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10 practical skills they didn’t teach me at school.

Clive Griffiths
Clive Griffiths

10 practical skills they didn’t teach me at school.

And you know what?
AI can’t do any of these things.

1/ Set spark plug depth.
2/ Replace a tap washer.
3/ Install new light fitting.
4/ Change lawn mower oil.
5/ Balance heating radiators.
6/ Solder copper pipe fittings.
7/ Drill holes in the wall safely.
8/ Use wall plugs correctly.
9/ Patch a hole in plaster.
10/ Sharpen a chainsaw.

But I can now - the school of life.

#relentless

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