| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5538 Registered: 8-2001 |
Fifty years ago, most middle-class American adults had an ability that now a much smaller proportion of them do. It is not an ability that technology has made obsolete. What is it?? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2131 Registered: 4-2010 |
Exercise relevant? Hobbies? Hiring specialists to do jobs one would be expected to know how to do? Did mostly men have this ability? Women? Even split? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5539 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2131 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 2:02 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Exercise relevant? no Hobbies? yesHiring specialists to do jobs one would be expected to know how to do? no Did mostly men have this ability? yes Women? yesEven split? I think it was probably more common among women, but I'm not sure about that. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 38 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is one specific hobby relevant? A certain group of hobbies? Or hobbies in general? Is the hobby something you usually do alone? Or in a group? Is crafting/ tinkering/ needlework involved? Reading/ writing? Art/ music? Games? Cooking? Any kind of non-excercise physical activity? Going out/ meeting friends/ partying? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5544 Registered: 8-2001 |
Potato (Potato) New member Username: Potato Post Number: 38 Registered: 7-2010 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 7:03 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is one specific hobby relevant? yesA certain group of hobbies? no Or hobbies in general? no Is the hobby something you usually do alone? Or in a group?Could be either Is crafting/ tinkering/ needlework involved? no Readingyesish/ writing? no Art no/ music? no Games? no Cooking? no Any kind of non-excercise physical activity?yes Going out/ meeting friends/ partying? no I was going to post a HINT, but the answer that music is involved should be hint enough. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 41 Registered: 7-2010 |
Music? You said "yesish" to reading... Assuming you mean music, does it have to do with dancing? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5545 Registered: 8-2001 |
Potato (Potato) New member Username: Potato Post Number: 41 Registered: 7-2010 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 7:25 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Music? yesYou said "yesish" to reading... Guess why! Assuming you mean music, does it have to do with dancing? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2143 Registered: 4-2010 |
The ability to read music (notes on a staff)? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5547 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2143 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 7:55 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) The ability to read music (notes on a staff)? That's why I said yesish, but it's not the "lost ability" in the puzzle. I don't know whether the ability to read music is rarer than it used to be. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 42 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is playing an instrument relevant? Is singing? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5550 Registered: 8-2001 |
Potato (Potato) New member Username: Potato Post Number: 42 Registered: 7-2010 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 8:23 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is playing an instrument relevant? yes Is singing? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2145 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the instrument the piano? Guitar? Is it a stringed instrument? Woodwind? Brass? Or could it be any instrument? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2146 Registered: 4-2010 |
...Percussion? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5551 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2145 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 8:28 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the instrument the piano? yes Guitar? no Is it a stringed instrument? no Woodwind? no Brass? no Or could it be any instrument? no Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2146 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 8:28 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) ...Percussion? no ******** SPOILER *************** Between about 1950 & 1965, most middle-class (or higher) American households had pianos & most middle-class Americans took piano lessons at some time in their lives.This is much rarer now, but I don't know why. Sorry this puzzle was so easy, but please go to the bottom of the page for my new one, which won't be--I hope. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 2150 Registered: 4-2010 |
Nice puzzle! We used to have a piano in our house, but sold it a few years ago. I used to play piano, but don't anymore. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5557 Registered: 8-2001 |
We had a piano when I was a child & my mother still has it. Like you, I used to play the piano but no longer do. |
