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.

Flat pack furniture
wallpapering
painting
making biscuits
faffing about
wordle

Oh yes and both of these 😂

Remembering tunes, some of which I heard over sixty years ago. Absolutely useless 😞

Find out information about people online.

Making decisions. As I’ve got older I’ve developed a very strong feeling that life is too short to spend it endlessly dithering and weighing up options. I identify the information I need, find the information, and use it to make a sensible decision in the understanding there is no right or wrong answer and I’m resourceful enough to cope if the outcome isn’t what I’d hoped.

(The flip side of this is that other people’s inability to make decisions drives me up the fucking wall. Fine if you want to waste your own time on circular rumination and fretful hand-wringing, but you’re not wasting mine as well!)

Organising international moves with pets (fantastic at it but I really hate doing it and don’t ever want to do it again)

I can rap the bartman,word for word

And I make the best brownies/chocolate cake/lemon cake/scones in the world

Can't walk in a straight line for toffee-im amazed I've not fallen into the road and been killed

Writing.
Solving other people's problems.
Reading Tarot.
Making people laugh.
Dog whispering.
Sex.

To name but a few!

Sight-reading music and solving anagrams, the first is more useful than the second

Bake.
Cook.
Sew.( hand and machine)
Give a listening ear and empathy.
And according to my family.. give the best cuddles.

I can add numbers in my head pretty quickly and can harmonise between keys. Pretty fabulous at telling the time without a clock. On top of this my sense of smell is bloody superb, and as a smoker it really shouldnt be. None of these skills have made me a millionaire unfortunately.

I can roll my tongue into a sort of three leaf clover shape.
I can peel potatoes at lightning speed. In fact I get a feeling of overwhelming rage when I see people doing it slowly. I once grabbed the potato peeler off my friend in her own kitchen and started peeling the potatoes PROPERLY. She was a bit surprised, but happy to step back🤣

Aaargh!
what about sticky ginger cake??? Mine is the best (stamps feet)
Anyone’s MIL want to claim that?😂😂

I can change the toilet roll

may not sound much, but apparently I’m the only one in our house who can do it 😡

Nah she's a bit shite at cake you can have that one 🤣

Ooh I’ve got a great sense of smell as well. This does not make any aspect of life easier or more pleasant for me. 🤣

Hand sewing. Have always been able to since I was a young child.

Remembering phone numbers and account numbers.

I make a fab lasagne and have perfected a cake repertoire that covers all occasions for which I might need to bake.

I'm really good at reading kids books aloud and do all the voices.

I'm also really quick at reading and typing.

Remembering, in minute detail, when and where anything happened. Not big things: not Live Aid or Charles and Diana’s wedding. Utterly trivial things like when my husband’s niece got her gold iPhone, or when my stepson started going out with his first girlfriend. Also remembering bits of trivia about people I’ve never met, which they find really creepy if I do meet them.

More positively, I never betray a secret, and I make amazing croissants.

Mark English essays accurately and at warp speed. Even if I haven’t read the text !

I can get a document (research articles etc.) to the exact word count required.

I can always open a new plastic bin bag/carrier bag first time just with my thumb and forefinger. My husband never can, not ever. He thinks I'm awesome.

Catastrophizing

I can remember dates and places very clearly. When my old friends want to know what happened and when, they ask me.

It also lets me find files and photos without having to search too hard. Slightly more useful.

I also have amazing balance and can untangle knots 😂

Oh and I'm great at reading stories aloud to children. I wish my nephews and nieces were still little 😞

And parallel parking. I'm great at that.