mysty
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Post by mysty on Mar 17, 2024 9:04:59 GMT 1
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Mar 17, 2024 9:30:53 GMT 1
Anything to pump up the paranoia
Emergency bleed control kit.
Known commonly as a bandage, or, tampax
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Post by monsieur3seas on Mar 17, 2024 9:32:51 GMT 1
It's not just what is taught at school. There are university courses which will give little hope of employment.
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Mar 17, 2024 9:41:19 GMT 1
But, it keeps people off of the streets, provides ‘work’ for the educational establishment.
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Post by Veem on Mar 17, 2024 10:44:07 GMT 1
I didn't only learn about cooking; we were also taught how to sew French seams etc by hand and how to make our very own scouring powder with a base of brick dust. That hasn't come in particularly useful.
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Post by Aardvark on Mar 17, 2024 12:16:15 GMT 1
I think I was very fortunate to have a lot of options in high school. Since I hated all the required subjects English, History, Maths, etc. as soon as I was offered other options I grabbed them with both hands.
Woodworking, Metal working, Crafts (which included working with wood, leather, acrylic plastics, thin copper & brass), Electricity (with the option of qualifying for an amateur radio license), Electronics, and Aeronautics (which included principles of flight and control surfaces, navigation, weather forecasting, and access to a Link Trainer flight simulator. Two years after I left school they set up a car bodywork training course. It was open to anyone for a fee at weekends so I enrolled and learned panel beating and gas welding.
I don't think anything I picked up from the required scholastic subjects proved to be of much use to earn a living as all those other options.
Back then being stabbed wasn't even on anyone's mind. Dodging a bullet was much more relevant.
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Post by suein56 on Mar 17, 2024 12:17:42 GMT 1
.. how to make our very own scouring powder with a base of brick dust. Goodness me, I hadn't heard that one before. We also did cooking and hand sewing .. both have been useful. It is said today that the day isn't long enough to cover basics like those 2 anymore .. seems a shame. |
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Post by jeliecrack on Mar 17, 2024 15:35:04 GMT 1
Back then being stabbed wasn't even on anyone's mind. I don't know where you grew up , but around Ilkeston and Long Eaton in Derbyshire, fridays and saturdays was stab days.That was the sixties and seventies so I don't see much change now. |
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mysty
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Post by mysty on Mar 17, 2024 15:59:16 GMT 1
Back then being stabbed wasn't even on anyone's mind. I don't know where you grew up , but around Ilkeston and Long Eaton in Derbyshire, fridays and saturdays was stab days.That was the sixties and seventies so I don't see much change now. It's good it was limited to just two day's at least you know you were safe to go out for the rest of the week. I think it's getting more common and seen as the norm now but have not looked at stats. |
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Post by jeliecrack on Mar 17, 2024 16:32:04 GMT 1
I don't know where you grew up , but around Ilkeston and Long Eaton in Derbyshire, fridays and saturdays was stab days.That was the sixties and seventies so I don't see much change now. It's good it was limited to just two day's at least you know you were safe to go out for the rest of the week. I think it's getting more common and seen as the norm now but have not looked at stats. Two days a week was because the money had all been spent. I don't think its any more common then before I think its more reported,cctv and all that. |
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Post by Nifty on Mar 17, 2024 16:53:05 GMT 1
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