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What skills did almost everybody have 50 years ago, but few people have today? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I suppose it would be mostly practical skills, cooking, fixing things. Usually had to be done by people themselves.

Maybe also mental things like navigating (with or without paper map) and remembering their daily and weekly agendas.

What other things would be a big difference with the people today?

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[–] 6 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Actually a much better way was to use a street directory if you know your way around the town even a bit.

Better even, and how we actually did it was giving instructions. "200m after the large tree by the field, drive on for about 400m, there's 2 junctions before and mines the third one."

But I also know orienteering ofc as a Finn

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Swede here, how would using a street directory help you navigate without a map?

    Sure, I know that at least here in Stockholm and it's suburbs that when a new area is being developed, they name the streets after a similar theme.

    But knowing that Sommarvägen in Täby is located within the district of Hägernäs doesn't get you very far.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    You look up a street name. That entry tells you which street it begins from. If you don't know that, then you look up one further. And repeat until you get to such a main road you'd know it even after looking at a map.

    So basically you'd look up the street and then browse back and after you'd have a sort of gps like instructions. "main road until you see X street, then turn there, then drive until you see Y road" etc.

    I had several in the car I drove, for all the nearby cities/towns. Many in same covers. So it'd cover the main city and outlying towns. Never had to use a map. (Although again, I can if needed.)

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    "You wanna go down Three Oak lane, I forget what its 'proper' name is, but there used to be a farm there called Three Oak Farm, so that's what we all call the lane round here. 'Course the farm's gone. And so have the oaks. Anyway, go along there until you get to the field where the unexploded bomb was found back in '68, and turn right. Then left past the field where the cows got sick last year. If you reach shagger's hill, you've gone too far. Now there's a ford down that way, so you can't miss it. Except, I suppose, in this weather since it hasn't rained in a month and the ford's probably dried up. Most important thing though, you don't want to start from here."

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago*

    Actually a much better way was to use a street directory if you know your way around the town even a bit.

    You generally only had a street directory of your OWN town, outside of specific professional settings.

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