Posted on 10/11/2016 1:45:08 PM PDT by pabianice
A third of young adults cannot change a lightbulb while a quarter admit they can’t even boil an egg, according to a survey.
The research among 25 to 34 year olds – many of whom still live with their parents – appears to show they are losing the skills older generations took for granted, as 77 per cent say they couldn’t fix a bike puncture and 68 per cent can’t wire a plug.
And, surprisingly, newer technology leaves many stumped as well, with 23 per cent admitting they can’t use a washing machine while 41 per cent wouldn’t know how to connect a blu-ray player to a TV.
Many of those surveyed by Poundland also admitted they couldn’t hang a picture, put a new washer in a dripping tap, decorate a room or iron a shirt or blouse.
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I omly recently learned how to boil water without burning it.
Well, now, why would you go ahead and do something like that? You're missing out on a taste treat --- burned water with salt and tabasco is yuuuuuumy!
Good for him, trying to do it himself, and good on you, for helping.
1966 El Camino, 454, TH400. The trans builder took about three tries to get it right (but the price was right!)
By about the third time the trans was in/out in 30 minutes.
I am a 57 year old who makes a healthy side-income from doing repair work on houses around town. Much of what I do would have been done in the past by the tenants themselves ... simple stuff like hanging blinds, replacing ceiling fans, bathroom vents, sealing up tubs/showers, minor repairs of all types. I charge $25/hr for most things, but more for painting and anything involving concrete :)
Let these poor propagandized helpless snowflakes be ... their loss is my gain.
It is interesting, and not in a good way, what that younger generation can’t do. Here is an example-when we were kids riding our bikes and the chain came off or broke we had these choices- fix it, walk the bike home, find another kid to help you fix it. Not call someone to come rescue you. So, we developed problem solving skills.
This may not seem like a big deal but from a capabilities standpoint, these kids literally freeze when they face problems. They cannot do the simplest tasks, have zero coping skills and won’t even try, because they have been sheltered and told they don’t have to actually do anything to win a trophy.
They think however, that their abilities are way better than they really are.
I feel sorry for those people. Some don't even know how to count change. Stupid...
"A man should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
They could always look it up on the internet via their smart phones.
My FIL just turned 90, a real child of the depression. He can change oil, not safe with much else. Problem with 1979 F-150 no run. When he called me for help, I knew it was serious.
Owned since new, 97k miles. When I got there he was trying to figure out if the fuel pump worked. I won't go into detail, but when I saw what he was trying to do I broke into a run to stop him.
He'd never replaced the fuel pump. I told him it was broken by definition. We worked on some other issues, which came down to the fact the plug wires, plugs, and fan belts were original.
Now the truck runs like a champ and he thinks I'm a genius.
Store them peeled in the fridge in an airtight plastic storage container.
*sigh*. That's all right. I'll just sit here in the dark...
And I had a coworker in 2005 who couldn't replace the plug end he'd ripped it off snagging it with a forklift. Friggin' lazy millennial retard tried giving it to me to fix! Quote: "I don't know how!" He was lazy as Hell anyways, wasn't sure if he didn't know or just didn't WANT to do it...
That is how they like to "debate" with older folks that might actually have some experience an knowledge of the subject. There is an answer for everything on the iFag phone.
I was proud of him and glad to help out.
Which means their parents have become too lazy to teach them by doing simple household repairs. Mine were being taught life skills at the toddler stage. Helping in the garden, using a real kitchen knife at 3 (no fingers lost) to cut homegrown cukes for home canned pickles, 4-H at 9 with cooking and raising animals, meat judging so they'd know how to grocery shop for meat, calculating price per unit to work on their math, winning county fair sweepstakes at 10 with pretty much all areas including sewing and quilting, them thinking the Home Depot kid projects too elementary, doing the laundry as soon as they could load and unload, house cleaning, grocery shopping with choosing produce when they were in the buggy seat, mowing the lawn, couldn't have a driver's license until learning basic car maintenance and changing a flat. Want your room painted? Do it yourself. Want an allowance? Then open a bank account, learn to write a check and sit with me as I pay the monthly bills. Swim in a river, shooting skills, archery, flintnapping, soldering, jewelry and stained glass making, chainsaw, varmint disposal, etc. Daughter was on a middle school field trip to a deli meat market when she asked for casings and made a balloon animal. She has recently graduated from college and didn't bring her laundry home once.
First time we put an unbalanced torque converter on the 360. 2nd time was taking out accumulator springs. Forgot the 3 and 4th reasons. It was all tinkering. We were building a race car. 360 with radical cam (barely idled), battery in trunk, beefy suspension, drive shaft loop (req’d by track). etc. etc. was a frikking MISSILE.
I used to give a corvette (at a light) a head start to other side of intersection, then just nail it and fly by. That was a FAST as h311 car! Highly impractical though.
Those were the days.
Forgot to add cursive writing.
You win!
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