{"id":68098,"date":"2017-10-03T23:23:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T16:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-guide-to-the-chores-we-can-no-longer-do-from-changing-a-lightbulb-to-resetting-the-fuse-box\/"},"modified":"2017-10-04T00:03:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T17:03:03","slug":"a-guide-to-the-chores-we-can-no-longer-do-from-changing-a-lightbulb-to-resetting-the-fuse-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-guide-to-the-chores-we-can-no-longer-do-from-changing-a-lightbulb-to-resetting-the-fuse-box\/","title":{"rendered":"A guide to the chores we can no longer do \u2013 from changing a lightbulb to resetting the fuse box"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAccording to the Good Housekeeping Institute, people have forgotten how to wash up by hand. But it\u2019s not the only household skill we need to scrub up onModern life is making us stupid. The latest skill we used to be able to do, but now needs to be relearned, is how to do the washing-up. According to the Good Housekeeping Institute (GHI), people have become overly reliant on dishwashers and don\u2019t know that there is a correct order to do the dishes (glasses first, roasting pans last). So it has produced a guide. Scrape dishes clean before you start, it says, change the water halfway though and wear rubber gloves so\u00a0you can use extra-hot water.The washing-up is not the only thing we need help with. According to a new YouGov survey, the majority of 18- to 24-year-olds don\u2019t know how to bleed a radiator or change the fuse in a plug. Which seems a bit unfair \u2013 record numbers still live at home with their parents \u2013 but even among older people, these skills are not universal (a quarter of 35-\u00a0to 44-year-olds can\u2019t bleed a\u00a0radiator). Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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