# Baker’s Dozen III

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**Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8908 "2025-12-18T02:36:05Z")

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**Skills you have that are now obsolete**.

1. Researching obscure information
2. Dialing a phone
3. Burning a CD
4. Programming a VCR
5. Writing in cursive
6. Creating a mixtape
7. Operating a printing press
8. Reading road maps
9. Shepardizing a reported case
10. Driving a car with a manual transmission
11. Using carbon paper in a typewriter
12. Writing a check
13. Speaking and writing in proper English (grammar, punctuation, and spelling)

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Other than being able to sign their name, I doubt most kids need to know cursive these days.

As far back as thirty-five years ago, the scrawlings I saw on people’s checks or credit-card authorizations frequently looked more like an EKG printout than anything resembling a legible signature.  
And it hasn’t improved. Ever looked at President Trump’s signature on his various proclamations, directives, and decrees?

With that observation, I shall pass.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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