[eyeamok]

I can!, I am 58 and we learned ALL of this in Junior High School

[freedumb2003]

>>What about plumbing, carpentry, and even farming? More importantly, how many of us can do all of these things?<<

*raises hand*

Me. Nearing 60 YO. Had to do a lot of that stuff around the house when I as a teen and Boy Scouts (pre-butthump) taught me a LOT about survival incuding growing and hunting.

I suspect almost all Millennials (certainly the urban/suburban) and many Gen-Xers are represented by that kid on the commercial who asks “is this a lug wrench?”

[Salvavida]

I hate articles that present a problem and no realistic solution.

[central_va]

It is extremely unlikely that we will experience a planet sized EMP within our lifetimes, rendering the current state of the world null and void…but imagine if it did.

The made up EMP "threat" is about as real as global warming.

[48th SPS Crusader]

How many of us can handle basic household electrical repairs? What about plumbing, carpentry, and even..

Well for some things. But what is basic these days? At 15-16 I was changing out transmissions and engines in cars. Today you have to have a computer degree! Everything is no complicated and complex thanks to Nanny Government.

[dfwgator]

You need to develop a skills portfolio that is just as diversified as any good financial portfolio.

[gunnyg]

VGDSA! as me old DI used to say!
KISS: Keep It Simple Stupid!

Simplicity & Continuity!
Any idiot can get that!
Grok It? ~ THAT’S ANOTHER THING ENTIRELY!
;)
Gunny G@PlanetWTF?
TRUMP.45! IF? We Can Keep Him?
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