Wow Tony. 

First off, your handwriting is old-school perfection. I have to admit, the faster I learned to type, the crappier my penmanship has become. "*Chicken-scratch*" as my mom calls it. If I wrote a post like that, I don't think most people would be able to read it so easily.  :-/

That was really nice to see a hand-written post. I agree on a lot of your points, so many skills are being lost, technology controls the younger generations. I have to work with it, they seem to require it to function. I make sure to keep my son occupied with Legos, building things, drawing and coloring, helping me build, and things of that nature to make sure he is capable of those skills in life. He has his "Tablet/Nintendo" time, but I won't let that be the only thing he does.

I myself am restlessly waiting for the day I can move us to somewhere less connected to the modern distractions and return to a more simply way of life. Growing our own food, solar energy from the sun, and well water - the way it should be. Granted we need certain advancements in medical care, etc. But at this point it is becoming too much. I refuse to allow any of the Alexa/Google type devices in the house, and prefer more low-key tech if it's required whenever possible.

*edit - I would edit the post and move that first paragraph above the photo - so the image credit is not the preview text to your post in the feed. That's what @merej99 was talking about.*

Wow, your hand must be killing you!

I bake bread every day just about :O)

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Oh no!  I only have 3 skills (of 10)  for modern day life!
What do I do?

I do have 20 of 20 old skills.  Although I do not have  a phone to call any of those old numbers, and there is probably no one there anyway.

PS, your camera has a horrible depth of field at the distance you took the pictures.  So, I would get a bit further back, and just crop the blank area out.  The still need to be shrunk to 618 px wide, so you should have no problems with today's camera megapixels.

![IMG_2591.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRdikTeorbsQWvryGkPVGenfJULS6ct1BXQoQ1icjzwVd/IMG_2591.JPG)

I couldn't resist. LOL
With 2 boys in bootcamp, their only form of communication is through handwritten letters. My god, their handwriting is terrible! It's like chicken scratch. LOL  
One thing that I love is playing cards. Uno, poker, cribbage - even solitaire! When my kids were young I used to love when the electricity went out. It gave us a chance to play board games or talk around the lantern. It's good to get unplugged.

With the exception of understanding pounds and ounces or converting them to kilograms, I've always needed a reference. I can do everything else on that list; even change a tire and replace a toilet. LOL
Learning to turn the water main off is pretty important just in case you bust a water pipe and can get a plumber out to fix it. :)

Handwritten notes are fun (and sadly rare).   I am humbled by how many items on the traditional skill list I do not know how to do!  

One thing that stuck out for me in your post was the *lack of patience*.   I always considered myself a patient person, but realize that does not apply to technology.  I expect it to work right away and get frustrated quickly when things don't work right (or internet speed is slow).   

Something to add to this discussion . . . with the speed of technology, and my use of my computer/phone all day, I tend to add more things to my 'to do' list.    Ultimately making myself feel overwhelmed <  does this happen to anyone else??

Great post! Mental arithmetic is certainly tottering on the brink of extinction. Have you ever tried to convince a young sales assistant with a calculator that two cappuccinos, even at the exorbitant price of 4.10 each, cannot be 20 euro and 80 cents no matter what the little LCD screen says?

Before the internet and computers, I was able to fritter away a lot of time, too! Books -- they are such a distraction, lol. I used to have my nose in a book - a lot! One reason I garden and eat wild plants is to slow down and connect with something real. It also helps me appreciate what people in my own family history, through the history of this country, and through the ages have had to do, like the work they had to do to gather food, and to keep it in good condition over the seasons or when they traveled. But my handwriting was bad from the start - even without the computers, lol! 

Best of luck in the Big Community Challenge!

I feel "old" sometimes... I still like the handwritten word, and I still write letters by hand to a few select people. And to make it even "worse," I write with old fashioned fountain pens... which most people under the age of 25 don't even know what is. You have quite good penmanship... one of the "arts" that's slowly dying out. Or is it?

One of the interesting things I notice at our small art gallery is the increasing interest in things "done by hand." It's almost as if people (often Gen-X and younger) want to do something *other* than type or tap on a screen. That gives me a small measure of hope.

On the other hand, a couple of days ago, I had a couple of 17-year olds in the shop, buying an artsy greeting card as a gift and they-- *quite literally*-- couldn't figure out "money" and ended up having to use a debit card in order to complete the transaction.