Stuff you should know but don't.
09-09-2010, 17:45
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Stuff you should know but don't.
Hi,
This is about stuff you should know about but don't. I'm not talking about things
like women should know about cooking etc but the supposedly obvious things
For example I have just tried tried to pay for my mums meals on wheels and
was told I need to pay by cheque or postal order but I have no idea how to
correctly fill in a cheque and have never used a postal order.
So I mentioned this to a few people and thought i would see if anyone
on here has recently found how to do something 'easy' here.
A couple of responses I got were A women in her thirties doesn't know
how to use her microwave, a young guy - about 20 who has been driving
for a couple of years doesn't know how car washes work so gets his car valetted
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09-09-2010, 18:19
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
Loads of good life tips on this web site http://www.marcandangel.com/2008/06/...know-how-to-do , but yeah I most people will find something they don't know how to do it..
I know when I started my driving instructor training that taking pupils to 'fill up' and in and out of multi-story car parks was never part of the lesson, it is included by most instructors I know now.
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09-09-2010, 18:20
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
I'd like to know how to spot the warning signs of cancer
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09-09-2010, 19:00
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
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Originally Posted by Wayfair
Loads of good life tips on this web site http://www.marcandangel.com/2008/06/...know-how-to-do , but yeah I most people will find something they don't know how to do it..
I know when I started my driving instructor training that taking pupils to 'fill up' and in and out of multi-story car parks was never part of the lesson, it is included by most instructors I know now. |
Thanks for the link. Just put it in my bookmarks. Handy to have. 
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10-09-2010, 14:29
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
Also worth looking at www.ehow.com
For the OP
http://www.ehow.com/how_1000582_writ...sh-cheque.html
For Taf
http://www.ehow.com/search.aspx?s=cancer&Options=0
Spent an hour or so last night taking my step daughter through how to read electiricity & gas metres, check for tripped switches & what a stopcock (cue sniggers) looks like. She is back to Uni next week and in a shared house this year. Obviously lessons in how to download music, films & TV by dubious means was not required....although how to BUY a round seems to have been forgotton over teh summer.
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10-09-2010, 14:49
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
I know little about car maintenance....
Otherwise I don't know if there is anything else I should know but don't know  How best to put it..urmm...Well there are known unknowns, things I know I do not know, and then there are unknown unknowns, things I do not know and I do not know :P
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10-09-2010, 15:06
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
Laplace. Ugh. Could never get my mind round that.
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10-09-2010, 18:49
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
Why it's always my turn to replace the toilet roll lol.
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10-09-2010, 20:28
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
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Why it's always my turn to replace the toilet roll lol. |
What do you mean by replace the toilet roll. I've never had to replace mine.
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10-09-2010, 20:40
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
The 50 things everyone should know link was useful, might browse it to see if I am doing it right (how to select good produce one will be my first check)
wasn't sure how to do a push-up was useful, thought it obvious, but maybe because I'm been doing them since a kid (old man in armed forces helped, plus competitive brothers)
Thankfully i know most, might tot up my score, and pray I get at least 80% of them...though having survived all these years must mean I'm doing something right
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11-09-2010, 18:06
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
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What do you mean by replace the toilet roll. I've never had to replace mine. |
Then you must have one of these loo roll replacement fairies LondonRoad, AKA Mrs Londonroad lol.
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12-09-2010, 08:51
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
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Then you must have one of these loo roll replacement fairies LondonRoad, AKA Mrs Londonroad lol. |
Hmmm, I've often left just the cardboard tube and the next time I go tube is still there but it's got paper rolled round it. Surely that's down to magic.
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12-09-2010, 11:32
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
Some for BMW & Merc owners.
1. You car has indicators that you use to tell others were you are going.
2. You do not own the road.
3. You don't have to drive so close to the car in front, that you cannot drop a credit card between bumpers.
4. you don't have to drive at 90mph on motorways.
5. You can use headlights in poor lighting and rain.
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17-09-2010, 18:14
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
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Originally Posted by Hom3r
Some for BMW & Merc owners.
1. You car has indicators that you use to tell others were you are going.
2. You do not own the road.
3. You don't have to drive so close to the car in front, that you cannot drop a credit card between bumpers.
4. you don't have to drive at 90mph on motorways.
5. You can use headlights in poor lighting and rain.
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Love it, made me chuckle.
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20-09-2010, 19:31
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Re: Stuff you should know but don't.
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I'd like to know how to spot the warning signs of cancer
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Thats a bit of a grim want mate What info are you after and relating to what?
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