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Our Ginger Fuhrer says that he could still code up a simple game idea in Amstrad Basic, while I'm your man if you ever need to rebuild the suspension on an Austin Allegro (1750 Equipe version). This stuff doesn't leave your mind - tell us about obsolete talents you still have.

(, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 17:04)
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Morse Code is still a valuable skill to learn.
You never know when you might be kidnapped by a moustachioed South American villain and held captive in his jungle mansion's basement, with the only way of making contact with a fellow captive being to tap out messages on the plumbing.

Ditto learning the flags. You could easily end up trapped in a deserted dockside warehouse, and have to use a wet bag and some conveniently handy helium to launch a balloon which tows a line of flags spelling out "HELP" and hope that a passing cop is an ex-sailor.
(, Sat 2 Jul 2011, 15:22, 2 replies)
Or you could just write "HELP" on the flags...?

(, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 12:43, closed)
That's quite unlikely though
What's more likely is that there will be a world war and all the people who still know Morse or flags will be recruited to send secret messages to each other, similar to the Navajo Code Talkers in WWII.
(, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 14:12, closed)

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