May 8, 2025 • 5 mins
It's those skills from years gone by that are completely useless now, but at one point in time, were incredibly helpful and necessary!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We want to know one of those useless but nostalgic
skills that you have that are no longer in use
now that you want to pass on.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
To this generation.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Like when the things called cassette tapes and you used
to get a pencil and rewind it with using a
pencil sticking in the middle and then spin it around.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
That's if all the stuff came out yes or the
cassette yes came out of the cassette.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Also the using the perfect skill, your ninja skills, and
when a commercial came on the telly, you timed your
run to the bathroom or to get a snack, just
to get back before the TV show you're watching started again.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Before TV shows could be paused yes or rounded forward.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
Also, you couldn't skip the ads.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
You couldn't skip Yeah, you had to right wait till
the right ad came on, going okay, cool, and know
how long this lasted for and you'll be able to
jump over the couch, go to the bathroom and then
back even if there.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Was a few more commercials before.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
He Hate Saturday started.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah, yeah, run back and grab a drink from the
fridge and then head back to the couch to continue
watching what are those skills that you can use and
they can bring back.
Speaker 5 (01:15):
I was very good at tetris, Yeah, very good.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
I used to sometimes think, as I was sitting there
on my game boy that if there was an Olympic
version of tetris, like I could actually go. It was
the one sport I was good at.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
Yeah. I really really believed in myself.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
You're really good at it.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Yeah, how would you go?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Now?
Speaker 5 (01:36):
I still go. I love Tetris. I absolutely love tetris.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
So you get set the nerves and so I've tried
to use that later in life for like packing skills. Yeah,
because you've gotta and then you sing the song at
the same time.
Speaker 5 (01:52):
Those times you need to pack colored blocks.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
I'm pretty sure there would be, because like playing Call
of Duty and video game online, they have massive competitions.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
I'm pretty sure there might be.
Speaker 5 (02:04):
I do have the app on my phone.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
A competition out there that you can play tetris.
Speaker 5 (02:10):
Can you imagine the people there? Oh my gosh, wow,
the smell.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
I can use a Refordex, okay.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
I tried to explain to my kids the other day
what a Refordex was, okay, because we were using Google gup.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
I said right, get in Google apps. I don't know
where I'm going.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
And I said, when we were younger, we used to
have a book that had They were like what and then,
but how do you do that when you're driving?
Speaker 5 (02:34):
And I seriously cannot remember how we did it all.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
I remember because I was working in the cars before
I had the job with you guys here, and we'd
have the Refordex that'd be in the side door. You'd
open it up and you go, Okay, I'm going to
go here, here, here, And so you'd map out your
the whole day on the Refordex and then put little
markers in there so you got to go here and
then open it up.
Speaker 5 (02:55):
But how dangerous was that? We were driving and reading
a map at the same time.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Over?
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Well, come on, I would always pull over. Yeah, sure,
no way, no way off. So we want to know
you're useless an outdated skill, Mandy?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
For what yours?
Speaker 7 (03:13):
Playing elastics?
Speaker 5 (03:14):
Oh very much?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Were you very good at it? Mandy?
Speaker 7 (03:19):
I could get up to waste tight.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (03:23):
Was that before supporting bras as well? Mandy? Because I'm
not you and I might have an accident. And if
we try that tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (03:34):
And I need flippers and my other skill was collect
calling to let my mum know to come and pick
me up with Actually I used to say, that's what
your mom's name is. Hi, mum, come and pick me
up at Astra Affairs, and that was your name, so
just hang up.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Ah, nice, that's fantastic.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
We used to do three rings, so it was always
if you call from a payphone, you get money in
three rings and then hang up to get the money back.
And three rings meant it was time to come pick
them up.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Yeah, because I know where you were just a random paper.
But this is a fun game. Now Dad, find me
three rings? No, hang on, he saved your forty cents.
That's nice. Greg from Ashmore? What is your outdated skill?
Speaker 6 (04:15):
Learning or sorry? Researching using an encyclopedia?
Speaker 5 (04:19):
And yes were the days.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
My mom still has her encyclopedia. And I remember the
day when the guy came and he had like a
suit time and he was selling the encyclopedias.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Ours was green, ours of red, and it would sit
in the green cupboard. I don't know if that was
just a theme in that room, the green room.
Speaker 5 (04:38):
But.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
I still remember the smell of the encyclopedia. I thought
it was but It was years later when Dad moved.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
Out lots of lights and stuff again big bill.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Sorry, thank you Greg, trying to paint the picture.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
What's the use of outdated skill you have, guys.
Speaker 6 (05:06):
I don't know if i'd even call it a skill,
but it'd have to be drawing that one s with the.
Speaker 7 (05:10):
Three lines of the top and.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
The three lines at the bottom.
Speaker 7 (05:14):
Everybody had to learn how to do it, but no
one knew why.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
We spoke about that last week.
Speaker 5 (05:20):
I still remember doing it at bellby Puck State School.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Now, when you do the S, do you do a
point all rounded?
Speaker 7 (05:27):
No?
Speaker 5 (05:27):
Round has to be pointy, They've got to be straight lined.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yeah, of course, big t red for the driver.
We want to know one of those useless but nostalgic
skills that you have that are no longer in use
now that you want to pass on.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
To this generation.
Speaker 1 (00:10):
Like when the things called cassette tapes and you used
to get a pencil and rewind it with using a
pencil sticking in the middle and then spin it around.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
That's if all the stuff came out yes or the
cassette yes came out of the cassette.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Also the using the perfect skill, your ninja skills, and
when a commercial came on the telly, you timed your
run to the bathroom or to get a snack, just
to get back before the TV show you're watching started again.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Before TV shows could be paused yes or rounded forward.
Speaker 4 (00:47):
Also, you couldn't skip the ads.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
You couldn't skip Yeah, you had to right wait till
the right ad came on, going okay, cool, and know
how long this lasted for and you'll be able to
jump over the couch, go to the bathroom and then
back even if there.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Was a few more commercials before.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
He Hate Saturday started.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yeah, yeah, run back and grab a drink from the
fridge and then head back to the couch to continue
watching what are those skills that you can use and
they can bring back.
Speaker 5 (01:15):
I was very good at tetris, Yeah, very good.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
I used to sometimes think, as I was sitting there
on my game boy that if there was an Olympic
version of tetris, like I could actually go. It was
the one sport I was good at.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
Yeah. I really really believed in myself.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
You're really good at it.
Speaker 4 (01:34):
Yeah, how would you go?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Now?
Speaker 5 (01:36):
I still go. I love Tetris. I absolutely love tetris.
Speaker 3 (01:41):
So you get set the nerves and so I've tried
to use that later in life for like packing skills. Yeah,
because you've gotta and then you sing the song at
the same time.
Speaker 5 (01:52):
Those times you need to pack colored blocks.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
I'm pretty sure there would be, because like playing Call
of Duty and video game online, they have massive competitions.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
I'm pretty sure there might be.
Speaker 5 (02:04):
I do have the app on my phone.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
A competition out there that you can play tetris.
Speaker 5 (02:10):
Can you imagine the people there? Oh my gosh, wow,
the smell.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
I can use a Refordex, okay.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
I tried to explain to my kids the other day
what a Refordex was, okay, because we were using Google gup.
Speaker 5 (02:25):
I said right, get in Google apps. I don't know
where I'm going.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
And I said, when we were younger, we used to
have a book that had They were like what and then,
but how do you do that when you're driving?
Speaker 5 (02:34):
And I seriously cannot remember how we did it all.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
I remember because I was working in the cars before
I had the job with you guys here, and we'd
have the Refordex that'd be in the side door. You'd
open it up and you go, Okay, I'm going to
go here, here, here, And so you'd map out your
the whole day on the Refordex and then put little
markers in there so you got to go here and
then open it up.
Speaker 5 (02:55):
But how dangerous was that? We were driving and reading
a map at the same time.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
Over?
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Well, come on, I would always pull over. Yeah, sure,
no way, no way off. So we want to know
you're useless an outdated skill, Mandy?
Speaker 2 (03:10):
For what yours?
Speaker 7 (03:13):
Playing elastics?
Speaker 5 (03:14):
Oh very much?
Speaker 2 (03:17):
Were you very good at it? Mandy?
Speaker 7 (03:19):
I could get up to waste tight.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (03:23):
Was that before supporting bras as well? Mandy? Because I'm
not you and I might have an accident. And if
we try that tomorrow.
Speaker 7 (03:34):
And I need flippers and my other skill was collect
calling to let my mum know to come and pick
me up with Actually I used to say, that's what
your mom's name is. Hi, mum, come and pick me
up at Astra Affairs, and that was your name, so
just hang up.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Ah, nice, that's fantastic.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
We used to do three rings, so it was always
if you call from a payphone, you get money in
three rings and then hang up to get the money back.
And three rings meant it was time to come pick
them up.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Yeah, because I know where you were just a random paper.
But this is a fun game. Now Dad, find me
three rings? No, hang on, he saved your forty cents.
That's nice. Greg from Ashmore? What is your outdated skill?
Speaker 6 (04:15):
Learning or sorry? Researching using an encyclopedia?
Speaker 5 (04:19):
And yes were the days.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
My mom still has her encyclopedia. And I remember the
day when the guy came and he had like a
suit time and he was selling the encyclopedias.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Ours was green, ours of red, and it would sit
in the green cupboard. I don't know if that was
just a theme in that room, the green room.
Speaker 5 (04:38):
But.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
I still remember the smell of the encyclopedia. I thought
it was but It was years later when Dad moved.
Speaker 5 (04:47):
Out lots of lights and stuff again big bill.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
Sorry, thank you Greg, trying to paint the picture.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
What's the use of outdated skill you have, guys.
Speaker 6 (05:06):
I don't know if i'd even call it a skill,
but it'd have to be drawing that one s with the.
Speaker 7 (05:10):
Three lines of the top and.
Speaker 5 (05:12):
The three lines at the bottom.
Speaker 7 (05:14):
Everybody had to learn how to do it, but no
one knew why.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
We spoke about that last week.
Speaker 5 (05:20):
I still remember doing it at bellby Puck State School.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Now, when you do the S, do you do a
point all rounded?
Speaker 7 (05:27):
No?
Speaker 5 (05:27):
Round has to be pointy, They've got to be straight lined.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
Yeah, of course, big t red for the driver.
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