1. Unless I’m out to a social function or travelling, I don’t wear a watch. I know time is passing and I don’t need a reminder.

5. First fold so that all 4 corners are nested together. Improvise from there.

6. No, not really, and it is being taught less. Cursive works great for fountain pens, or, originally, quills. They tend to splatter a drop when lifted, and with a quill, you’d want to keep the flow going as long as possible before having to go back to the well. I could be wrong about this (#2) but it makes sense to me.

My cursive is illegible, my print tends to be a hybrid of block letters and cursive, used for speed in taking notes, few can read it, and the older I get, nor can I. Given my drafting experience, I tend to use all caps a lot if I want someone else to read it.

10. And we never get tired of telling those stories.

11. That’s called wisdom. It’s earned.

19. Once per decade of age.

20. Have you ever driven in a foreign country? They laugh at such attempts.

21. Everything gets dirty. Nothing is ever clean. Meh.

22. I use an alarm clock less than I wear a watch.

In addition:

24. Cake for breakfast.

25. I’ve stopped looking around when someone calls me “sir.” And the percentage of the population I call “Sir” is rapidly decreasing.

5. They really are easy to fold (my mom showed me — a few eons ago).

6. Cursive was never important, unless you’re an author at a book signing (my cursive really sucks).

13. Simplest solution might be to undo all changes, just to verify whether you might have added something really clever and important an hour ago.

22. Tom, that response was entirely too geeky. If I had all that at my fingertips, I wouldn’t have much reason to get out of bed — not that that would be all that bad…

The secret is not to start the argument until you check to make you’re sure you’re right.

5. How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

You create a generally square lump and stuff it in the closet. It’s not like we’re graded on this. In fact, since I usually wash sheets and replace them, I don’t remember the last time I folded one. I am impressed at how compact they’re folded when you buy them, though. I suspect they use hydraulics.

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

It was before everyone had access to keyboards. I often tell people the most useful thing I learned in high school was touch-typing.

7. Google Maps really needs to start their directions on #5. I’m pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

You can switch that off.

13. I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

Save old drafts and use “Review/Compare” to track changes. When your brain is turning to cheese, exploit the silicon one.

15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

Side by side fridge. My freezer has one.

20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

The secret to keeping traffic moving is to help the flow out. Make room when you can. Let those who have never had to make a last-second lane change to hit an unexpected exit cast the first stone.

22. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys n a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey. But I’d bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed…first time, every time.

I’ve got about fifteen buttons next to my bed for clocks, lights, bed angle, phone, radio, and a few other things. I can find them all almost immediately. The bitch is getting awake enough to figure out what’s making the noise. I’ve turned off my alarm when my phone rang more than once.

5. I recently saw simple instructions on how to fold a fitted sheet. I still have no clue.

6. I read recently that cursive will not be taught in the future. My cursive handwriting has always been poor but as I have aged it has degenerated to an illegible scrawl. Not so for Alice and many others. There is something very sad about this skill disappearing, kind of like some obscure, unimportant, species going extinct. Well, I suppose there will always be some who will retain the skill, like some do calligraphy.

19. LOL, me too.

20. Sorry, I am the asshole cutting in. I am big enough to admire the group effort to keep me out, in the one out of a thousand times they are able to pull it off. I hate myself for doing this but I just can’t stand lines and it is just sooo easy. BTW, I am not talking about 5-10 cars. It is the 40-50 cars waiting in the parking lane to make a right turn off of a freeway.

21. For me, this is not true for denims and khakis, I am always dropping something in my lap. I might get one more wear than a shirt. It is generally true for suits and business attire. This subject always reminds me of the John Wayne film “The Shootist” when he sends out his suit for “a good brushing”.

It is sweetly curious that we all seem so similar. I wonder how these would translate to other languages and cultures. Most are obviously American/UK and perhaps European but some are probably universal.