Name something that you are very good at? Mine is jewelry making. Don't be shy, What's yours?

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[MiHale]

1. Soil remediation...growing good soil.

And creative cooking.

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6. Thank you very much for sharing with us. MiHale.

[Endlessmike56]

2. Drinking beer and watching sports lol

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7. Thank you very much, Endlessmike56, for sharing with us.

[Tim S]

3. Being Me

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8. Great answer, Tim S

[Layzeebeaver]

4. I've forgotten more than I will even know.

Or to phrase is another way, “I’ve spent my lifetime learning skills that I will never have”.

Other than that, I’m pretty good at my job - fixing projects that are off track.

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10. Thank you very much for sharing with us. Layzeebeaver.

[3catwoman3]

5. When I was still working, I was very good at teaching first time parents...

...when to worry and when not to, so they could have a more relaxed parenting experience.

Most first time parents are scared to pieces because they get home with their precious new baby and realize they don't know a damned thing, so everything scares them - hiccups, sneezing, spitting up, all the different colors of poop, you name it. It was common to walk into an exam room to see parents with anxious faces and their shoulders up near their ears with tension. And, it was very gratifying to see smiles on their faces and relaxed shoulders after they'd spent half an hour with me.

If I could have restricted my appointments to new parents and young babies, I'd probably still be working. Just shy of turning 70 in 2021, the prospect of another summer doing school and sports physicals on dramatic, hypochondriacal teenage girls filled me with dread, and it was time to hang up the stethoscope.

I have found out that I have something of a talent for making earrings and beaded bracelets. I've never had any sort of artistic hobby. I can't paint, draw, or sculpt. I don't knit, crochet, needlepoint, sew, or scrapbook. So, this is a very recent endeavor - about a year at most.

Friends and family members keep telling me I should open an ETSY shop but no way, for 2 reasons - I'm a terrible procrastinator, so customers would be pissed off about how long it would take me to mail things, and if I were trying to sell my creations, it would be something I felt I had to do, and then I wouldn't want to.

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11. You are a very talented woman, 3catwoman3, I have heard things about Etsy from fellow crafters. that turned me off from

them. I used to make teddy bears . But it was a hit or miss business. Went to craft shows to sell.TY for sharing.

[FM123]

9. Making home-made greeting cards.

Many years ago my dear aunt surprised me with boxes of beautiful supplies and gifted me with the love of crafting. I still think of her when I make cards for friends and family.

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13. Your aunt gave you a very good gift--the supplies and the love of crafting. Thank you for sharing with us, FM123.

[Goonch]

12. ;-{) armchair sleuthing

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14. Thank you very much for sharing with us, Goonch.It sounds interesting.

[NNadir]

15. I used to be a very good guitarist and singer; but I quit it. I am, in my conceited opinion of myself, excellent at...

...understanding issues in Energy and the Environment.

My greatest thing ever at being good at something, was in convincing my wife to fall in love with me, as I was in love with her.

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16. That is so sweet. Thank you for sharing with us. NNadir

[malthaussen]

17. Sleeping. No one can touch me. n/t

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18. HAHAHAHAHahhah. Thank you for sharing with us. Mal

[WheelWalker]

19. Metacognition and connecting the dots.

Pattern recognition and synthesis. I give good thought.

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21. Well thank you for sharing your special skill, Thank you WheelWalker

[cloudbase]

20. My wife considers me a great cook and baker.

I don't know about that, but my cooking has never sent anyone to the hospital.

I can copy Morse code at 35 words per minute.

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22. Congratulations on both of your skills, cloudbase and thank you for sharing with us.

[EYESORE 9001]

23. Barefoot ping-pong

on a wet basement floor after chugging a six-pack. Just kidding. I’m not very good at that particular sport.

Actually, I’m considered a force of nature when it comes to the card game cribbage.

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25. HAHAHAHAHHAHA. Thank you for sharing with us. EYESORE9001.

[Nittersing]

52. cribbage

Hadn't thought of that game in years.

Growing up, we had a little table that was a cribbage board with a little felt bag tied to one of the legs to hold the pegs. I suspect that pack of cards were usually on the table.

That table was always parked next to the couch and a casual game was frequent activity.

Thanks for the memory.

[EYESORE 9001]

60. I'm considered 'aggressive'

because I claim points that others miss. It does inspire a higher level of ‘situational awareness’ of the game, however.

[Flo Mingo]

24. My wife calls it wise speak

I have a way of inviting people to look at things differently. To bring them home to their own strengths and wisdom and connection to their source. I help people clean off all the shoulds that have been should upon them to get to their own truth instead of living the truths they've been told.

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26. That truely is a gift. Thank you so much, Flo Mingo and for the people you have helped.

[LoisB]

31. That is a great skill.

[Dorothy V]

27. I make a mighty fine pan of enchiladas. I can also sit, burp, and doze off with the best of 'em!

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28. HAHAHAHAHAHAH. That is so funny. Love you.Dorothy V.

[Dorothy V]

39. Love ya back, Deb!

[LoisB]

29. Crochet, logic problems, jigsaw puzzles

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35. Thank you very much for sharing your selection with us.LoisB.

[Wuddles440]

30. I asked my wife this question about me expecting that she...

would respond with an enthusiastic "making whoopee", but instead I got an emphatic "making a mess of everything". Apparently bolstering my self esteem is something that she's not very good at.

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37. That is so funny. Wuddles440. Love it.

[Ocelot II]

32. Catering to the whims of cats.

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38. That is so true. Thank you , Ocelot II. But we love them.

[Alansworld]

33. I build and repair guitars and other stringed instruments.

I’ve built a few as well. It’s going to be my side business after I retire next year.

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43. That sounds great. Alansworld . I it will be a great way to spend your retirement. PS Welcome to DU.

[The Wizard]

34. Facebook rumors

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44. HAHAHAHAHHAHA, That is funny , The Wizard.

[True Dough]

36. I am good at being shy.

Please let me be shy!

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45. Oh you, Shy? I don't think so.

[timms139]

40. Moving the

earth with heavy equipment to give families a beautiful place to build their home .

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46. What a great job. Is it a seasonal job? Thank you timms139

[timms139]

63. Weather can affect it but i do it year round . NT

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64. Thank you

[justaprogressive]

41. Listening to people

...professionally.

Had my new PCP unburden himself to me on my first visit today.

What could I say? I was complimented.

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47. Thank you for sharing, justaprogressive. You are a very kind person. Thank you for the work that you do.

[oberle]

42. Collecting animals

Cats, rats, guinea pigs, chinchillas, fish, iguanas, whatever.

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48. Thank is very unique. Thank you for sharing and helping the creatures.

[LogDog75]

49. Hard to decide

It's not that I'm good at a lot of things but two things come to mind.

I'm good at detecting BS, lies, exaggerations, hyperbole, etc.. When I encounter someone doing those things my internal danger flags pop up. I don't directly challenge the person but I will ask them questions about what they saying/talking about. I'll ask followup questions to the point the person either admits they don't know what they're talking about or they just give up. I love doing this when there's a group of people and there's a blowhard blowing smoke.

The other thing I was good at was when I was in the AF, I built AF cargo pallets of medical supplies/equipment. Many of the containers we used were of different dimensions so it was like fitting a jigsaw puzzle together. We couldn't exceed certain height/width, the pallet had to be balance so no side was heavier that the other, as well as putting the pallet cover and netting on correctly.

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50. Thank you very much for sharing with us. LogDog75, Those are two great talents that you have there.

[ProfessorGAC]

51. Music, Math, Golf

That last one though, is in decline. I don't play like I used to. Age has caught up.

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55. Thank you very much for sharing with us. ProfessorGAC

[LuckyCharms]

53. Successfully grinding my way through difficult tasks that I previously had no

experience with, or knowledge of.

I'm not very smart, but I'm tenacious.

Also, I'm sometimes called "Cassandra" by people who know me, because I seem to have a knack of predicting outcomes with accuracy.

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56. Thank you very much, LuckyCharms for sharing your unique. traits.

[Jilly_in_VA]

54. Pretty good at several unrelated things

jewelry making
crochet
cooking, particularly "off the cuff" (as in making something out of whatever is on hand)

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57. That is wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Jilly_in_VA

[electric_blue68]

58. Drawing, unique wire jewelry w, w/o semi precious stones, or water pearls ....

I was a pretty good cook, too. I'm in an alp so I get meals. Though one of these months... we have a modest kitchen in the recommended where residents can book time to cook.

I started that type of jewelry making in my thirties- sort of out the blue when stringing semi precious jewelry beads wirh some glass beads got too expensive for what I wanted to do. I still have one of my earliest "charts - showing what I did in the different gauges of brass wire back then.
Used to use sterling silver but too expensive. Use plated silver, now. Also I like brass; the high color goldish looking.

Also photography.

Almost forgot! Abstract, usually assemblage styled sculptures on the 1980's! Involving architectural miniature wood rods "frames and string. Then later branches as frames, colored yarns, small sanded wooden pieces tied into the yarn.
Really good works!

Though I did two really cool ones in the last semester in Scilpture class; involving bended hard plastic tubing with colored water inside on white plastic bases.
My teacher who'd been.an innovator in plastics and sculpture pronounced them beyond "student level" pieces.
I was very pleased!

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59. Thank you very much for sharing with us. You have a unique. selection, electric_blue68

[JustKay]

61. I make people laugh.

LOL - on purpose. I'm funny!

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65. Thank you very much, JustKay. That's a great one to have.

[PufPuf23]

62. Recliner napping and cat servant.

Had skills long ago.

Cat complains anyway.

Make a mean cup of coffee that visitors like (and so do I).

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66. HAHAHAHha. Thank you very much for sharing with us. PufPuf23.