It’s called pre-gaming.

How would I know? I only lived there. And I think you misread what I wrote.

I’ve been there with the parents. Spent 10 minutes on the phone once trying to figure out why the website my dad was putting into the address bar wasn’t working. It was because he added the word “enter” at the end of the string instead of hitting the enter key.

Okay, so I take it you speak a few languages. Did you ever find yourself in a position where you’re trying to think of a word in one language, and you can’t even think of it in your native language but you can think of it in yet a third language? It’s like all foreign languages get stashed in the same sector of the…

Nahh, good small talk is better than that. I never appreciated it until I lived in a different country for a few years, and saw it was a kind of art people used to make grinding commutes a little more pleasant. Nothing constant, you’re not always having to talk to someone, but — example: On a bus, a little girl has a…

I’ve been on the very undeveloped west/southwest coast of Ireland in the summer, and was stunned at how bright it was at 1:00 a.m. With just the stars and full moon — which seemed a lot closer when you’re that far north in summer — it was almost as bright as day, but everything was just a different, darker shade of…

Some of those are more survival/camp skills than just daily skills — unless you’re living rough in the bush. But I don’t have an issue with any of them. I work on getting my chef’s knife lightsaber-sharp each night before I cook.

The lost art of unaided responsibility.

Agreed. Had similar adventures in London, Ireland, Scotland, and Paris. Granted, at least they speak English in most of those places (or something like it), but you don’t want to end up mindlessly wandering into the wrong parts of town at the wrong times of night, and learning to find your way on your own is an…

Humans do, Hatrack, humans in human communities.

There you go.

Heh — the world will be an amazing place to him.

Pine needles also pack a lot of Vitamin C. They’re kind of refreshing to munch on when you’re out hiking.

That’s exactly what I mean with the whistle. I use it to freak out my beagles today.

Another good one to know!

See? There you go. How many people know that trick today? Or how to look for what side of a tree moss grows on?

The notes one is huge.

There are even how-to-clean pages on these here kinja sites, with plenty of people grateful to read them.