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TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
edited May 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I found this list.
Pretty amusing and interesting.

http://obsoleteskills.com/Skills/Skills

I used to love using the card catalog at the library. :(
Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
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  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,063
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I found this list.
    Pretty amusing and interesting.

    http://obsoleteskills.com/Skills/Skills

    I used to love using the card catalog at the library. :(

    I still do the vcr tracking.
    I miss igotid88
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    igotid88 wrote:
    I still do the vcr tracking.
    What's a VCR???
    :p

    Popping popcorn in a pot with oil on the stove.
    Cutback...remember that before the Peanuts specials came on tv???
    I know you did that, being my West coast twin and all.
    Fess up already.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,063
    TrixieCat wrote:
    What's a VCR???
    :p

    Popping popcorn in a pot with oil on the stove.
    Cutback...remember that before the Peanuts specials came on tv???
    I know you did that, being my West coast twin and all.
    Fess up already.

    I have a thousand tapes I need to convert to dvd. Nothing important really. maybe some. I do have ocd. Haven't popped popcorn in a long time.
    I miss igotid88
  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    AS 400. LOL.

    I know of a few large, successful companies for whom I used to work and who I know to still be using that program.

    UPS
    Cox Cable

    Are just a couple of them.
    reigning champion

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    I was taught wood graining and marbling...thing is these days, wood and even marble have become more affordable than paying a doofus to make something look like it.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    jamie uk wrote:
    I was taught wood graining and marbling...thing is these days, wood and even marble have become more affordable than paying a doofus to make something look like it.
    You aren't a doofus! :p

    Punch cards! Remember them for hot lunch at school???? You bought the card for the week and the lunch lady punched it?? Good times. :o
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    TrixieCat wrote:
    What's a VCR???
    :p
    i work in a video store and a couple months ago someone was walking around, got frustrated and then asked me where we kept the new releases on VHS...
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    doin'the-evolution wrote:
    i work in a video store and a couple months ago someone was walking around, got frustrated and then asked me where we kept the new releases on VHS...
    :eek:
    The thing is....how do you still have one that works??? Must take really good care of it or got it on Freecycle.
    Nothing like kickin it old skool, I guess. :p

    Letting your fingers do the walking. :p They really should not be printing the yellow pages in this day and age...what a waste. People without computers can go to the local library and we can save energy and ink.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,063
    TrixieCat wrote:
    :eek:
    The thing is....how do you still have one that works??? Must take really good care of it or got it on Freecycle.
    Nothing like kickin it old skool, I guess. :p

    Letting your fingers do the walking. :p They really should not be printing the yellow pages in this day and age...what a waste. People without computers can go to the local library and we can save energy and ink.

    They still sell vcr/dvd combos. And I was thinking that about the yellow pages. Even white pages. But not everyone has a computer.
    I miss igotid88
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    TrixieCat wrote:
    You aren't a doofus! :p

    Punch cards! Remember them for hot lunch at school???? You bought the card for the week and the lunch lady punched it?? Good times. :o

    We didn't have punch cards, we had dinner tickets. I hated school dinners though, apart from junior school...luncheon meat, mash and beans, with chocolate cake and pink custard :D mmmmm
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    jamie uk wrote:
    We didn't have punch cards, we had dinner tickets. I hated school dinners though, apart from junior school...luncheon meat, mash and beans, with chocolate cake and pink custard :D mmmmm
    But were the dinner tix punched by the lunch lady? Or did you give one for each meal?
    Pink custard? Fancy.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    TrixieCat wrote:
    But were the dinner tix punched by the lunch lady? Or did you give one for each meal?
    Pink custard? Fancy.

    She would take one each time, the dinner lady we called her ;)
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    we brought our own lunches in school... none of this dinner ticket punch card deal :eek:
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    TrixieCat wrote:
    What's a VCR???
    :p

    Popping popcorn in a pot with oil on the stove.
    Cutback...remember that before the Peanuts specials came on tv???
    I know you did that, being my West coast twin and all.
    Fess up already.


    i haven't fessed in years :p:D

    yep sure do remember popping are own corn although with our family it was for the sound of music....what can i say....3 older sisters tops me and my brother :o:D
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    handwriting



    i mentioned this to my buddy the other day...i really don't do much writing at all let alone handwriting.....never had good writing anyways :D
  • edvedder913edvedder913 Posts: 1,810
    TrixieCat wrote:

    Popping popcorn in a pot with oil on the stove.


    I still do that :D
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    edvedder913 wrote:
    I still do that :D

    Me too. :)
    NOPE!!!

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    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    I think about doing it alot. :)
    Popping popcorn in a pot on the stove, that is.

    I miss being able to slam the phone down on someone. Not that I am ever mad enough to do that...but if the opportunity arose, it would help. :o
    I used to love the big pushbutton phones.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I think about doing it alot. :)
    Popping popcorn in a pot on the stove, that is.

    I miss being able to slam the phone down on someone. Not that I am ever mad enough to do that...but if the opportunity arose, it would help. :o
    I used to love the big pushbutton phones.

    Aaah!!! :) Slamming doors is still good! :D
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Popping popcorn in a pot with oil on the stove.

    That's the best! I still do that! I'll admit, I use the microwave for popcorn more just to avoid consuming all the oil, but...popcorn from the stove is the best!!!
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Jeanie wrote:
    Aaah!!! :) Slamming doors is still good! :D
    I have evidence of how much I love to slam doors in the spare room. :o
    Except my particular style is to slam it back into the wall behind it. :p

    Oh, and punching or kicking closet doors in de rigueur around my house. Oh and filing cabinets. :o
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I think about doing it alot. :)
    Popping popcorn in a pot on the stove, that is.

    I miss being able to slam the phone down on someone. Not that I am ever mad enough to do that...but if the opportunity arose, it would help. :o
    I used to love the big pushbutton phones.

    it funny we still call it "dialing" the phone yet rotary phones haven't been used in like 20 years

    and instead of slamming the phone down, i just press end and throw it....usually on the couch.....cell phone can be pricey....:p
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    cutback wrote:
    it funny we still call it "dialing" the phone yet rotary phones haven't been used in like 20 years

    and instead of slamming the phone down, i just press end and throw it....usually on the couch.....cell phone can be pricey....:p
    I throw my phone around alot too. :o
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I have evidence of how much I love to slam doors in the spare room. :o
    Except my particular style is to slam it back into the wall behind it. :p

    Oh, and punching or kicking closet doors in de rigueur around my house. Oh and filing cabinets. :o

    Nothing beats a good wall-punch. :D
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    Nothing beats a good wall-punch. :D
    I am the kicker, not the puncher. :o
    My brother taught me to throw a punch with my thumb enclosed in my fingers. :mad: I would have alot of broken thumbs if I ever had the nerve to throw a punch. :o
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I have evidence of how much I love to slam doors in the spare room. : o
    Except my particular style is to slam it back into the wall behind it. : p

    Oh, and punching or kicking closet doors in de rigueur around my house. Oh and filing cabinets. : o


    :D Well there's evidence all over of my door slamming skills. It's so cathartic! :D And having a prefab concrete house pretty much saves the walls from any of my little tantys. :o

    The filing cabinet on the other hand is a goddam sturdy f*%ker so I don't think I'll be taking that on anytime soon. I've pretty much killed the closet by over filling and I'm so used to jollying along it's got a free pass. :D

    My granny always said the best way to work off some aggression was to go out and chop some wood. Now there's an obsolete skill for ya! :D
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I am the kicker, not the puncher. :o
    My brother taught me to throw a punch with my thumb enclosed in my fingers. :mad: I would have alot of broken thumbs if I ever had the nerve to throw a punch. :o

    Your bro was just making sure you lost any fights in the house. :p

    I've punched more walls than I care to admit... bleeding knuckles make me realise that your kicking technique may be smarter. :o
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    We definitely should bring back chopping wood. Not that I would do it but I would stack it.
    I remember when a girlfriend told me her husband was doing very cruel things to her. We had just had firewood delivered that day. I was so mad I went outside when I got home and was drunkenly flinging wood all around the yard, towards the woodpile.

    I would say hand washing the dishes, but I know someone that doesn't have a dishwasher! :eek:
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I would say hand washing the dishes, but I know someone that doesn't have a dishwasher! :eek:

    Right here! :D







    Unless you count my mom. :p
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 28,063
    TrixieCat wrote:
    We definitely should bring back chopping wood. Not that I would do it but I would stack it.
    I remember when a girlfriend told me her husband was doing very cruel things to her. We had just had firewood delivered that day. I was so mad I went outside when I got home and was drunkenly flinging wood all around the yard, towards the woodpile.

    I would say hand washing the dishes, but I know someone that doesn't have a dishwasher! :eek:

    No dishwasher here.
    I miss igotid88
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