Obsolete Technical Skills

This popped up on Slashdot recently. Mine include:

• Making a pot of tea without using teabags.
I'd almost forgotten that you could still get loose tea. Always remember to warm the pot first. Can you still buy teapots?

• Sucking eggs.
Yes, really. It's not just an expression. A good April Fool (if you're twelve) is to suck an egg, then serve the empty shell in an eggcup, as if boiled.

• Using a darkroom to develop photos.
Ah, the great smell of develooping fluid!

• Making a roach out of an IBM punched card (whatever that is).


• Using a "dictionary" to check spelling.

And you?