What SHOULD you know

Cloud · 07-05-2007, 08:42 AM

--how to get along with people
--personal finances
--how to cook

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.”

Robert Heinlein (or Lazarus Long, if you prefer)

TheMercenary · 07-05-2007, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.”

Robert Heinlein (or Lazarus Long, if you prefer)

Damm, beat me to it. This was the first thing I thought of.

kerosene · 07-05-2007, 05:47 PM

manners
honesty

Cloud · 07-05-2007, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Damm, beat me to it. This was the first thing I thought of.

Tol' ya I read too much Heinlein as a young girl. :p

I can only do about half those things. Don't know about the last one yet.

Sundae · 07-09-2007, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.”

Robert Heinlein (or Lazarus Long, if you prefer)

Blimey. I now feel completely inadequate!

Intrigued that this and others suggest childcare basics as something everyone should know. Why?

07-05-2007, 08:42 AM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	--how to get along with people --personal finances --how to cook “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.” Robert Heinlein (or Lazarus Long, if you prefer) __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-05-2007, 05:47 PM	#3
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