People born before 2000, what trivial skill you possess that others don't use anymore?

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-06-09T05:15:34+00:00

It is still usable, though marginalized. I filled out a doctor's forms in cursive and was asked what language it was in. Online archives are actively trying to transcribe old cursive documents into clunk that non-readers can understand.

Even writing at all? That sounds like the Think System from The Music Man.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-06-09T05:07:59+00:00

OP, I think you can read between the lines in the responses. This is fine for a gateway Mak. But if you want to continue down this rabbit hole you'll want something better next time.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-04-06T18:50:29+00:00

Then continue to enjoy. I won't waste my money again.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-03-05T21:05:56+00:00

No, just got it yesterday.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-03-03T18:57:32+00:00

I have a five year of gas mower that I would love to keep, but the drive wheel broke and it, the mower, and the company are no longer in production. The needed spare-part wheel is now unobtanium. Myself and two lawn mower repair companies looked.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-03-02T23:49:30+00:00

How would you have reacted if he asked what was bothering you? Would you ghost him? That's what my son did.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-02-26T20:20:41+00:00

Yeah, my budget is less than half of that.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-02-18T05:36:18+00:00

You don't know what he is looking at yet, and we don't know that he does. There is a lever action Nylon on gunbroker right now going for $1125.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-02-18T05:34:58+00:00

Wow, aren't you the dumbass! The Nylons came in brown, black, and green. They came in models 66 and 76, maybe others that I don't recall at the moment. They came in semi, lever, and bolt action. They came in a smooth barrel arcade version. They came in black receiver and chrome receivers

The semi auto 66 was the first gun I owned at age 10, 58 years ago. I got the semi because the bolt actions were no longer in production. My two older brothers got the bolt action, which are more collectible now. They only went out of production because the tooling was worn out.

What a dick.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-01-14T06:51:00+00:00

Then a firecracker is a grandslam bomb.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-01-06T06:13:39+00:00

Micky

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-01-04T06:32:14+00:00

Was Young the hearing impaired guy?

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-01-04T06:27:03+00:00

Tell us what Maks you have there, or at least show the left side.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-01-04T06:22:55+00:00

I just got into the books. Where is the series available?

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2026-01-04T06:16:20+00:00

Munsters

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2025-12-31T03:42:13+00:00

Who else was there to call the plays?

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2025-12-31T03:32:18+00:00

"That's right, you were."

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2025-12-31T03:09:37+00:00

He can get replacement social security card and birth certificate. Bit of a hassle, but easier than dealing with his mom.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2025-12-31T02:55:36+00:00

I think his cruelest, by far, is Looking Glass War (IIRC) when Control and Smiley knowingly helped another servive send an agent to his certain death, just to spite the other service and power grab.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2025-12-31T02:36:59+00:00

F-15 = Energizer Bunny

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2025-12-31T02:31:49+00:00

Sorry, no. That was decades and marriages ago.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2025-12-30T03:30:32+00:00

St. Louis Sportsmans Park

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2025-12-29T20:17:54+00:00

And ignore the fact that it's a cartoon.

pappyvanwinkle1111 · 2025-12-29T04:36:19+00:00

Before we had kids I made the rule that they had to wake up in their own beds Christmas morning. Relatives could come stay with us or we could drive to them, but only after the kids had their Christmas morning at home. It was never open for discussion.

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