Friday, May 30, 2014

Eleven Skills Your Great-Grandparents Had That You Don’t

Via Susan
 

Speak for yourself.  I've sure got #1 down pat. :)


Reader Charlie sent me the latest blog post from Ancestry.com entitled 11 Skills Your Great-Grandparents Had That You Don’t.

It starts by saying, "Our parents and grandparents may shake their heads every time we grab our smart phones to get turn-by-turn directions or calculate the tip. But when it comes to life skills, our great-grandparents have us all beat. Here are some skills our great-grandparents had 90 years ago that most of us don’t."

These skills were:

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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 30, 2014 at 10:49 PM

    TGIF - thanks for the mellow music - isn't this Happy Reunion Time out there in Dixie Land ?

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  2. AnonymousMay 30, 2014 at 10:56 PM

    Well, you have #1 down pat, and way back when I had #10, which was the result of #1, I suppose ; )

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  3. AnonymousMay 30, 2014 at 11:27 PM

    I think that is probably past tense )

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  4. AnonymousMay 31, 2014 at 6:23 AM

    I have done and can still do to some extent everything on that list except make lace
    and the lady still asleep in our bedroom this morning can take care of that.

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  5. EricMay 31, 2014 at 11:11 PM

    I can do at least 8 of them

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