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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 1:47 pm to caro81
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:47 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 livestock biology and care
population health
admittedly it would be reduced because lack of modern medicines and tools, but could still make due.
Sounds like we're in the same business. Could invent penicillin 200 years early.
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Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:48 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?
My brothers and I would be giants. I was the smallest of the boys at 6'-3. Both bros are 6-5.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:49 pm to thelawnwranglers
I can read and write. A lot of people back then couldn't.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:52 pm to thelawnwranglers
My trade is directly linked to tech, so those skills would be minimized.
I could probably use my general knowledge and reading skills to become a teacher/professor.
I don't know how far being amiable, knowledgeable, and good looking go in the 1700s, but I feel like I'd figure something out
I could probably use my general knowledge and reading skills to become a teacher/professor.
I don't know how far being amiable, knowledgeable, and good looking go in the 1700s, but I feel like I'd figure something out
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:54 pm to boxcarbarney
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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
Id be a dam builder
Across the river deep and wide
Where steel and water did collide
A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
But I am still around
I'll always be around and around and around and around and around and around
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:55 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Pretty good machinist. I could build engines and shite.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:57 pm to AUFANATL
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strength of a modern person would be viewed as an asset.
Seriously doubt modern people - especially men - are as strong as they were back then, given the amount/type of labor vs today. Hell, go back even further when Neanderthals were around - they weren't near as tall and much, much stronger..
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:57 pm to Epic Cajun
I understand probability so would probably be able to win most card games.
I could free hand a better map of North America than any that existed in the 1700s, and frankly most of the world. Could have saved Lewis and Clark a lot of trouble.
If I could get a bank charter I’d be adjusting rates on all dem fools.
I could free hand a better map of North America than any that existed in the 1700s, and frankly most of the world. Could have saved Lewis and Clark a lot of trouble.
If I could get a bank charter I’d be adjusting rates on all dem fools.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 1:59 pm to thelawnwranglers
Mandingo fighting.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 2:00 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
I assume the rules are that you can't bring ANYTHING with you to the 1700s. Just you.
You'd only have access to 1700s tools, raw materials, related components / craftmen to build said components, and manufacturing capability.
Telegraph is conceptually simple-- basically an electromagnetic to move something on the other end. Beyond construction a telegraph to send and receive which seems pretty simple, you'd first have to invent / find someone to invent a practical power source / battery. Then'd you'd have to invent / find someone to invent transmission lines. And you have gather information using 1700s infrastructure: libraries, mail service. And so on.
sounds like a lot of knowledge and a lot of work.
You'd only have access to 1700s tools, raw materials, related components / craftmen to build said components, and manufacturing capability.
Telegraph is conceptually simple-- basically an electromagnetic to move something on the other end. Beyond construction a telegraph to send and receive which seems pretty simple, you'd first have to invent / find someone to invent a practical power source / battery. Then'd you'd have to invent / find someone to invent transmission lines. And you have gather information using 1700s infrastructure: libraries, mail service. And so on.
sounds like a lot of knowledge and a lot of work.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 2:00 pm to Epic Cajun
quote:you could get by being a male prostitute for the European royalty
I don't know how far being amiable, knowledgeable, and good looking go in the 1700s
Posted on 8/30/24 at 2:01 pm to thelawnwranglers
Very much so. I’m a carpenter
Posted on 8/30/24 at 2:03 pm to GreenRockTiger
I'd teach Bach Bohemian Rhapsody. 
Posted on 8/30/24 at 2:04 pm to thelawnwranglers
I can harvest animals and I can cook.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 2:12 pm to thelawnwranglers
I can farm and hunt enough to feed my family. I do a little blacksmithing, which is in my blood according to family census data. I've never done it, but the hoof trimming and farrier videos pique my interest for some reason, even though I'll most likely never actually do it, I think I've watched enough of those videos to not be completely inept at it. Just about anyone can run a bar, or bawdy house. I think I could make it.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 2:28 pm to real turf fan
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Gardening and seed saving
I'm an Old Man, but if I had some young physical folks around, I could trade my knowledge of gardening, Carpentry, and hand tools to support myself.
I remember watching my Dad take a piece of Hickory, cut it into the proper length, Then split it, and scrape it into the shape of an axe handle and other wooden handles , just using a piece of broken glass. Its time consuming but what else did folks have to do prior to radio, TV, and Cell Phones.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 2:34 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
Bastards would hang you in the spring of 65
This post was edited on 8/30/24 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 8/30/24 at 2:41 pm to thelawnwranglers
I’m above average in wilderness survival knowledge. Ive done my fair share of trapping and I also do better in solitude. I’ll head for the frontier and take my chances in the wild with the Indians.
Posted on 8/30/24 at 2:44 pm to thelawnwranglers
Posted on 8/30/24 at 2:47 pm to thelawnwranglers
I'd buy a farm in Titusville, Pennsylvania and start drilling. NODUST oil would be started.
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