<p>How to greet people in a professional manner. If you’re in a region that greets with a handshake (in the professional world) then learn how to do that. Eye contact and a friendly expression on your face while doing it. </p>
<p>What to do if their car is in an accident.
From exchanging info with the driver to getting the car repaired and dealing with the insurance company.
Same for if their apt is robbed.
What to do if their car is towed.
How to locate it in the tow yard and needing cash and proof of insurance to get it out.
How to travel internationally.
From getting passport/visas, booking flights, making connections, where and when gather luggage to go through additional security/customs to continue travel, what to do if stranded with canceled flights, lost passport, lost credit cards.</p>
<p>The learning how to shut off the water valve is always good. My roommate did the unthinkable, which would gross you guys out. Let’s just say I came home one day and found him freaked out in the bathroom with “stuff” on the floor mat that shouldn’t have been there and water everywhere (and a nasty smell!). </p>
<p>I suppose you have to be fast enough too to shut the water off! It was the worst week of my life that semester. </p>
<p>Rainy day fund is definitely a good idea, but hard to do. I read a while back that the 50% of Americans could not come up with $3,000 (cash/liquid) to use if they needed to. That’s scary. If your car transmission blows or you have like mold in your dry wall, etc. etc. it’s going to cost you! Most people in America don’t have even a few thousand bucks if they needed to have to by tomorrow. They’d have to place it on a credit card or borrow it (I remember reading in an article in The Atlantic).</p>
<p>To extend brownug’s rainy day fund…try to never have a a car payment (save up for a reasonable priced car and pay cash) and definitely NEVER EVER pay only the minimum credit card payment. Credit cards are great, but they MUST be paid off every month. Credit card interest is CRAZY high and it’s just stupid to carry a balance if you can pay it.</p>
<p>But…that Mercedes.</p>
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<p>Well, one of the things you are supposed to know is to stop in a safe place to change the tire (or for the roadside assistance person to change the tire). If you find that your car has a flat tire in your garage or while it is in a parking lot, you can change the tire safely in less time than roadside assistance will take to come.</p>
<p>That’s only if your car has a spare tire (a lot don’t these days). Buy a can of fix-a-flat and carry it with you.</p>
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Oh, goodness. I hope the drive would’ve figured this out. :))</p>
<p>Steps to Change a Flat Tire:
- Have a flat Tire
- Have a spare tire… </p>
<p>Start saving early for retirement (the power of compounding, the difficulty of catching up). </p>
<p>CPR
Heimlich Maneuver
Basic first aid-holding bandage over bleeder, applying a tourniquet, protecting a victim from a spinal injury if they need to be moved
Comfortable delivering a speech, prepared or spontaneous in front of a crowd
The box step, the fox trot-how to lead/follow in social dancing
Carry a tune, esp the SSBanner if you go to sporting events and such
Assemble Ikea shelving and furniture</p>
<p>Beerme got me thinking…add Donate blood to my list. (If able). And join the marrow registry. (Again, if able) Two acts that save lives or give a sick person a second chance at life. Pretty heavy stuff, but from what I’ve been privy to, our younger generations are doing such a great job in these two areas. Kudos o them!</p>
<p>How to say No.</p>
<p>Sadly, I joined the bone marrow registry but was told that since I have my own chronic health problems, they had to move me to inactive. They said they can’t compromise any donor’s health and consider me too medically fragile. :(</p>
<p>Thank you for your willingness, HImom 
Hope your health remains stable. </p>
<p>How to ask for what you need.</p>
<p>Agree it is important to know how to shake hands properly. A limp, dead fish handshake doesn’t cut it…I’m always amazed when someone extends me a limp shake and I wonder why they don’t seem to know any better.</p>
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Neither does a handshake that tests the strength of your ligaments!</p>
<p>Seconding the notion for everyone to learn a proper handshake. </p>
<p>Have met too many men who consider the handshake a contest. Save that for the fraternity reunion. </p>
<p>Yes, especially with some folks who are quietly suffering from arthritis, handshakes that are too strong or hard are PAINFUL. I actually prefer anything to painful handshakes, which I think are cruel. </p>
<p>How not to monoxide yourself or others with your car, oven, grill, or other appliance (especially generators).</p>
<p>It is always stunning to me to read of these needless tragedies.</p>