone someone so young. Eventually they moved me into doing full time shipping/receiving when I was out of school--which was a manual process of pricing and knowledge of this price point line and the mapping to store price, etc....what distributors what labels came from....what artists were ON what labels.... By the time I left the music store gig, they were bringing in computers and paying people next to nothing because there was no more test. They could type whatever artist into a computer--all info was there--where it was in the store, what label and catalog number in case it needed to be ordered, the price--everything really that I was cherished for at that store was being replaced by a computer. Um....installing ISA cards and configuring the IRQs? $;\)$ Prolly more....
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#1473328 - 06/11/16 10:57 PM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: Popmann]
C Jo Go C Jo Go EMERITUS ~ VS Roland Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 11/05/01 Posts: 36563 Loc: carmel valley,ca	Proficient at :; A phone machine The trackball Hitchhiking Exposing and developing film Printing in the darkroom Recording with never seeing a WAV Walking to school Turning an automobile engine = with a crank really wonderful in the Winter months Delivering door to door newspapers Pen and paper ~~ K through 16 = for me Early digital camera -- one image per floppy I still use the answering machine Pen & Paper the track ball Recording with never seeing a WAV Edited by C Jo GoCrystal Studios* (06/12/16 08:22 AM)* _________________________ Limitations make the Artist ... ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )
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#1473334 - 06/12/16 12:08 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: C Jo Go]
Duckhead Duckhead Planeteer Registered: 02/05/00 Posts: 13524 Loc: n Load!	Quote: .installing ISA cards and configuring the IRQs? ;\) Been there and done that. Formatting mfm and rll drives. Man this stuff has come a long way. I always wondered if they could make a hard drive with memory chips. _________________________ Want Really High Speed Internet? Go to Hong Kong! What I know,I know! Its What I dont Know Thats a Problem! Never let an electrical engineer near a telescope or an astronomy book. They may end up correcting the astronomy book!
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#1473337 - 06/12/16 12:15 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: Duckhead]
Wish Wish 🌴 VSP Moderator 🌵 Planeteer Registered: 09/09/00 Posts: 11756 Loc: Phoenix, AZ	Speed dialing a rotary phone with two index fingers.....trying to win the radio call in contests.
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#1473340 - 06/12/16 12:29 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: C Jo Go]
rhythmace47 rhythmace47 Planeteer/Artist 208 Planeteer Registered: 05/17/02 Posts: 10437 Loc: Southern Wisconsin	"Listening to multiple conversations simultaneously" would be near the very top of my list. Was never skillful at that anyway. Just nodded a lot. Now I just rudely walk away. Changing my own oil and filter in vehicles. Bruising my knuckles trying to use wrenches on vehicles. Never did save that much money, left me bruised, oily, and pissed off. Plus there's running to the store trying to find one tool you'll never use again. Watering gardens with sprinklers. Running your ass off moving those around only to end up watering mostly weeds. Now I use soaker hoses. Hundreds of feet of them. Water goes straight down to the plants, never move them, just turn on the water for an hour or so. Anything involving digging holes with a shovel or shoveling snow with a shovel. Anything involving a shovel in general. Or a rake or a pickaxe. _________________________ Imagine your lyrics on the horizon written by a skywriter.
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#1473341 - 06/12/16 12:31 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: Wish]
moontan moontan Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 04/16/99 Posts: 31844 Loc: Sol III	the good thing about the good 'ol days is that they're gone. $;\)$ _________________________ YouTube SoundCloud
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#1473342 - 06/12/16 12:36 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: moontan]
C Jo Go C Jo Go EMERITUS ~ VS Roland Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 11/05/01 Posts: 36563 Loc: carmel valley,ca	Originally Posted By: moontan the good thing about the good 'ol days is that they're gone. $;\)$ Some of it I miss Life was simpler in my Midwest world .. _________________________ Limitations make the Artist ... ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )
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#1473356 - 06/12/16 01:24 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: Duckhead]
C Jo Go C Jo Go EMERITUS ~ VS Roland Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 11/05/01 Posts: 36563 Loc: carmel valley,ca	Originally Posted By: Duckhead Quote: .installing ISA cards and configuring the IRQs? ;\) Been there and done that. Formatting mfm and rll drives. Man this stuff has come a long way. I always wondered if they could make a hard drive with memory chips. Still formatting those SCSI drives --- 80gb takes about 12 hours _________________________ Limitations make the Artist ... ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )
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#1473369 - 06/12/16 02:38 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: C Jo Go]
rhythmace47 rhythmace47 Planeteer/Artist 208 Planeteer Registered: 05/17/02 Posts: 10437 Loc: Southern Wisconsin	I dunno. I've found that having a solid work ethic and being a dedicated employee ended up to be kind of....useless. On the other hand, doing extremely boring work relentlessly is sort of job security I never had before. It's kind of interesting watching managers fail miserably because they padded their resume without the skills to back it up. _________________________ Imagine your lyrics on the horizon written by a skywriter.
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#1473380 - 06/12/16 04:10 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: rhythmace47]
JazAddict JazAddict Planeteer Registered: 05/17/04 Posts: 18011 Loc: The West Coast of Florida	I thought oil changing was in this category but it turns out that more time than money reinvigorated that. _________________________ Liberty is inversely proportional to government. http://www.bobminer.net Da Bears Bob Miner
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#1473381 - 06/12/16 04:12 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: JazAddict]
Timster Timster Artist #'s - 130, 298, 412 Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 03/06/03 Posts: 43409 Loc: Center of the Universe	I use to be good at dialing in the UH channels on tv. _________________________ I am not retired!!!!! https://soundcloud.com/tim-jensrud/tracks
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#1473387 - 06/12/16 04:41 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: DAGtunes]
Doughboy Doughboy Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 07/15/01 Posts: 26868 Loc: Gaylord, MI	Originally Posted By: DAGtunes 1: Playing an instrument 2: Singing In Tune 3: Audio engineering 4: Mastering 5: Anything I've learned... +1 _________________________ ---------------------------------- For a an updated list of players giving blowjobs this week call 1800DETROITLIONSSUCKINGDICKS http://www.reverbnation.com/GregPillsbury
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#1473395 - 06/12/16 05:33 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: Timster]
C Jo Go C Jo Go EMERITUS ~ VS Roland Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 11/05/01 Posts: 36563 Loc: carmel valley,ca	Originally Posted By: Timster I use to be good at dialing in the UH channels on tv. Channels 20 & 4 -- added to the 3 networks ( NBC 6 & CBS 8 & ABC 13 ) - all we had in our town growing up. _________________________ Limitations make the Artist ... ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )
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#1473396 - 06/12/16 06:22 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: C Jo Go]
Jazzooo Jazzooo Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 05/18/02 Posts: 55410 Loc: San Miguel de Allende, Mexico ...	Nothing to add except maybe handwriting in cursive which I can barely do anymore. But you guys have really fun answers. _________________________ Dougrobinson.com
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#1473403 - 06/12/16 07:29 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: Jazzooo]
C Jo Go C Jo Go EMERITUS ~ VS Roland Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 11/05/01 Posts: 36563 Loc: carmel valley,ca	Originally Posted By: Jazzooo Nothing to add except maybe handwriting in cursive which I can barely do anymore. But you guys have really fun answers. Still do cursive .. I like to write. _________________________ Limitations make the Artist ... ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )
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#1473405 - 06/12/16 07:43 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: C Jo Go]
C Jo Go C Jo Go EMERITUS ~ VS Roland Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 11/05/01 Posts: 36563 Loc: carmel valley,ca	Passing around the new 12in vinyl >> at a weekend party .. _________________________ Limitations make the Artist ... ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )
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#1473406 - 06/12/16 08:14 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: C Jo Go]
flatcat flatcat Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 07/11/01 Posts: 29784 Loc: Westborough, MA, USA	Originally Posted By: C Jo GoCrystal Studios Turning an automobile engine = with a crank HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA _________________________ The internet, and the whole technology sector on which it floats, feels like a giant organ for bullshittery—for upscaling human access to speech and for amplifying lies. - Ian Bogost Professor Truth T. Sweetness says,"Mind your manners!"
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#1473407 - 06/12/16 08:14 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: flatcat]
flatcat flatcat Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 07/11/01 Posts: 29784 Loc: Westborough, MA, USA	I was a comparative politics major at university. My specialization was in comparative Marxist-Leninist systems in eastern Europe. That became useless the minute the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviets didn't invade Poland. I never thought I'd live to see the day. _________________________ The internet, and the whole technology sector on which it floats, feels like a giant organ for bullshittery—for upscaling human access to speech and for amplifying lies. - Ian Bogost Professor Truth T. Sweetness says,"Mind your manners!"
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#1473408 - 06/12/16 08:19 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: flatcat]
C Jo Go C Jo Go EMERITUS ~ VS Roland Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 11/05/01 Posts: 36563 Loc: carmel valley,ca	Originally Posted By: flatcat Originally Posted By: C Jo GoCrystal Studios Turning an automobile engine = with a crank HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA My MGA was great in the Winter -- always started with that crank ... _________________________ Limitations make the Artist ... ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )
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#1473410 - 06/12/16 08:48 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: C Jo Go]
Alan Alan Nice guy! Cuddly Alan Planeteer Registered: 01/30/00 Posts: 7951 Loc: Sauchie, Scotland, UK	Tying Knots - its all cable ties and fancy clips these days. _________________________ YouTube - Soundcloud - Facebook
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#1473426 - 06/12/16 02:10 PM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: Alan]
grachus grachus Planeteer/Artist # 92 Planeteer Registered: 01/10/00 Posts: 11909 Loc: burlington ont, canada	hammering a nail with a hammer. reading playboy. _________________________ Now is the time
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#1473430 - 06/12/16 02:29 PM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: grachus]
Dan Barnes Dan Barnes I sing, I love, I love to sing. Planeteer Registered: 04/16/99 Posts: 16014 Loc: Joshua Tree, CA USA	1. Mastering acetates on a lathe. 2. Electroforming stampers, mothers and masters in a nickel sulfamate plating tank. 3. Running a record press. 4. Buying condoms. _________________________ You Tube Sound Cloud Sound Click
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#1473435 - 06/12/16 02:46 PM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: grachus]
JazAddict JazAddict Planeteer Registered: 05/17/04 Posts: 18011 Loc: The West Coast of Florida	Originally Posted By: grachus reading playboy. Ha ha! _________________________ Liberty is inversely proportional to government. http://www.bobminer.net Da Bears Bob Miner
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#1473494 - 06/12/16 08:30 PM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: JazAddict]
Starliner Starliner Planeteer Registered: 05/19/09 Posts: 3173 Loc: Florida - Dunnellon	Stuffing individual memory chips into expanded memory cards. Programming in Basic or Cobol. Fixing TV''s or most anything electronic. Woodworking with hand tools. Changing and gapping the spark plugs in your car. Building wood boats. Starliner _________________________ Half The Lies They Tell About Me Aren't True!
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#1473502 - 06/12/16 09:12 PM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: Starliner]
Jazzooo Jazzooo Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 05/18/02 Posts: 55410 Loc: San Miguel de Allende, Mexico ...	If I write anything longer than my name in cursive, my shoulder starts to cramp up. _________________________ Dougrobinson.com
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#1473515 - 06/12/16 10:11 PM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: Jazzooo]
ickalien ickalien Planeteer Registered: 10/01/04 Posts: 5535 Loc: Denver	Use your hand! _________________________ No Mas Pantalonies
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#1473536 - 06/13/16 01:45 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: ickalien]
C Jo Go C Jo Go EMERITUS ~ VS Roland Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 11/05/01 Posts: 36563 Loc: carmel valley,ca	Collecting the coins from those phone booths ... Your weekly "to-the-door" milk/dairy deliveries & the household laundry soap/softeners Edited by C Jo GoCrystal Studios* (06/13/16 01:51 AM)* _________________________ Limitations make the Artist ... ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )
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#1473557 - 06/13/16 04:06 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: C Jo Go]
MadGuitrst MadGuitrst Planeteer Registered: 06/10/99 Posts: 20858 Loc: 3rd Stone From The Sun	Remembering phone numbers. Driving with two hands. $;\)$ Repairing my car myself (includes oil changes....I hate to admit I'm so lazy). Communicating with my daughter (or her mother)....useless, totally useless. _________________________ MadGuitrst has left the building....but not before committing acts designed to offend the senses.... "Seek first to understand, then to be understood." - Dr. Stephen R. Covey
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#1473558 - 06/13/16 04:07 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: ickalien]
MadGuitrst MadGuitrst Planeteer Registered: 06/10/99 Posts: 20858 Loc: 3rd Stone From The Sun	Originally Posted By: ickalien Use your hand! _________________________ MadGuitrst has left the building....but not before committing acts designed to offend the senses.... "Seek first to understand, then to be understood." - Dr. Stephen R. Covey
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#1473560 - 06/13/16 04:12 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: MadGuitrst]
C Jo Go C Jo Go EMERITUS ~ VS Roland Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 11/05/01 Posts: 36563 Loc: carmel valley,ca	Trunking-in at the Drive -In ... one of many skills my friends & I mastered ... _________________________ Limitations make the Artist ... ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )
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#1473564 - 06/13/16 08:14 AM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: C Jo Go]
C Jo Go C Jo Go EMERITUS ~ VS Roland Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 11/05/01 Posts: 36563 Loc: carmel valley,ca	Shooting large format transparencies > for National ad agencies..70/80's was mandatory I carried my view camera around for the assignments ... $;\)$ _________________________ Limitations make the Artist ... ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )
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#1473582 - 06/13/16 01:40 PM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: C Jo Go]
mike gouthro mike gouthro Planeteer Registered: 04/20/99 Posts: 5028 Loc: toronto,ontario,canada	That mysterious back-room skill of tracing an incoming phone call from an arch criminal in two minutes before the culprit hung up. We had to assume some phone company wizard was flipping switches and plugging plugs in a back room. It hardly ever succeeded - the culprits had watches too. Interestingly, TV drama writers still love to uses this device even though today's technology is much faster and circuit paths are probably preserved after the hang-up. Granted, some writers have switched to a more modern method - the burner phone.
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#1473632 - 06/13/16 05:55 PM Re: Useless skills that were once useful [Re: flatcat]
C Jo Go C Jo Go EMERITUS ~ VS Roland Loquacious Planeteer Registered: 11/05/01 Posts: 36563 Loc: carmel valley,ca	Originally Posted By: flatcat I was a comparative politics major at university. My specialization was in comparative Marxist-Leninist systems in eastern Europe. That became useless the minute the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviets didn't invade Poland. I never thought I'd live to see the day. I could feel the "change" a comin' >> was in Latvia for the summer of '89 .. Then visited the Wall as they were dismantling ..& later in the path of the new world of East Europe.. _________________________ Limitations make the Artist ... ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )
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