# Should basic recipes like boarded windows really require fabrication skills?

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**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [June 25, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/should-basic-recipes-like-boarded-windows-really-require-fabrication-skills/20529 "2019-06-25T00:06:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/bio/32/6690_2.png) [@Bio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bio)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/should-basic-recipes-like-boarded-windows-really-require-fabrication-skills/20529/1 "2019-06-25T00:06:56Z")

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I don’t really think it requires somebody to be a PHD engineer to figure out how to board up a window without fabrication skills. I mean they’ve probably already seen enough boarded windows to figure out “smash pointy end into window frame to block window”

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**Author:** ![Turtleoverlord](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/turtleoverlord/32/5193_2.png) [@Turtleoverlord](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Turtleoverlord)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/should-basic-recipes-like-boarded-windows-really-require-fabrication-skills/20529/2 "2019-06-25T15:16:05Z")

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It’s rocket science because God emperor Kevin said so