http://obsoleteskills.com/ 2012-05-16T18:55:58-07:00 http://obsoleteskills.com/ http://obsoleteskills.com/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-04-28T09:24:41-07:00 Mike http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/gsmandgprsmobilesystems?rev=1335630281&do=diff Field Mobile phones Went Obsolete Early 2000s Made Obsolete By By the introduction of 3G mobile technology Knowledge Assumed Some fingers and half a brain When useful Not likely Those of us in Ye Olde United States often still have 2.75G (EDGE) cell phones at best; only you fancy Europeans and Japanese have 3.5 or 4 or whatever you're up to nowadays. text/html 2012-04-13T15:28:36-07:00 Simon http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/loadingwithstripperclips?rev=1334356116&do=diff Field Firearms Went Obsolete post-WW2 Made Obsolete By Automatic magazine-fed rifles like StG44, AK47, and FAL Knowledge Assumed Knowledge of ammunition When useful Shooting old pre-cold war rifles; in places like California where high-capacity magazine magazines and pistol grips are restricted Stripper clip (Wikipedia) text/html 2012-04-13T10:50:02-07:00 Simon http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/skills?rev=1334339402&do=diff Anyone is more than welcome to add skills to this site, just click the login button at the bottom of any page, then click the Edit Page button on the page you want to edit (including this list). If you need help with editing, check out the Adding Skills help page. text/html 2012-04-01T05:22:11-07:00 Matilda Harris http://obsoleteskills.com/skills/dialingarotaryphone?rev=1333282931&do=diff Field Making Telephone calls Went Obsolete In the late 1980s-1990s, when rotary phones started disappearing from homes and businesses.The telcos issued them into the late 1980s, even though TouchTone? was unveiled in the 1960s Made Obsolete By ATT's Touch-Tone system Knowledge Assumed The ability to read numbers and twirl a dial When useful When faced with a very old payphone or visiting grandma [Rotary Phone] Rotary Phone