Helpful Hints
Life Skills We Didn’t Learn in School
Fads and Fashions of the 1970s
Male Order
Fall in Line with Fall
100

Never go grocery shopping when you are feeling this.

What is hungry? If you do, you’re likely to overspend and bring home junk food. The best time to shop is after a meal.

100

What you should do each month when your bank statement comes

What is balance your account or checkbook?

100

This coloring process is used to dye T-shirts and other clothing items with swirl designs.

What is tie-dye? Sometimes they were dyed with multiple colors.

100

Some men who may have never turned on an oven in the kitchen routinely perform
this outdoor cooking activity.

What is grilling

100

This is the alternate name for the fall season.

What is autumn

200

If you do not own a meat pounder, grab this from your toolbox.

What is hammer? Cover the meat with plastic wrap or wax paper since you are probably not in the habit of washing your hammer after use.

200

Table manners, social graces, writing thank-you notes, RSVP to an invitation, etc

What is etiquette? Do you remember when hats were never allowed indoors?

200

Many parents who wouldn’t allow their children to have dogs or cats raced to the store to buy these crudely painted substitutes—and someone laughed all the way to the bank off these ridiculous items

What are pet rocks? At one point, 100,000 units were sold per day. Today, you can find decorative rocks painted to look like sleeping cats, a far cry from the original pet rocks

200

Men don’t get this skin condition, also known as “orange peel” or “dimpling”


What is cellulite

200

In the fall, it’s time to turn our clocks this way to revert to standard time

What is back

300

If you like your baked potato skins crisp, don’t wrap them in this.

What is foil?

300

How to write a formal document that provides an overview of your professional qualifications, otherwise known as a CV or this

What is resume? Students are also not taught how to apply for jobs.

300

This is another name for short shorts.

What are hot pants? One reason they were dubbed hot pants was because of the heated discussions surrounding them.

300

Men in beer commercials never seem to have this condition, also known as a “spare tire.”

What is beer belly?

300

Fall begins south of the equator during this month.

What is March

400

This baking ingredient can put out grease fires

What is baking soda? F

400

The art of the back-and-forth between employee and employer or with the rental agent

: What is negotiation?

400

This popular Black hairstyle was natural and six or more inches from the scalp in every direction.

What is afro? This was a signature look in the 1970s

400

Women are from Venus, and men are from this planet

What is Mars?  

400

After raking leaves, we used to do this, something that is widely frowned upon today
and illegal in many cities.

What is burn them?

500

The best time to clean out a closet or a drawer is when you’re in this mood.

What is angry? If you’re in a good mood, you’re less likely to throw out things.

500

The deductions that come out of a paycheck and shock many newly employeed teenagers

What are taxes? We all have stories about people we know who are utterly shocked when they receive their first paycheck. Students are often not taught how to file taxes and require their parents guidance.

500

This color green, which shares its name with produce from Mexico, was everywhere from linoleum to appliances to furniture.

What is avocado? Don’t laugh off this entertaining oddity just yet; it’s making a comeback.

500

This hair-loss problem, common in men as they age,
starts at the top of the head with a receding hairline and moves back to the crown

What is pattern baldness?

500

According to the Weather Channel, this is the most
craved food in the gourd family during the fall.

What is pumpkin

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