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Useless Things You've Learned
- Thread starter 48thStreetCustom
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When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school..............
Speaking of high school there was a last semester of my senior year class called Notehand. Some kinda squiggles that were supposed to make note taking more efficient. We spent our time throwing pencils into the fiber ceiling tiles that had small holes in them. I don't think the teacher ever looked up to see a lot of pencils stuck in the tiles.
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1 gallon = 3.8 liters.......... the only metric conversion I know.
Jake
Jake
Mostly just weird information that people just look up on the internet, anyway. They want to hear it from Google, not some old dude who isn't cool anymore.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
When I was in high school, I concentrated at math and science (the standard "smart person" schedule) at the expense of history and literature. As an adult, I find that flipped entirely. I seldom used advanced math (in fact, I have to concentrate on keeping my basic math skills Sharp - kiddies, in school, we were not allowed to use calculators, and had to memorize our times tables) since computers and calculators are everywhere.
How to write a literary analysis paper. Turns out this is not a useful skill in engineering.
You can get suspended just for riding a horse to school and tying it to the flag pole.
How to write a five-paragraph theme.
Most of the knots I learned in Cub Scouts. (All good knots come from boating.)
The food pyramid (turns out it's pretty much backwards, but completely wrong)
French. All the cute girls were in French, but knowing what I know now I would have opted for Spanish for sure.
Most of the knots I learned in Cub Scouts. (All good knots come from boating.)
The food pyramid (turns out it's pretty much backwards, but completely wrong)
French. All the cute girls were in French, but knowing what I know now I would have opted for Spanish for sure.
The human body has enough bones to make a complete skeleton....
In 1966 I was hit by a car while turning left on my motorcycle. Almost lost my left leg, now I have a bone graft and a six-inch steel plate.
I was in a cast for six months, and bedridden at home for about two months of that. My (Mom was changing dressings on the graft and plate 3x a day, bless her.)
During that time I broke out Tolkien's trilogy, read it for the third time, and decided to work out alphabet equivalents for both Dwarvish and Elvish. Not that hard to do, as Tolkien's field was language; he didn't invent a language for his books unless he could make it real.
So at one time, I could and did write notes in the Cirth (the Dwarvish runes) and the Tengwar (the Elvish script.) This is not a skill that is in demand, and I haven't used it since high school (1968).
I'm almost ashamed to admit that after only 53 years, I only remembered the name of the Elvish script and had to Google the name of the Dwarvish runes.
I was in a cast for six months, and bedridden at home for about two months of that. My (Mom was changing dressings on the graft and plate 3x a day, bless her.)
During that time I broke out Tolkien's trilogy, read it for the third time, and decided to work out alphabet equivalents for both Dwarvish and Elvish. Not that hard to do, as Tolkien's field was language; he didn't invent a language for his books unless he could make it real.
So at one time, I could and did write notes in the Cirth (the Dwarvish runes) and the Tengwar (the Elvish script.) This is not a skill that is in demand, and I haven't used it since high school (1968).
I'm almost ashamed to admit that after only 53 years, I only remembered the name of the Elvish script and had to Google the name of the Dwarvish runes.
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I use Morse Code kind of often. My phone also rings messages with it, and I have used it on TalkBass in the last six months.
Cursive is the only way I hand write.
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My mind is full of useless facts, until I'm in a conversation with people who appreciate the same music as I do. I think the last time I really felt at home in that regard was at the Rainbow Bar & Grill during the Whisky's 50th Anniversary week.
but I digress
Here is a physical thing I learned:
Rest in Peace Leonard & DeForest.
but I digress
Here is a physical thing I learned:
Rest in Peace Leonard & DeForest.
A couple of decades ago I learned how to pop the cap off a bottle of soda with the edge of another bottle.
At the time I thought it was very useful, but haven't used that method in a very very long time:
At the time I thought it was very useful, but haven't used that method in a very very long time:
I use Morse Code kind of often. My phone also rings messages with it, and I have used it on TalkBass in the last six months.
Cursive is the only way I hand write.
-.-- ..- .--.
.. / .- -- / ... .--. . -.-. .. .- .-..
Do you pay for things with beaver pelts, too?
Every single thing I learned in chemistry class turned out to be useless TO ME. Valence, molar equations, reaction equations...never used a bit of it. Would have been far more worthwhile if they had let me take welding or advanced wood shop or electrical shop or auto shop or metal shop. However, those courses were all reserved for the guys who admin had decided wouldnt be going to college. I wasnt even allowed to take typing, because "you'll always have a secretary, or at least a typing pool".
