FabSwingers.com forum: Life skills

By *astello OP Woman
5 weeks ago

Far far away

I spent my morning teaching my young teenager how to iron shirts. Saying its a life skill he needs. (Yes eye rolling and moaning was part of it).

Is there a life skill you wished you'd learned or been taught. For me it's...

Change a plug.

Gardening

Basic plumbing or knowing better measurements... sky remote anyone =6 inches.

Or perhaps a life skill you're glad you have.

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By *tudentForFunMan
5 weeks ago

Craigavon

Any

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By *ifeisforliving2016Man
5 weeks ago

waterford

Finished my leaving cert in June aged 17, by July I was fishing on a deep sea trawler ,I had to learn to cook for 5 grumpy auld men ,so I got to pick it up ,pretty quickly ,it has stood to me ever since !

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By *rRiosMan
5 weeks ago

dublin

Cooking. I feel cooking and basic accounting should be though in school mandatorily.

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By *eckme70Man
5 weeks ago

Strabane

I wish I had learned how to cook better lol

And learned from the older women in my family the ingredients to there scone bread!! Never tasted anything like it r will again 🤷‍♂️

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By *dfabMan
5 weeks ago

Dunboyne

Have to agree with above. Cooking is an essential. Love cooking

How to change a fuse/plug/ tyre should also be mandatory.

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By *otorman20021Man
5 weeks ago

East Cork

Im a carpenter by trade but I no longer work in that area, except for the odd jobs I might get asked to do. I would really like to pass on some of my skills to my kids, so lately I had a door that needed to be taken off and planned to fit properly and I got my daughter to “help” me doing it. The delight in her face when the poor closed properly after was great to see.

I remember my father thought me how to wire a plug when I very young and it’s simple things like these that are being lost in today’s society because nobody is passing down “tips and tricks” anymore. I remember being in my fathers garage when I was about 5 getting destroyed in oil but it was part of the learning process and most kids these days just don’t see that anymore, so when I can I will always take a repair or a job as a teaching lesson for the kids so they can see how it’s done.

I’m happy to guide anyone on anything that they would like help in if I can. My DM’s are always open.

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By *eekyNerdMan
5 weeks ago

Portarlington

Basic DIY skills.

I can do them but have no confidence in myself.

Cooking better.

Money management.

How to socialise better with people.

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By *og-ManMan
5 weeks ago

somewhere

I'm a qualified electrician

The first time I wired a plug at home my mother asked me to wait for my dad to check it when he got home from his job....a bus driver

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By *iresmillyWoman
5 weeks ago

Dublin

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By *urker6969Man
5 weeks ago

Dublin

Life skill I wish I had: how to approach and/or flirt someone I’m attracted to in real life. Never got the hang of it in my single days due to self esteem issues. If it wasn’t for online dating I don’t think I’d ever have found someone to be with. It’s a skill I don’t have much need for at present, but I think I’d have had a lot more fun when I was younger if I had put myself out there more. Also, if ever I delve deeper into Fab I’m sure it would be helpful.

Skill I’m glad to have: diplomacy.

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By *aptain Caveman41Man
5 weeks ago

Home

Being able to change a wheel in a car

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By *otorman20021Man
5 weeks ago

East Cork

"I'm a qualified electrician

The first time I wired a plug at home my mother asked me to wait for my dad to check it when he got home from his job....a bus driver

😂 excellent 👏, I know this feeling well of “Father’s approval”, this made me smile, thanks BM 👏

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By *penminddmanMan
5 weeks ago

Lisburn

I learned a secret method of my mum for washing and drying clothes which means I never have to iron!!

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By *electableicecreamMan
5 weeks ago

The West

I feel like most pratical life skills can just be learned from youtube now so I dont worry to much about stuff like wiring plugs.

When my eldest needs to know how to do something he looks it up before he asks me because thats what I taught him how to do. Learning to learn.

There are other life skills i consider very important though.

Maintaining empathy and compassion in a highly posalirsed society.

Evaluating and understanding news and social media.

Conflict resolution.

Work ethic.

Understanding what rules you can break.

Hacking as a life philosphy

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By *leasurer77Man
5 weeks ago

Athlone

"I spent my morning teaching my young teenager how to iron shirts. Saying its a life skill he needs. (Yes eye rolling and moaning was part of it).

Is there a life skill you wished you'd learned or been taught. For me it's...

Change a plug.

Gardening

Basic plumbing or knowing better measurements... sky remote anyone =6 inches.

Or perhaps a life skill you're glad you have.

Never been easier to learn any skill. Why just wish?

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By *og-ManMan
5 weeks ago

somewhere

When I was a kid an ad on the telly for wallpaper paste used to astound me

Guy in overalls stuck to a board with wallpaper paste that was hanging from a helicopter up in the air

My dad used to pull out the kitchen table

Have all his rolls of wallpaper ready to go and his bucket of paste with a big painting brush

He'd be up and down his stepladder all day

He'd actually fold the cut sheets that he'd pasted over his arm and fit each one with precise movements into the correct position and move them on the wall before they'd dry

He was brilliant and I've always wanted to give it a go

The first house he did it for me so they'd be right

But every house since I've lived in has painted walls

Don't think I'm ever going to wallpaper a room

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By *leasurer77Man
5 weeks ago

Athlone

"When I was a kid an ad on the telly for wallpaper paste used to astound me

Guy in overalls stuck to a board with wallpaper paste that was hanging from a helicopter up in the air

My dad used to pull out the kitchen table

Have all his rolls of wallpaper ready to go and his bucket of paste with a big painting brush

He'd be up and down his stepladder all day

He'd actually fold the cut sheets that he'd pasted over his arm and fit each one with precise movements into the correct position and move them on the wall before they'd dry

He was brilliant and I've always wanted to give it a go

The first house he did it for me so they'd be right

But every house since I've lived in has painted walls

Don't think I'm ever going to wallpaper a room

Do it. So satisfying! Do a chimney breast or small area first. Get paper that edges don't have to match.

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By *alvin.Man
5 weeks ago

Cork/Dublin

Active listening.

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By *otownkid1967Man
5 weeks ago

Portlaoise

I'm an accomplished cook but never learnt how to bake unfortunately.

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By *eadMeisterMan
5 weeks ago

Blanchardstown

Cooking - I learnt this only 2 years ago, still struggling

Money and Time management

A bit of DIY- plumbing and mechanics

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By *aybeLadyWoman
5 weeks ago

West Dublin

Swimming

Cooking

Tolerance

Learn to drive

Trying to think what I say to my 2 teenage kids, lol 🤦‍♀️

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By *eadMeisterMan
5 weeks ago

Blanchardstown

"Swimming

Cooking

Tolerance

Learn to drive

Trying to think what I say to my 2 teenage kids, lol 🤦‍♀️"

Ah yes, swimming. I blame the parents

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By *ittleBoPeepingWoman
5 weeks ago

Galway, Clare

My Dad could do anything around the house and I wish now I'd asked him to teach me how to put up shelves, pictures etc.

Changing a car tyre, painting skirting boards, and putting up shelves should be a complete subject in school

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By (user no longer on site)
5 weeks ago

All practical life skills I learned in school or with my dad

Plumbing, Electrical, cooking , ironing, cabinet making etc

I don’t know what I can’t do or can’t learn quickly enough if watching someone doing it

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By *eckme70Man
5 weeks ago

Strabane

I think for women and men YouTube can be a good guide to follow 👌 I'm a brickie myself and have done most things in building to machinery but I'm gonna start watching YouTube for the cooking guide lol Have a Great Day 🤗🥰

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By *TinyDelight-Woman
5 weeks ago

City Centre

I cannot overstate the importance of knowing 3 blind mice on a recorder is all I'm saying.

When I left the roost my dad gave me his old hammer which is well over 60yrs old now, and a few other bits, screwdrivers etc. He always wanted me to be independent and self reliant and I believe it was a symbolic gesture more than anything else as I'd stand well clear if I'm holding a hammer. There's a huge amount I'm not good at but he taught me how to play to my strengths.

Having had a number of flatmates in my younger years, it always surprised me how some people can't cope too well cooking or cleaning for that matter. Thankfully you only leave the pizza on the plastic base and oven cook the lot till its a oozing mess, once.

F@#k I hate ironing.

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By *eckme70Man
5 weeks ago

Strabane

"I cannot overstate the importance of knowing 3 blind mice on a recorder is all I'm saying.

F@#k I hate ironing."

The blind mice is a must! 😂😂 I don't eat pizza or cheese 🙈 I'm getting there with the cooking (airfryer).

Oohhh any chance you could iron a few t-shirt's for me 🙈😂 don't hit me with that hammer please..

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By *rown PrismWoman
5 weeks ago

Dublin

...being resourceful and persistent, responsibility, teamwork and respect and all life skills ... that's why my children have been scouting for several years ... they learn everything there ... from ... washing, cooking, making a bed, keeping order .... lighting a fire, building a hut, first aid, reading a map, setting directions in the field, knowing knots and many others ... how to cope in every situation and in every condition ... cut off from the internet and technology ...

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By *ocal studMan
5 weeks ago

A town near you

Learn to swim

Garden properly

Grow my own veg too I suppose

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By *eMacMan
5 weeks ago

kildare

In my opinion 3 months of TY (4th year) should be set aside for this type of thing.

Cooking and cleaning

Handyman/woman round the house jobs: plug, painting, fixing a toilet cistern.

Changing a car tyre!

Some basic HR guidance

Relationship advice and guidance

I think that would be a great service to the kids in the country.

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By *ickey ThumbWoman
5 weeks ago

South Down

I like to think I'm fairly good on the life skills front, although I did find out recently that it's no bloody good knowing how to change a tyre if your car has one of those canisters of sealant stuff that needs to be connected to an air compressor to reinflate the tyre

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By *og-ManMan
5 weeks ago

somewhere

"I like to think I'm fairly good on the life skills front, although I did find out recently that it's no bloody good knowing how to change a tyre if your car has one of those canisters of sealant stuff that needs to be connected to an air compressor to reinflate the tyre

I was right about you driving home all those years ago ....that bloody wheel

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By (user no longer on site)
5 weeks ago

"I spent my morning teaching my young teenager how to iron shirts. Saying its a life skill he needs. (Yes eye rolling and moaning was part of it).

Is there a life skill you wished you'd learned or been taught. For me it's...

Change a plug.

Gardening

Basic plumbing or knowing better measurements... sky remote anyone =6 inches.

Or perhaps a life skill you're glad you have.

Things I was taught by my dad:

- Changing a tyre on a car (including knowing where to put the Jack before lifting, putting the spare under the car near the Jack encase the Jack fails and then replacing that with the flat), checking the oil, changing bulbs in the car, checking water level, level of coolant, changing windscreen wiper blades to name a few car things.

- Learning left is loose and right is tight “lefty loosy, righty tighty”.

- Learning to drive by 16, license by 17, full license by 18.

- Calling the Airport to confirm a flight landing time (predating internet checking).

Mom:

- Learning to use the dishwasher, washing up after cooking so you don’t have to do it after eating.

- learning in power outages that gas cookers can still be used with a lighter.

- How to use a washing machine

- Learning to cook dishes and actually cook rice from scratch.

- Knowing when and when not to respond.

- Learning about the imperial system (saved my ass a few times in math class in college).

Things I wish I learned but didn’t until I ran my own business.

- Pensions and how important they are to start early.

- Revenue number and how helpful they are on the phone.

- Setting up monthly tax payments to offset the final bill.

- Nearly everything is a tax write off with enough imagination.

Things I wish I learned:

- Survival skills in the wild (setting up camp, starting a fire etc).

Things I taught myself:

- Unassembling and reassembling items to learn how to fix them (vacuum cleaner, old school play station memory cards, dodgy electronics in vehicles).

- How to use Google effectively.

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By *ickey ThumbWoman
5 weeks ago

South Down

I was right about you driving home all those years ago ....that bloody wheel

My luck with cars never changes BM - same shit, different car

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By *og-ManMan
5 weeks ago

somewhere

Once asked my 20 yr old daughter to load and put on the dishwasher

Came home a few hours later to find bubbles coming out of the machine and filling the kitchen with the dogs barking at it

She put fairy liquid in the machine

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By (user no longer on site)
5 weeks ago

"Once asked my 20 yr old daughter to load and put on the dishwasher

Came home a few hours later to find bubbles coming out of the machine and filling the kitchen with the dogs barking at it

She put fairy liquid in the machine "

No joke, I did this once and it was hilarious until the thing didn’t work anymore. I spent hours googling how to fix it and what the error meant. After more hours of clearing out said bubbles and mopping and using a blow heater to dry the floor, it worked perfectly again..

So yeah.. 🙈🤣

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By *s LollyWoman
5 weeks ago

The pub then supermacs ...

Im looking at my couple of months old washing machine with the lights flashing on the panel and shouting at it "what's wrong with you"🤔🙈

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By (user no longer on site)
5 weeks ago

"Im looking at my couple of months old washing machine with the lights flashing on the panel and shouting at it "what's wrong with you"🤔🙈"

Yeah honestly 🙈🤣

Took a bit of googling to get mine to work right after the bubbles 🤣

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By *ickey ThumbWoman
5 weeks ago

South Down

"Im looking at my couple of months old washing machine with the lights flashing on the panel and shouting at it "what's wrong with you"🤔🙈"

I was in the same boat Lolly. I solved it with a new one

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By *adger BrocMan
5 weeks ago

Co. Cork

I learned most practical skills like electric, plumbing, welding, woodworking and motor mechanics from my father who could fix just about anything. I learned housekeeping, cooking and painting and decorating from my mother and grandmother.

I learned about farming and horses in particular from my uncle.

I failed to learn how to play the guitar despite my older brothers best efforts, a skill that I would dearly love to have.

I learned the ability to deal with both success and failure from a lifetime of giving it my best shot.

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By *asual777Man
5 weeks ago

i travel all over

I left home at 18 with no life skills . Couldn’t do any cooking , couldn’t even swim . Never did any sports as a kid . Was a massive nerd

But you know , there is always time . I play football twice a week , sea swim . And use YouTube to prepare meals including Christmas dinners for 10, i garden , and fix the washing machine etc . Good to learn early but not the end of the world

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By *enguin1Man
5 weeks ago

The sticks

One life skill I wish I was good at is the ability to b#ll shit......it appears in most work places the ability to BS seems to be more important than being able to actually do the job

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By *eMacMan
5 weeks ago

kildare

Me with Printers….never ending issues🤦‍♂️🤣

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By (user no longer on site)
5 weeks ago

"Me with Printers….never ending issues🤦‍♂️🤣"

I had that back in college.. learned early on in life I’ve a nack for tinkering and I opened it up and learned its magic and then folks began coming to me to unjam it and whatnot.. was amusing..

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By (user no longer on site)
5 weeks ago

"One life skill I wish I was good at is the ability to b#ll shit......it appears in most work places the ability to BS seems to be more important than being able to actually do the job "

Ah yes, it’s an invaluable tool in most professions.. knew a guy who was a pro and would go around “looking busy” rather than being busy, got promoted and there was me, actually being busy and being refused more than once.. I left that job suffice to say..

Learned something though, always know your worth.

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By *s LollyWoman
5 weeks ago

The pub then supermacs ...

"Im looking at my couple of months old washing machine with the lights flashing on the panel and shouting at it "what's wrong with you"🤔🙈

I was in the same boat Lolly. I solved it with a new one

This bloody one is only a few months old 🙄

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By *eckme70Man
5 weeks ago

Strabane

"Im looking at my couple of months old washing machine with the lights flashing on the panel and shouting at it "what's wrong with you"🤔🙈

I was in the same boat Lolly. I solved it with a new one

This bloody one is only a few months old 🙄"

The post r the washing machine? 😅

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By *s LollyWoman
5 weeks ago

The pub then supermacs ...

"Im looking at my couple of months old washing machine with the lights flashing on the panel and shouting at it "what's wrong with you"🤔🙈

I was in the same boat Lolly. I solved it with a new one

This bloody one is only a few months old 🙄

The post r the washing machine? 😅"

The stupid banjacks machine anyone any idea what the actual fuck is wrong with it 🤪

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By *adger BrocMan
5 weeks ago

Co. Cork

Obviously you have a lot of smalls to launder after the weekend....

A few things to try;

Unplug at the power socket, leave for a few minutes and power it up again.

Press and hold the on/off button for 30 seconds.

Check that water hose isn't kinked/blocked.

Check filter, (if one is fitted) isn't clogged. (Colour catcher sheets are a curse....always tie a knot in it. Good advice in other situations also).

If all the above fail give it a couple of thumps...might not fix it but does help relieve the frustration.

On a serious note all electrical goods have a minimum 2 year full warranty under EU law and a 6 year period in which you are still entitled to some level of remedy.

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By *otownkid1967Man
5 weeks ago

Portlaoise

"Im looking at my couple of months old washing machine with the lights flashing on the panel and shouting at it "what's wrong with you"🤔🙈

I was in the same boat Lolly. I solved it with a new one

This bloody one is only a few months old 🙄

The post r the washing machine? 😅

The stupid banjacks machine anyone any idea what the actual fuck is wrong with it 🤪"

Make sure it's standing level firstly. There are adjustable feet underneath, after that follow badgers advice and if all else fails. Ring who you bought it off as there will be a warranty on it.

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By *adger BrocMan
5 weeks ago

Co. Cork

"Im looking at my couple of months old washing machine with the lights flashing on the panel and shouting at it "what's wrong with you"🤔🙈

I was in the same boat Lolly. I solved it with a new one

This bloody one is only a few months old 🙄

The post r the washing machine? 😅

The stupid banjacks machine anyone any idea what the actual fuck is wrong with it 🤪

Make sure it's standing level firstly. There are adjustable feet underneath, after that follow badgers advice and if all else fails. Ring who you bought it off as there will be a warranty on it."

Well spotted about it being level....otherwise it will rattle itself to death or even chase you around the kitchen/utility room.....

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By *rRiosMan
5 weeks ago

dublin

"Im looking at my couple of months old washing machine with the lights flashing on the panel and shouting at it "what's wrong with you"🤔🙈

I was in the same boat Lolly. I solved it with a new one

This bloody one is only a few months old 🙄

The post r the washing machine? 😅

The stupid banjacks machine anyone any idea what the actual fuck is wrong with it 🤪"

The lights may be flashing in some sort of sequenced code and the manual will have what the codes mean.

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By *og-ManMan
5 weeks ago

somewhere

"Im looking at my couple of months old washing machine with the lights flashing on the panel and shouting at it "what's wrong with you"🤔🙈

I was in the same boat Lolly. I solved it with a new one

This bloody one is only a few months old 🙄

The post r the washing machine? 😅

The stupid banjacks machine anyone any idea what the actual fuck is wrong with it 🤪"

You've no clothes on in your photos so you're grand

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By *eckme70Man
5 weeks ago

Strabane

"Im looking at my couple of months old washing machine with the lights flashing on the panel and shouting at it "what's wrong with you"🤔🙈

I was in the same boat Lolly. I solved it with a new one

This bloody one is only a few months old 🙄

The post r the washing machine? 😅

The stupid banjacks machine anyone any idea what the actual fuck is wrong with it 🤪"

Is it not under warranty? Look it up on YouTube 🙈😜

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By *elfastSteamWhistleMan
5 weeks ago

bangor

My Ma, and actually my Da too, insisted I learnt to cook. It was such a chore when I was a teenager but I tell you what I'm well glad of it now. Even when I was late teen early 20s when I was impressing the ladies with my culinary skill I never fully appreciated the life skill I'd been given, but as times get harder making something that passes as top quality when it's actually all either leftovers, unused veg or bought entirely from the "yellow sticker,"ailse in TESCO has been a godsend.

I would HIGHLY recommend any parents encourage their youngsters learn to cook/home chef.

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By *icklish_WarriorMan
5 weeks ago

Raheny

God. Loads...

Anything to do with cars

Anything to do with how money ACTUALLY works

Gardening and growing veg

Anything to do with plumbing

Basic DIY tips and fix-it's

I really feel strongly that some of this stuff should be compulsory at second level school.

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By *elfastSteamWhistleMan
5 weeks ago

bangor

"God. Loads...

Anything to do with cars

Anything to do with how money ACTUALLY works

Gardening and growing veg

Anything to do with plumbing

Basic DIY tips and fix-it's

I really feel strongly that some of this stuff should be compulsory at second level school."

The money one is finally coming to me at my fecking age. If I'd known then and all that, but agree should be taught at schools. Makes you wonder why it isn't.

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By *razyNippleLoverMan
5 weeks ago

Naas

As and 80s kid I was taught, unintentionly but probably subconsciously following by grandads and da, how to and how not to do Diy on absolutely everything no fear, subsequently a builder for a time.

Different approach from Ma and Grannies , set the table , tarts , cooking open the door for a lady or you'd get a slap in the head.

I understand now why us men spent so much time in the shed building toilet roll holders out of old pallets . !!!

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By *insBadMan
5 weeks ago

& around

"I spent my morning teaching my young teenager how to iron shirts. Saying its a life skill he needs. (Yes eye rolling and moaning was part of it).

Is there a life skill you wished you'd learned or been taught. For me it's...

Change a plug.

Gardening

Basic plumbing or knowing better measurements... sky remote anyone =6 inches.

Or perhaps a life skill you're glad you have.

My father thought us how to wire plugs early doors

What's the second letter in Blue ?

L is for left

What's the second letter in Brown

R is for right

What's the second letter in Earth

A is for above

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By (user no longer on site)
5 weeks ago

Life skills ?

Driving & Swimming ,not at the same time now 🤣🤣

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By (user no longer on site)
5 weeks ago

"I learned most practical skills like electric, plumbing, welding, woodworking and motor mechanics from my father who could fix just about anything. I learned housekeeping, cooking and painting and decorating from my mother and grandmother.

I learned about farming and horses in particular from my uncle.

I failed to learn how to play the guitar despite my older brothers best efforts, a skill that I would dearly love to have.

I learned the ability to deal with both success and failure from a lifetime of giving it my best shot.

The guitar is ,like the t-shirt says,

PRACTICE

PRACTICE,

never ever give up , enjoy every minute of it ,Sting said " Music is it's own reward " ..start again tonight, who da F**k cares what you sound like , pick it up & off you go, 🎸🎵🎶🎼

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By *adger BrocMan
5 weeks ago

Co. Cork

I learned about farming and horses in particular from my uncle.

I failed to learn how to play the guitar despite my older brothers best efforts, a skill that I would dearly love to have.

I learned the ability to deal with both success and failure from a lifetime of giving it my best shot.

The guitar is ,like the t-shirt says,

PRACTICE

PRACTICE,

never ever give up , enjoy every minute of it ,Sting said " Music is it's own reward " ..start again tonight, who da F**k cares what you sound like , pick it up & off you go, 🎸🎵🎶🎼"

.....

I will have to get the acoustic guitar out of the attic and find a few YouTube tutorials....

Might even join my local ukulele group.

Duelling badgers 🦡🦡 do duelling banjos.

🎸🎸

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By *asuallyChilledMan
5 weeks ago

Drogheda

Essential life skills that I think every person should have:

Sewing - buttons, hems, seems, patches, stitching - clothes won't change that much

Cooking - how to know when something is fully cooked, basic flavourings - everything else can be picked up from repice books

DIY - basic use of tools - everything else is a YouTube video away

Car Mechanics - oil change, bulb change, filter change, wiper change, tyre change, importance of servicing - average person will never actually do much more

Computer Use - importance of privacy & personal security, how not to be a dick online, how not to be a troll online, what not to click on ever (online ads, popups, etc ) - leave hardware stuff to the shop

Home Life - hygiene, clothes washing, general tidying & cleaning, importance of the previous three, how to cohabit with other people - everything else you pick up along the way

I think if you have those covered going into your twenties, you'd be fairly set.

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5 weeks ago

"Essential life skills that I think every person should have:

Sewing - buttons, hems, seems, patches, stitching - clothes won't change that much

Cooking - how to know when something is fully cooked, basic flavourings - everything else can be picked up from repice books

DIY - basic use of tools - everything else is a YouTube video away

Car Mechanics - oil change, bulb change, filter change, wiper change, tyre change, importance of servicing - average person will never actually do much more

Home Life - hygiene, clothes washing, general tidying & cleaning, importance of the previous three, how to cohabit with other people - everything else you pick up along the way

I think if you have those covered going into your twenties, you'd be fairly set.

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You mentioned some things I would have imagined be the basics and others where I didn’t know how to do until my early 30’s lol..

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By *laudshaenCouple
5 weeks ago

between sligo and leitrim

"I spent my morning teaching my young teenager how to iron shirts. Saying its a life skill he needs. (Yes eye rolling and moaning was part of it).

Is there a life skill you wished you'd learned or been taught. For me it's...

Change a plug.

Gardening

Basic plumbing or knowing better measurements... sky remote anyone =6 inches.

Or perhaps a life skill you're glad you have.

Sky remote is longer than 6"

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By *littlebitoffunMan
5 weeks ago

Newtownabbey

"...being resourceful and persistent, responsibility, teamwork and respect and all life skills ... that's why my children have been scouting for several years ... they learn everything there ... from ... washing, cooking, making a bed, keeping order .... lighting a fire, building a hut, first aid, reading a map, setting directions in the field, knowing knots and many others ... how to cope in every situation and in every condition ... cut off from the internet and technology ..."

Good and sound advice.

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