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re: If you were transported to the 1700s do you have a relevant skill set?
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:06 pm to thelawnwranglers
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:06 pm to thelawnwranglers
I can skin a buck and run a trot line. I can survive
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Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:07 pm to thelawnwranglers
I would try to get in good with some wealthy loyalists, lay low and drink lots of sour mash.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:08 pm to DownSouthJukin
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I would be a highwayman
Probably what half of us would end up being.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:08 pm to Chicken
quote:yeah they’d be hard to discern since arm shaving and affliction shirts were 300yrs later
had they invented douches back then?
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:09 pm to thelawnwranglers
Yes, I’m a farmer and hunter.
Feel like I could make a decent go at it.
Feel like I could make a decent go at it.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:14 pm to thelawnwranglers
yeah my profession and skill set would still be pretty damn handy
medicine and surgery
extensive knowledge of livestock biology and care
population health
admittedly it would be reduced because lack of modern medicines and tools, but could still make due.
medicine and surgery
extensive knowledge of livestock biology and care
population health
admittedly it would be reduced because lack of modern medicines and tools, but could still make due.
This post was edited on 8/30/24 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:14 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
What was the average height, weight and strength of the typical man back then - like 5'4" 120 lb? Assuming we bring our present form back in time I would think the overall health and strength of a modern person would be viewed as an asset. George Washington practically rode his gigantic size all the way to the top of Mt. Rushmore but by todays standards he would be like a 6th man on the bench of a HS team.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:15 pm to caro81
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yeah my profession and skill set would still be pretty damn handy
medicine and surgery
extensive knowledge of life stock biology and care
population health
Useful
I can do accounting lol
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:18 pm to thelawnwranglers
I can do some woodworking and metal working. Pretty sure I could either farm or build furniture.
Basic accounting, teaching school, light construction, hunting/fishing etc. I think I would be alright.
Basic accounting, teaching school, light construction, hunting/fishing etc. I think I would be alright.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:19 pm to thelawnwranglers
quote:One of our famous posters here could teach you how to use their archaic speech-
If you were transported to the 1700s do you have a relevant skill set?
This post was edited on 8/30/24 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:20 pm to AUFANATL
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What was the average height, weight and strength of the typical man back then - like 5'4" 120 lb? Assuming we bring our present form back in time I would think the overall health and strength of a modern person would be viewed as an asset. George Washington practically rode his gigantic size all the way to the top of Mt. Rushmore but by todays standards he would be like a 6th man on the bench of a HS team.
Interesting point
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:21 pm to thelawnwranglers
I can read good. Puts me in the top 5%.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:21 pm to thelawnwranglers
I love the question and often think about stuff like that just in case my time machine ever works. I like to think I'm decent in the construction crafts but that's with modern tools and materials. I don't know if I could do it with an ax and a bucksaw and the joining techniques they had back then. I could apprentice maybe a while and catch up but not out the gate.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:22 pm to thelawnwranglers
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Started watching Outlander and I feel like I would be totally useless in the 1700s
I would be done without the internet
I would learn how to use punctuation. It might set a meaningful trend.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:25 pm to glassman
quote:Did you matriculate here?
I can read good.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:25 pm to thelawnwranglers
Is storytelling a skill?
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:26 pm to DownSouthJukin
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I would be a highwayman
Along the coach roads I would ride
With sword and pistol by my side
Many a young maid would lose her baubles to my trade
Many a soldier would shed his lifeblood on my blade
I'd be a sailor
I would be borne upon the tide
And with the sea, I would abide
I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
But I am living still
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:26 pm to soccerfüt
Exactly what I was hoping for. 
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:26 pm to Thundercles
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Your knowledge of the importance of hygiene would make you a medical genius
That or possibly burned as a witch depending on where you decided to drop some knowledge.
I’d shoot for Paris or London and avoid Spain and the NE colonies.
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