What are some skills you think everyone should learn?

[Archer]

meditation

[BLAKDUKE]

I have not read all the posts in this thread, but I will go with making change in a store without the computer register telling you how to do it.

[Merlin the Elder]

Good luck with that, Blakduke. The computers went down at a local McDonald's, and they resorted to selling only items on the $1 list so that they could calculate the sales tax. It seems no one knows how to multiply without a calculator anymore. Really sad!

[Rowan MacD]

  How to recognize whether or not fruits and berries are edible and ripe, and how to recognize poisonous plants and insects.
  Basic skills for dealing with strange dogs, and a respect for all wildlife.  That raccoon/skunk/squirrel does not want to petted, and the fact that you can get that close is not a good sign.  Livestock would also fit into this category.


  Basic scouting skills would save a lot of bellyaches, dangerous diseases and rashes, and help everyone be less afraid of nature.

[JimsDana]

Refill\make ice! This seems to elude my Hubby!

[Merlin the Elder]

LOL! I had the same problem with my wife until we got an ice-maker!

[JimsDana]

ice maker! That would be ME! Hahaha

[DonaCatalina]

LOL! I had the same problem with my wife until we got an ice-maker!

I can just picture an Au Pair girl standing beside the fridge ready to make ice at a moment's notice.

[Merlin the Elder]

LOL! I had the same problem with my wife until we got an ice-maker!

I can just picture an Au Pair girl standing beside the fridge ready to make ice at a moment's notice.

Hmmm... clothed? ... Sorry. My mind is going in weird directions today.

[Bob of the Lake]

How to tie basic knots. I'd start with the square knot, bowline, two half-hitches, taunt line, and sheet bend.

[Merlin the Elder]

How to tie basic knots. I'd start with the square knot, bowline, two half-hitches, taunt line, and sheet bend.

I can do the square, a granny, and a hangmans noose. Don't know what the others are.

[Auryn]

Just as important as know how to tie different knots is the knowledge of when you should choose one knot over another

[Merlin the Elder]

I know a few that could use the hangman's noose...

[Sitara]

Tact. There are far too many people in the world who don't even seem to know what tact is. Now don't get me wrong, I am not referring to being PC, but having some sensitivity and diplomacy.

[Rani Zemirah]

I know how to tie a mast head knot, so that if all your rigging is swept overboard during a storm, but you still have a mast, you can re-rig enough sail to limp into port (or hang 3 people at a time, Merlin).  



Oh yeah... AND I can tie a square knot, bowline, two half-hitches, taut line, and sheet bend.  (I try to keep my "taunt" lines for wayward wizards, however...)