I suppose it would be mostly practical skills, cooking, fixing things. Usually had to be done by people themselves.

Maybe also mental things like navigating (with or without paper map) and remembering their daily and weekly agendas.

What other things would be a big difference with the people today?

  • Dasus@lemmy.world
    3·
    12 days ago

    Actually a much better way was to use a street directory if you know your way around the town even a bit.

    Better even, and how we actually did it was giving instructions. “200m after the large tree by the field, drive on for about 400m, there’s 2 junctions before and mines the third one.”

    But I also know orienteering ofc as a Finn

    • Damage@feddit.it
      2·
      12 days ago

      Actually a much better way was to use a street directory if you know your way around the town even a bit.

      You generally only had a street directory of your OWN town, outside of specific professional settings.