What are you bloody brilliant at?

[JustASmidgen]

Inspired by another post about what people can’t do.. what CAN you do?

I can:
Whistle through my tongue when it’s rolled up
Play the piano and guitar by ear (not at same time)
Remember birthdays
Balance on one foot for a VERY long time without wobbling

All useful life skills, as you can imagine.

Sorry, but my MIL makes the best one in the world.

The woman is crackers but I've yet to find anyone who can make pasta sauce better than her.

I love watching those HK movies about gamblers - the card shuffling is a highlight! Mad with envy at your skill.

I was a dab hand at catherising females, instinctively found the right entrance when others couldn’t. An unusual skill, I know!

How does traffic factor in to this?

I can plan everything to the minute but traffic foils me regularly.

Finding treasures in charity shops. Bought a patchwork quilt last week for £3. It's by kaffe fassett and worth a lot more. Best find was a necklace for a few quid. Turned out to be antique Baltic amber. Sold it for £900...

I can fit everything on one page

Get yourself on antiques road trip or something

@IpsyUpsyDaisyDoosI have a massive crush on Paul Martin!

Definitely then!

Possibly Do you also do cryptic crosswords?

Listening, and hearing the unspoken subtext when people talk about themselves.
Understanding how things (objects, machines, tools designs etc) work (or won't) by looking at them even if i dont know what they are.

Haha, no, but my mum used to bloody love them!

Knitting complex patterns without using stitch markers
Making soups
House training puppies

@Allseeingallknowing I can’t do that to save my life. I can never find the right hole. 😂😂😂 Fortunately In Paediatrics we rarely need to do it.

Remembering birthdays.
Being organised with everything
Helping others

I'm brilliant at sewing, particularly exquisite handsewing. I make historical replica clothes for a living.
I can also sing beautifully in medieval English, French and Latin. I spent my misspent youth as the singer for a medieval band!

Totally useless but knowing when a timer will go off. I have it within 10 seconds. Bit still set them !

Worrying and over thinking, unfortunately 😥

Treating myself

Procrastination. Nobel standard 😂

I also have a very, very good eye for antiques. The big "one that got away" because I didn't follow my instinct still bugs me.

Machine embroidery.
Bring a granny. Two grandsons aged 3 years and 15 months. Have them one day a week every week and for lots of sleepovers . Absolutely love it.
Gardening. Very happy to say that my large garden is bloody gorgeous.

Remembering names, I can go back 40 years and I still know them all

• Reverse & parallel parking.
• Peeing my teens off by saying good morning 🤣

Cooking and I can name every capital city in the world.

I can do the paper folding too and also sort things into alphabetical order really quickly, the latter is from working in a bank when juniors had to sort the "clearing" (hundreds of cheques) into alphabetical order.