Lost Skills

[Paintman]

Balance a checkbook.

 

[ozentity]

Does anyone still wear a watch or has the phone taken over?

I don't have a mobile phone or a watch. I rely on the sun, sort of like a not so tough Crocodile Dundee, lol. Night time is tough, lol.

 

[garnetsilver]

I remember that my mother and one of my aunts had beautiful handwriting!

 

[Alchopwn]

Many dying skills are still being practiced by groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism, to the point where the US Military regards them as a national asset in case of near-world ending catastrophe.

 

[Stevedog]

Does anyone still wear a watch or has the phone taken over?

I don't wear a watch, but I never liked wearing one to begin with. Usually my watch was fastened around a belt loop on my pants so that I just had to look down and move my shirt to tell the time. If I was going somewhere that required me to dress up a bit, or at least tuck in my shirt, I had a fob watch like this


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I also had a gold pocket watch for special occasions. But these items are now in a drawer because my phone lives in my pocket now and serves the same purpose.


My wife wears a SmartWatch, does that count?

 

[Paulm]

I don't have a mobile phone or a watch. I rely on the sun, sort of like a not so tough Crocodile Dundee, lol. Night time is tough, lol.

I dont wear a watch either., and i rarely have my phone on me. but i do have some strange ability to always know the time to within 10-15 minutes... ive never used an alarm clock either, i can somehow just wake up at whatever time i need to. i think spending a lot of time in the field/bush keeps your internal clock set.....

 

[Lynne]

I like my watch. So does Hank Aaron. So days I'm not wearing it, it's under the bed, or behind something.....

It is funny how the cell phone has replaced the watch; I still wear mine though.

 

[garnetsilver]

I guess nowadays, if you want to be rude, you don't glance at your watch, but at your phone, lol.

 

[GoneWestUtah]

I loved cool watches, but suddenly stopped wearing one at about 17.

I too have an unusual ability to know the time within ten or fifteen minutes, though I always chalked it up to my knowledge of astronomy.

Since then, I have learned that some Sensitives cannot tolerate metal on their skin.
This may be at least part of the reason that, even though I have been married a couple of times, have never been able to wear a wedding ring. Or any ring. Drives me nuts! Like a watch!

All I wear daily is my left hand bracelet of protection stones.

 

[Benway]

I don't have a mobile phone or a watch. I rely on the sun, sort of like a not so tough Crocodile Dundee, lol. Night time is tough, lol.

Me too! Though less like Crocodile Dundee, obvs.