To ask - what is your particular set of skills? (lighthearted)

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Household of 5: 2 adults, 3 DC.

I can - when everyone else has had a go - rework the loading of the dishwasher so that EVERYTHING fits in, rather than leaving a mountain of dirty stuff on the side (like the rest of the household) ready for the next cycle.

AIBU to ask what is your particular set of skills? Skills you have acquired over a very long career.*

*Yes I've quoted Liam Neeson...

Blow jobs

I seem to be able to iron things just on the front, but the back also smooths out.

This is odd, as I hate ironing.

Being a Womble and making good use of the things that I find.

Found an enamelware baking tray on the street outside someone’s house covered in burnt on crap, which they were throwing out. Cleaned it up; good as new. That’s just one example.

Also, making delicious meals out of the odds and ends in the fridge that might otherwise be binned. Spotting a theme….

Ooh good idea for a thread.

I'm quite a good lateral thinker so I can problem solve fairly effectively (I have ocd and overthink MASSIVELY but occasionally it does come in handy!!)

I'm a good planner

I can pack like nobody else!

Military brat and can pack for a fortnights holiday in hand luggage only in about 30 mins - no exaggeration! Have done this several times and when dd was little this included her stuff so 2 people in one hand luggage case and one handbag

When I was moving in with a former flatmate she spent WEEKS packing up her old place, carefully using bubble wrap etc - she freaked when on the day I hadn't started packing, I was done within 2 hours admittedly only a studio flat but still...

I can read very quickly. Didn't realise I was a particularly quick reader until I went to uni to do English. When passages had to be read before commenting/discussing I could have read the same part 3-4 times again compared to how fast everyone else was reading. One lecturer didn't believe I was reading every word/taking in every nuance and took some delight in "testing" me.

I can also read and watch tv/film at the same time and take in what's happening on both - again I've had people disbelieve and "test" me

Again I didn't realise it was odd until certain people pointed it out to me.

I also have synesthesia which makes life interesting! Some words have a "taste" some sights do, letters, words and numbers have particular colours for me.

@mrsrat

Blow jobs

😂😂😂

Mine is finding something in the exact place my husband swore it wasn't two minutes earlier

I am scarily good at claw machines in the arcade

Remembering how everyone likes their tea, and guessing what time it is. Ooh and choosing exactly the right size tupperware for leftovers so no space is wasted.

I haven't had to use mine for several years now, but when DCs were at primary school I could rustle up a costume for any dress up day using a bit of old sheet, some old curtains and a charity shop trawl.

Can scrape together a dinner when there's virtually nothing in the fridge

Im really good at fitting lots of things into a space, my old boss would get me to unpack deliveries because I was the only one who would make everything fit in the tiny stockroom

I am a good planner and I also read and write extremely fast.

My DH can accurately guess the weight of a ball of yarn to within a couple of grams and can fold things beautifully where I just would make a mess

Planning, including contingencies & contingencies for those contingencies, organising, multitasking & prioritising.

When we go anywhere I'm Logistics, DH is transport.

Any household job whilst carrying around a clingy teething toddler, who said you couldn't Change a bed whilst carrying a child 🤣😂

I can clap really really loud. If I am anywhere and the audience applause is a bit lacklustre, I always feel sorry for the performer/s - so I go into overdrive.

My OH always covers his ears and acts embarrassed.

I can’t snap my fingers though. Utterly useless.

Remembering phone numbers
Also remembering the dates that my family members gran, papa, aunts, uncles died 🙉 the exact date like 06/01/2022.
Year's ago my cousin was doing a family tree and kept phoning me to ask dates. It's a bit weird 😄

Bump starting cars in reverse downhill (usually with an audience of people saying it can't be done ) and parallel parking in one quick manoeuvre 🙄🥳

Spreadsheets. Also I can tell what accent someone on a video has when the sound is down, just by watching them talk. Also I always win tombolas, but that's more luck than a skill.

Finding things - using my "Mum Eyes". Pretty good at parallel parking, to be fair.

I can remember the exact price I paid for something-no matter how long ago I bought it

It’s weird as I’m shite with maths and numbers in general but I can remember how much I paid for a pair of trainers 5 years ago to how much butter cost last week

Keeping going through the shit life throws at me

When I went for my bowel scope screening, the nurse said I'd done "a very good enema".
I'm not sure that's a very useful transferable skill, though...

To talk to anyone. I can blether away to anyone: the postman, the Hermes guy, the school teacher/ head teacher/ school receptionist. The ceo / the cleaner at work. The lassie on the checkout at Tesco.. The GP / the person on reception. The random person walking their dog. My husband hates talking to strangers and finds it very odd that I chat away to people I don’t know from Adam. In tesco the other week having a right good chinwag with the lassie on the till. DH asked if i knew her. I was like “no” but we still had a good blether about clothes. The woman at the local corner shop used to see me when I came in and pointed me towards the chocolate on sale: the man at the chippy asked DH where I was when I stopped going to the chippy when pregnant. When I was last in we had a long convo about getting vaccinated.

Packing cars - DH has a go, but I come in & redo it all so it all actually fits.

Not needing the toilet often - can manage entire transatlantic flights without peeing (I hate plane toilets) & comes in handy on days out to the beach etc where loos are either foul or in short supply.

@mrsrat

Blow jobs

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I have finally perfected the art of doing absolutely nothing. It’s more like a secret super power than a mere skill tho.