[TUHS] "9 skills our grandkids won't have" - Is this a TUHS topic?

What are the 1970’s & 1980’s Computing / IT skills “our grandkids won’t have”? Whistling into a telephone while the modem is attached, because your keyboard has a stuck key - something I absolutely don’t miss. Having a computer in a grimy wharehouse with 400 days of uptime & wondering how a reboot might go? steve j ========= 9 Skills Our Grandkids Will Never Have <https://blog.myheritage.com/2022/06/9-skills-our-grandkids-will-never-have/> 1: Using record players, audio cassettes, and VCRs 2: Using analog phones [ or an Analog Clock ] 3. Writing letters by hand and mailing them 4. Reading and writing in cursive 5. Using manual research methods [ this is a Genealogy site ] 6. Preparing food the old-fashioned way 7. Creating and mending clothing 8. Building furniture from scratch 9. Speaking the languages of their ancestors -- Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design 0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915) PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin