Baker’s Dozen III

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Other than being able to sign their name, I doubt most kids need to know cursive these days. Printing clearly is a much more important skill IMHO.

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
8902

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
8903

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
8904

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
8905

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
8906

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
8907

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
8908

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)

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”-

Polls only: No discussion
8909

Past and Present Female Heads of State

  1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
8910

I wonder what you’d get if you used a bar code scanner on it?

Continuing the game:

Past and Present Female Heads of State

  1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
  2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
8911

Past and Present Female Heads of State

  1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
  2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
  3. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico
8912

Past and Present Female Heads of State

  1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
  2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
  3. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico
  4. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1762-1796.
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Past and Present Female Heads of State

  1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
  2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
  3. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico
  4. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1762-1796.
  5. Irene of Athens, Empress of the (Eastern) Romans
8914

Past and Present Female Heads of State

  1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
  2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
  3. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico
  4. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1762-1796.
  5. Irene of Athens, Empress of the (Eastern) Romans
  6. Indira Gandhi, India
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Past and Present Female Heads of State

  1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
  2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
  3. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico
  4. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1762-1796.
  5. Irene of Athens, Empress of the (Eastern) Romans
  6. Indira Gandhi, India
  7. Empress Wu Zetian, China
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Past and Present Female Heads of State

  1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
  2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
  3. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico
  4. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1762-1796.
  5. Irene of Athens, Empress of the (Eastern) Romans
  6. Indira Gandhi, India
  7. Empress Wu Zetian, China
  8. Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan
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Past and Present Female Heads of State

  1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
  2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
  3. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico
  4. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1762-1796.
  5. Irene of Athens, Empress of the (Eastern) Romans
  6. Indira Gandhi, India
  7. Empress Wu Zetian, China
  8. Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan
  9. Isabel Perón, President of Argentina, 1974 - 1976
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Gandhi (#6) and Takaichi (#8) were and are heads of government, not heads of state. India has a president, and Japan an emperor, as heads of state.

Revised accordingly:

Past and Present Female Heads of State

  1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
  2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
  3. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico
  4. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1762-1796.
  5. Irene of Athens, Empress of the (Eastern) Romans
  6. Empress Jitō of Japan, 686-697
  7. Empress Wu Zetian, China
  8. Isabel Perón, President of Argentina, 1974-1976
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Past and Present Female Heads of State

  1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

  2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

  3. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico

  4. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1762-1796.

  5. Irene of Athens, Empress of the (Eastern) Romans

  6. Empress Jitō of Japan, 686-697

  7. Empress Wu Zetian, China

  8. Isabel Perón, President of Argentina, 1974-1976

  9. Catherine Connolly, President of Ireland

3 of the last 4 Irish Presidents have been female

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Past and Present Female Heads of State

  1. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
  2. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
  3. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico
  4. Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1762-1796.
  5. Irene of Athens, Empress of the (Eastern) Romans
  6. Empress Jitō of Japan, 686-697
  7. Empress Wu Zetian, China
  8. Isabel Perón, President of Argentina, 1974-1976
  9. Catherine Connolly, President of Ireland
  10. Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland

Next up:

Prominent female judges

  1. Maureen O’Connor, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2011-2022)

For more: Maureen O'Connor (judge) - Wikipedia