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

[MahMahMahMahCorona]

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...

I can read completely illegible handwriting.

Guesstimate- portion's when doing meals, throwing ingredients together, how much time there is left on a timer, knowing what time it is (usually within a couple of mins). Working out timings for things roughly etc

I'm also a great detangler of chains and necklaces, like a PP.

I'm very organised, and extremely tidy. I read really fast.

I have crap spatial awareness, and very little hand eye coordination, so parking and sport are difficult for me 😂

I can pack anything neatly and getting the maximum in, car boots, the fridge, the freezer, suitcases. When we go on holiday, basically the rest of the family bring me things, and I pack the car.

I can find quality vintage pieces in a box of rubbish, even when I have no idea or knowledge about the items, it's just a 'feel'. I now but and sell vintage, decided to make use of it!

I'm really good at detaching from a situation, when everyone else is mired in the drama, I can stand back and find solutions.

I can't remember either names or faces, but have DH for that, as he has an absolutely uncanny ability with both!

Decluttering

I have great spatial awareness

I have a great sense of direction and rarely get lost, and can always find my way home if I do.

I can tell the time to the minute without a clock.

I just need a job where this is a useful skill.

Remembering the words to songs I haven't heard for many many years. It was almost 50 years the other day.

I listen to Boom Radio (station). It's so good. Always something (old) new.

I’m brilliant at packing the car so everything fits

I’ve got a VW Up (tiny) and can pack it for the three of us for a week self catering (so bringing some food), with outdoor gear, with the parcel shelf properly down.

I can put a bottle of beer down my cleavage and lean back and drink out of it! Does that count 😂

Fitting what looks like an impossible load into either the washing machine or the boot, depending on whether suitcases are involved!

Also am magic at finding the best way around London transport, or the U.K. rail network generally due to former job that involved a lot of travel.

@DumpedByText

I can put a bottle of beer down my cleavage and lean back and drink out of it! Does that count 😂

I'm so jealous!

Remembering the words to songs I haven't heard for many many years. It was almost 50 years the other day.

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Oh I have this one too!

Also - if a group of people is talking about an event that happened many years ago, I can tell you what everyone was wearing. Plus if there was a meal involved I can usually say what most of not all of us had to eat.

If my best friend from school is on here this might out me!

I can recognise actors on TV who have been on something else, even if it was 30 years earlier and had a minor part. I'm also an expert at catching chickens!

I can cobble a decent tasting meal together from very basic ingredients.

I can touch type really fast (though need a decent keyboard to do it, not my phone).

I am good at all sorts of letter writing; formal and informal.

@diplodocus

I can read completely illegible handwriting.

Are you also a primary teacher because I came here to say the same

@HalfShrunkMoreToGo

I am fantastic in a crisis, I go Uber calm and practical and work it through to a solution.

I am the complete opposite I even recently bought a book called positive under pressure or something Must actually read it lol

@Ionlydomassiveones

I know the name of that obscure actor or actress you can’t remember with only a vague description of the film or tv show they were in.

I am quite good at this

I am also quite good at guessing what might happen in a tv show (dh and I call me the secret scriptwriter)

I am very good at birthing babies but this is not very transferable

Knowing everyone's birthday.

Folding fitted sheets.

Creating nice dinners out of what we have in the fridge/cupboard.

Also I can untangle anything tangled up.

Identifying a song from hearing just the first few seconds, also identifying obscure B sides by certain artists when i've only heard their hits.

Judging the ripeness of fruits and vegetables, advocadoes and melons are a particular speciality

I'm really good at remembering names. Last week, I found a photo from a Pack Holiday with Brownies in about 1999 or 2000. I could remember the names of all the 25 girls.

@KloppsTeeth Sounds like we could form a decent government based on these skills. When do we storm Number 10?

I wholeheartedly agree! So many of these skills are absolutely fantastic, I'm surprised we aren't running the country already.