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My neighbor in Toledo said my paper map folding was 'a public nuisance'
He watched me struggle for five minutes at a gas station trying to refold a state map and told me to just learn the accordion fold. I looked it up in an old Boy Scout manual and practiced on a free tourist map. Now I can get it back in the glove box in under 30 seconds. What's the most useful physical skill you've picked up from a book?
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anthony_lane551mo ago
Honestly, I gotta side with your neighbor on this one, that accordion fold is a game changer. @abby_martin28's knot trick sounds cool, but I learned how to change a flat tire from a library book and that's saved me way more.
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abby_martin281mo ago
Your neighbor was out of line calling it a nuisance, but he had a point about the accordion fold. That skill is a lifesaver. The most useful thing I ever learned from a book was how to tie a bowline knot one-handed from a sailing manual. It sounds silly until you need to secure a line with just your free hand. That single page has saved me so many times on boats and even just tying stuff down to my car roof.
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