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posted by Fnord666 on Friday October 06 2017, @05:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the would-you-like-fries-with-that? dept.

the Good Housekeeping Institute's recent publication of a dishwashing guide for all those young people (2 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds in the UK) who have never learned the ancient art of washing up. In a nutshell, use hot water and rubber gloves, pre-scrape and soak dirty pans, change your water halfway through, and wash in the following order: glasses, mugs, cups, saucers, side plates, dinner plates, cutlery, serving dishes, pans, roasting tins.

While not knowing how to wash dishes is kind of a big deal, it's the whole idea of not being to handle oneself as a versatile, independent adult that is most concerning. Young people lack a wide range of practical skills these days, as revealed in a recent study by YouGov. More than half of young people (18-24) do not know how to set up utility bills upon moving to a new place; 54 percent cannot replace a fuse in a plug; 34 percent can't reset the fuse box after a switch has tripped; 37 percent do not know how to defrost a freezer; and 11 percent is clueless when it comes to changing lightbulbs. (You can see the entire sad list here.)

So what? There's an app for that.


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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Friday October 06 2017, @08:58PM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Friday October 06 2017, @08:58PM (#578334)

    Change the spark plugs on a car? Used to be easy, now, one of the cars I own needs to have the engine partially dropped in order to change the spark plugs.

    Friend had a 69 mustang with a 390 hi performance engine. He had to drop the engine to get at the back 2 spark plugs.

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