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THE UNDER 35s WHO CAN'T BOIL AN EGG OR CHANGE A LIGHTBULB: SURVEY FINDS GROWING NUMBERS WHO STILL LI
Daily Mail ^ | 10 October 2016

Posted on 10/11/2016 1:45:08 PM PDT by pabianice

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To: ColdOne

We will have to take things away from you for the common good - HRC.


41 posted on 10/11/2016 2:10:34 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: HerrBlucher
My Granddaughter is an Alpha Female, Evil Katie as she is known, is sick of home food. Her mother, a real sweet woman, suffers from the Irish cooking disease.

She has found that the only way she can eat what she likes is to cook it herself. She likes what I used to cook when I baby sat and is developing a cook book, my son reports she is doing quite well.

42 posted on 10/11/2016 2:10:42 PM PDT by Little Bill (o)
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To: pabianice
Why can't the government just do it for them?

Isn't that what the government is for?

43 posted on 10/11/2016 2:11:39 PM PDT by Gritty (This election is our last chance... We won't get another opportunity. It will be too late.-DJTrump)
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To: IronJack

They can text while driving.


44 posted on 10/11/2016 2:14:05 PM PDT by jennychase
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To: beelzepug
I once pulled a Beetle motor in less than 30 minutes. I didn’t think it was any big deal.

Meh, I dropped a 318 out of a Dodge Dart in 30 seconds. I hit the gas, both motor mounts broke, and zip, pow, it was loose.

45 posted on 10/11/2016 2:15:18 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! - Kipling)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Baking soda, or salt works too


46 posted on 10/11/2016 2:17:49 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Trump-Pence, 2016)
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To: IYAS9YAS

How many kids would understand what you posted, the Dart sucked.


47 posted on 10/11/2016 2:17:55 PM PDT by Little Bill (o)
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To: Dawn53Fl

I make my sons and daughter watch when I repair anything around the house.


48 posted on 10/11/2016 2:20:22 PM PDT by sarge83
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To: DuncanWaring
He said he's starting to encounter students who have never used a screwdriver.

Dang. I'll admit, I didn't do much work on things until I hit about 12, then it was as an apprentice gofer on my dad's car projects. But I had an Erector Set at 8, and I knew darn well how righty-tighty and lefty-loosie worked.

49 posted on 10/11/2016 2:21:59 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! - Kipling)
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To: IYAS9YAS

On most of those older MoPars, you can drop the entire driveline just by giving it a good, swift kick.


50 posted on 10/11/2016 2:23:28 PM PDT by Little Pig
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To: pabianice

why should they learn anything, there are almost no jobs in this Obama Great Recession... and they can live off mama in her basement forever and ever


51 posted on 10/11/2016 2:24:09 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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To: sarge83

I used to let our son and daughter help.


52 posted on 10/11/2016 2:25:11 PM PDT by sport
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To: pabianice

Wonder if something like this wasn’t behind those mysterious civilizational collapses in history. Nobody knew how to do anything anymore, and when a big disruption came they just starved to death.


53 posted on 10/11/2016 2:28:09 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: pabianice

Oh, good grief. If you want a light bulb changed or an egg boiled, you tell the servants to do it. That’s what Chelsea does. Well, yes, it can be more complicated than that, sometimes you have to tell them in Spanish.


54 posted on 10/11/2016 2:29:01 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: All

Doesn’t a robot do all those things? Or an illegal immigrant?


55 posted on 10/11/2016 2:31:05 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Pray for enlightenment and true justice in these times of mass delusion)
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To: Billthedrill

Or get someone to tell them in Spanish!
Sheesh.. who speaks directly to servants?


56 posted on 10/11/2016 2:32:12 PM PDT by Reily
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To: pabianice

Poor pitiful Earthlings. Who can protect you now!

I baked homemade biscuits yesterday, today I baked fruit cakes. Can cook a breakfast to die for, bread,
Can whip up a stew, cook steaks. I just got done cooking up some pork chops on the grill. Coconut pies! WOW!
At the age of 70, I do well! As kids we learned to cook at 9 years old. It was called “Survival”.
Then I married a girl who is also a really good cook! No one at our house ever is hungry!

Pity today’s adults who think a bought pizza is all there is!


57 posted on 10/11/2016 2:32:38 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (HANDGUNS; You don’t need it until you need it. And when you need it you NEED IT!”)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Before tacking new things or needing a refresher, I usually consult professor youtube. A few times, it was a real grief saver.


58 posted on 10/11/2016 2:33:12 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: kosciusko51

That's not funny!


59 posted on 10/11/2016 2:35:49 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("What people will submit to, is the exact measure of the injustice which will be imposed upon them.")
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To: pabianice

Can’t change a lightbulb? Man! I’ve rarely had to call a pro to do anything around our house which was a vandalized wreck when we bought it!
Only the metal roof and well had pros do the job. I just welded up some horseshoe holders to place my dutch oven lids and hot pans on!

At 70, I’m always busy! I used to rebuild auto engines, but these new fangled ones are beyond me!


60 posted on 10/11/2016 2:35:59 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (HANDGUNS; You don’t need it until you need it. And when you need it you NEED IT!”)
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