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What's a lost skill that no one seems to remember how to do anymore

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By *usman 199 OP   Man
over a year ago

Stockport

Morning all

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By *herryblossom_BJWoman
over a year ago

Oxfordshire/Hampshire

Be polite and respectful on fab...wait, did that ever happen?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Darning

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not share every little piece of their lives with the entire world on social media

I know that’s not everyone but it’s a very common theme these days.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Right message with proppa spelling gramma and punctuation

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By *orny DeucesCouple
over a year ago

Mansfield


"Right message with proppa spelling gramma and punctuation "

Rite on?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Using hand tools as a joiner. Everyone rushes to plug in or charge a battery up.

I watched someone spend at least 15 mins looking for a jig to router a door for the hinges… use a chisel mate!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Using hand tools as a joiner. Everyone rushes to plug in or charge a battery up.

I watched someone spend at least 15 mins looking for a jig to router a door for the hinges… use a chisel mate!!

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I love using a hammer n chisel, and I’m not even a joiner. I recently re-hung a load of doors at Soze Manor with just a Hammer, chisel, and a Phillips screwdriver. Loved it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Using hand tools as a joiner. Everyone rushes to plug in or charge a battery up.

I watched someone spend at least 15 mins looking for a jig to router a door for the hinges… use a chisel mate!!

I love using a hammer n chisel, and I’m not even a joiner. I recently re-hung a load of doors at Soze Manor with just a Hammer, chisel, and a Phillips screwdriver. Loved it. "

Thank goodness you didn’t say flat head screws. Those things should be banished from the planet.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Real loyalty

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By *idlandiaMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

How to correctly hunt a mammoth

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By *errocaWoman
over a year ago

Shropshire


"Darning "

I darn socks.. The kids always laugh at me, saying they cheap enough to buy new

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By *nliveneTV/TS
over a year ago

Selby

Honesty

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire


"Not share every little piece of their lives with the entire world on social media

I know that’s not everyone but it’s a very common theme these days. "

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham


"Using hand tools as a joiner. Everyone rushes to plug in or charge a battery up.

I watched someone spend at least 15 mins looking for a jig to router a door for the hinges… use a chisel mate!!

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My jeweller insisted I learned to cut gold and silver by hand , I got through hundreds of blades, very very frustrating but so pleased I did. I often find it faster now than using a cutting disk ! And I can file with a saw so saves a lot of money

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Using hand tools as a joiner. Everyone rushes to plug in or charge a battery up.

I watched someone spend at least 15 mins looking for a jig to router a door for the hinges… use a chisel mate!!

My jeweller insisted I learned to cut gold and silver by hand , I got through hundreds of blades, very very frustrating but so pleased I did. I often find it faster now than using a cutting disk ! And I can file with a saw so saves a lot of money "

I spend so long watching YouTube shorts where people make rings that way. It’s a marvel to witness a great delicate craft. I’m always impressed.

(Is that the type of thing you do?)

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By *irDomin8Man
over a year ago

Southend-On-Sea

Wise advice that's listened too. 56 yes now and ringing in my ears to today. "Son if you don't learn to do things for yourself, you will have your hand in your pocket for the rest of your life". My Dad has saved me thousands" and all I had to do is listen.

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By *umalotagainMan
over a year ago

a town called malice


"Using hand tools as a joiner. Everyone rushes to plug in or charge a battery up.

I watched someone spend at least 15 mins looking for a jig to router a door for the hinges… use a chisel mate!!

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Amen to that, you struggle to find a craftsman any longer, now it’s a 6month course as a “fitter” of some sort not the 4 years of apprenticeship like it used to be, and people moan that new build houses are crap quality

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Agreeing with the themes, but research and self sufficiency.

Also, flat screws are nice and decorative but I agree, so so so frustrating.

Let's not go into Phillips and posi bits getting mixed up though lol.

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By *ilverjagMan
over a year ago

swansea

Hats off to all you skilled guys who find producing craftsmanship on the highest level. As a construction site manager, with several projects of my own on the go at any one time, it always gives me great pleasure to meet anyone, man or woman, who takes a pride in their work using. traditional methods. Same applies to motor mechanics who can repair rather than replace, and panel beaters and paint sprayers who can actually apply cellulose are becoming dinosaurs.

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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest


"Not share every little piece of their lives with the entire world on social media

I know that’s not everyone but it’s a very common theme these days.

"

Seconded

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By *orny DeucesCouple
over a year ago

Mansfield


"Thank goodness you didn’t say flat head screws. Those things should be banished from the planet. "

Best thing ever written on this site

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Finedon ,

Respect for the elderly people in this world.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT


"Using hand tools as a joiner. Everyone rushes to plug in or charge a battery up.

I watched someone spend at least 15 mins looking for a jig to router a door for the hinges… use a chisel mate!!

Amen to that, you struggle to find a craftsman any longer, now it’s a 6month course as a “fitter” of some sort not the 4 years of apprenticeship like it used to be, and people moan that new build houses are crap quality "

Remember the old expression, ‘time served apprentice’, time being the pertinent word.

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North

Fingering

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Manners...

One things that really annoys me.

Miss S x

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By *dventurous biMan
over a year ago

tesside


"Agreeing with the themes, but research and self sufficiency.

Also, flat screws are nice and decorative but I agree, so so so frustrating.

Let's not go into Phillips and posi bits getting mixed up though lol."

Torx is the only way!

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By *igbustedmilfWoman
over a year ago

Maidstone


"Fingering "

I beg to differ, I’m regularly fingered by my lover and guys I meet at clubs. In fact it happened last night at Silverleigh- great skills

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North


"Fingering

I beg to differ, I’m regularly fingered by my lover and guys I meet at clubs. In fact it happened last night at Silverleigh- great skills "

^^ she was fingered last night

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By *assy69Man
over a year ago

West Sussex and Wales

It may have been mentioned already, but writing a letter, with a pen, on paper, using grammar and then posting it to someone. It’s a skill I have lost myself for sure

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Laugh.. not everything in life needs to be so serious.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Have a sense of humour.

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By *irDomin8Man
over a year ago

Southend-On-Sea

Big thumbs up. And when an apprentice complained about wages. I would tell them at the start they are a burden we are happy to carry. And that it's referred to as paying ya dues, in time when you know what ya doing the big bucks will come.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Using hand tools as a joiner. Everyone rushes to plug in or charge a battery up.

I watched someone spend at least 15 mins looking for a jig to router a door for the hinges… use a chisel mate!!

I love using a hammer n chisel, and I’m not even a joiner. I recently re-hung a load of doors at Soze Manor with just a Hammer, chisel, and a Phillips screwdriver. Loved it.

Thank goodness you didn’t say flat head screws. Those things should be banished from the planet. "

Cross head screws are so ugly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Leadership

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Use a ch0ke on a car.

Tape songs off the radio.

Make fake ID with your bus pass.

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By *ean counterMan
over a year ago

Market Harborough/ Kettering

Hedge laying

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Maths without the aid of a calculator

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mending things instead of simply replacing them. We have become a throwaway society.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Live without technology

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

Finding my keys when I want to go out.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Whittling

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham


"Using hand tools as a joiner. Everyone rushes to plug in or charge a battery up.

I watched someone spend at least 15 mins looking for a jig to router a door for the hinges… use a chisel mate!!

My jeweller insisted I learned to cut gold and silver by hand , I got through hundreds of blades, very very frustrating but so pleased I did. I often find it faster now than using a cutting disk ! And I can file with a saw so saves a lot of money

I spend so long watching YouTube shorts where people make rings that way. It’s a marvel to witness a great delicate craft. I’m always impressed.

(Is that the type of thing you do?)"

Yeah but not very good yet ! It takes years. For rings I like really chunky stuff so would usually cast then file & solder rattan than cut shapes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not get a sodding phone out at the dining table

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By *iss KinkWoman
over a year ago

North West

Handstand

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cat's Cradle with the string.

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By *akingMemoriesMan
over a year ago

Toronto

Express themselves without emojis.

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By *entBarryUKMan
over a year ago

Ashford

Use capital letters properly

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By *MattyMan
over a year ago

Naked coffee house near you - Wiltshire - Swindon

Be polite and the art of conversation. Both seem to be woefully lacking these days

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By *omoxfordMan
over a year ago

leeds


"Agreeing with the themes, but research and self sufficiency.

Also, flat screws are nice and decorative but I agree, so so so frustrating.

Let's not go into Phillips and posi bits getting mixed up though lol.

Torx is the only way! "

Look at JIS screws look like Philips but aren't JIS screwdriver will fit Philips though

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By *eaqueenWoman
over a year ago

Heathrow

Change a plug with out consulting Google

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mend most things we live in a throw away society even the shops don't like selling parts to mend.ive just repaired my shower hearter element went got a genuine part but took 5 shops before someone helped most just said buy a new one but part was only 16 new shower 170.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

When car engines were simpler I could do the basics (oil, filters, bulbs etc). A lot of cars now are complex to a point where it's just a lot of hassle.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Express themselves without emojis."

The poo emoji is 25 years old this year

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