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[qvcfreak]

I don't know if this counts as ancient but I make homemade flour tortillas and my sisters and I get together Christmas Eve and make tamales from scratch as well. Both delicious, no comparison to store bought. 

[Kachina624]

I can use a hectograph  to make duplicate copies from a pan of gelatin.  I can sew leather with an old hand tool.  I bake from a scratch and can sew my own clothing...hem and repair it too.

Drive a stick shift too.

[gailcoco]

How did you learn to do this???  Absolutely wonderful.  I have tons of pinestraw.....is there a book with instructions?

[LIndaMJ]

I make cookies and pie crust from scratch, hang out some of my laundry, and can still knit, crochet and cross stitch. Oh, I still write down my appointments in a book😀.

[Noel7]

@Mominohio

I may be the only person taking you at your word when you say ANCIENT.

I weave and have my own spinning wheel.

Fish, including making a rod, finding bait, and gutting and cleaning the fish.

I know how to use an axe and chop wood.

I am an excellent shot.

Can make a shelter.

Ride a horse.

Tend a fire.

Sew.

[Nataliesgramma]

Sew my own clothes

cook from scratch

do needlework

love writing in cursive

still like the 'feel' of a book in my hands to read..

[Winkk]

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@VanSleepy wrote:

Stenography.

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I still use shorthand when I write notes to myself.

[SilleeMee]

I can do math on my ABACUS. I think this method dates back b.c....

My mom taught me how to count on an abacus. She used to work where she got paid by piece-work and had to tally all the tickets to get a total pay amount. She had me tally them on the abacus.

[Catty2]

I know Gregg shorthand.  Also, I like to read a book, magazine or newspaper when I'm in a waiting room.  Seems just about everyone else is on their Smart phone.  I have a basic cell phone but not a Smart phone and would rather read anyway.   

[Desertdi]

I can drive from Los Angeles to Chicago without a map................