Recent questions tagged practicality

Description : Could you invent a practical piece/item of clothing to suit your needs?

Last Answer : answer:I've done that: when I make nightgowns, I always put pockets in them. I also created a shopping bag for Christmas shopping, with a loop to hold rolls of wrapping paper upright so they wouldn ... in a hospital johnny. I added a matching kerchief as a coverup until she could wash her hair.

Description : Do you ever have moments of fear for when most of the people with "folk knowledge" die off and simple living things will fall from our conscious?

Last Answer : No, not at all. The important things will continue to get passed down, and the bits of knowledge that are no longer useful won't. Why is it a problem that most up us would have no idea how to store foods? ... , we'd figure it out if necessary. But it's not, so we don't bother passing that info down.

Description : "If a deadly plague swept across the globe and you and ONLY ten other people were the only ones left alive, who would who want to have in that group of 10 individuals?

Last Answer : In no particular order: Colon Powell (leadership) Barack Obama (morale) Leslie Fang (my doctor) Giada DeLaurentis (gotta eat) Isla Fisher & Amy Adams (ahem) David Sedaris & Paula Poundstone (great stories) Norm Abrahms (handy) Prince (entertainment)