Old Skills You Don't Use....

Driving a manual transmission

 

Writing thank you cards. Now I just call and say thanks

 

This!! Cards were so common that we’d give them to everyone in our class in elementary school. Now I write like a sentence in a few cards per year.

 

Using manners somehow people were taught them and as people get older they forget it.

 

Actually, a conversation last night reminded me of a skill I (surprisingly) don’t use much anymore, despite spending years trying to perfect it; makeup application. I used to do really pretty, colorful full faced makeup and special effects makeup (mainly horror), and I can’t even recall the last time I actually did either one.

 

Writing cursive

 

Writing checks and checkbook balancing

 

Sewing

 

Reading cursive

 

Tumbling like gymnastics

 

Selling an overcut. That's when you're working in a deli, someone orders a pound of turkey and you accidentally cut an extra 2.5 ounces and the customer doesn't want it. I'd package it and tag it, and next time there was a line of people waiting, I'd offer it up to whoever wanted it. Lots of people will take a sandwich worth of meat for a couple dollars

 

I was too!! I clearly remember reaching level 188 before I messed up. There were 3 witnesses. I definitely did better than that kid who is recognized as reaching the highest level

 

Drawing. I haven’t drawn anything in a while.

 

My buddy and I were playing the arcade version of Tetris at Quarters the other night.

If I have any regrets about Tetris, it’s not grabbing the Tengen version when it was available.