What is your greatest and/or weirdest talent?

[debm55]

[Clouds Passing]

1. Untangling knots

[debm55]

2. Thank you Cloud Passing . That can be very useful.

[wnylib]

35. It's a good skill to have. I untangle fine necklaces when they get tangled together.

[Clouds Passing]

40. Me too and shoelaces, ropes, etc...

[stopdiggin]

3. I can finish ANY open package of cookies

even if you wheeled it out of Costco on a dolly cart.

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[debm55]

4. That;s funny . Thank you stopdiggin.

[Polly Hennessey]

5. My best talent is getting up in the morning; my weirdest talent is going to bed at night.

Oh, let’s face it, I am talentless. 😂😫

[debm55]

6. No you are not. Don't say that about yourself. You have talents. Just look around --they are there.

[Ocelot II]

7. I have very little talent of any kind, except

that I can cross my eyes independently of each other and wiggle my left ear.

I can also sing The Star Spangled Banner one syllable off, like this:

Oh, say can you see by
The dawn's early light, what
So proudly we hailed at
The twilight's last gleaming, whose
Broad stripes and bright stars through
Through the perilous fight, o'er
The ramparts we watched were
So gallantly streaming? And
The rockets' red glare, the
Bombs bursting in air gave
Proof through the night that
Our flag was still there, Oh
Say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er
The land of the free and
The home of the brave? - and you come up the last note short at the end.

I can get almost any cat to come to me (people, not so much). I can also call cattle in Norwegian.

[debm55]

10. You have talent I think your talents are great. thank you Ocelot ll.

[CrispyQ]

52. That Norwegian cattle call must really come in handy!!

[Ocelot II]

60. It actually works. I tried it on some cows in a field in northern MN.

They looked perplexed but they did come toward me.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. Getting good parking spaces.

Always, without exception. If I am in your car as a passenger, trust me, you will get an excellent parking space even if the parking gods normally consign you to lower Siberia. On the other hand, the technology gods don't like me and frequently technology doesn't work correctly around me. Weird.

[debm55]

11. Thank you Poindexter. neat and useful talent.Parking for me is not a talent.

[Lulu KC]

66. I also have that superpower!

I can pull up in front of anyplace I'm going and there it is--my spot. If it's not there the first time, by the time I go around the block, there it is. I've never known anyone else who had this! It's a fun one.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

67. Lulu KC.

I used to live in Overland Park.

[Lulu KC]

69. !!!

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I lived in Roeland Park for a while, but mostly 2 miles east over the state line. I still miss it! KC (metro region) is a great town. Now I even mutter "Go Chiefs," while I paid no attention to them at all when I lived there.

[hlthe2b]

9. I have always been very instinctive reading animal body language (especially dogs, but others as well)...

and knowing how to approach (and conversely when not to).

Oh, and I got through all my years of school based on a photographic memory--which, sadly is fading as I get older. sigh...

[debm55]

12. Thank you hlthe2b. That is a great talent to read animal body language. I agree about the memory fading. I have post it

notes all over.

[EYESORE 9001]

13. I can sleep with my eyes open

Perfected after long years of practice in meetings.

[debm55]

14. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH, That is funny. Great and useful talent. Thank you EYESORE 9001

[North Shore Chicago]

15. I can parallel park

any car any size! First try.

Weirdest? I can mimic a bullfrog and a rooster! (not at the same time)

[debm55]

17. Thank you North Shore Chicago. Is that the three/four point parking? If so I only did it once for my driving test.

[wnylib]

37. Oh, thanks for reminding me that I actually do have a talent.

I can imitate cardinals and get responses from them. I have no idea what we are saying to each other in those conversations, but I speak cardinal fairly well.

[GigiLeigh]

16. I can

Name all the states in alphabetical order in under 30 seconds.

[debm55]

18. Thank you GigiLeigh. That is impressive.

[lark]

19. I can go into anyplace, and without looking at the prices, will always pick the most expensive thing there.

Pisses me off. I was not born into the right family, I could never afford what I REALLY wanted. Thankfully, I learned early that there are things I could like almost as much that cost much less. Flexibility is the key to life, IMO.

[debm55]

20. Thank you very much lark.

[OldBaldy1701E]

21. I have the mutant ability to operate vehicles.

I have yet to find one that I cannot figure out and operate in real time. Tractor Trailers, farm equipment, airplanes, air boats, motorcycles, Segways... the only thing I have never attempted to operate is a helicopter. (I have ridden in plenty, just never flew one.)

I also seem to have the ability to make everyone around me dislike me. I don't know how this one came about, and it did not used to be this way at all, but recently it has been undeniable.

The most fun thing I ever 'operated'?



So, a quick story. One of my uncles was on the team that designed and created the computers for the Space Shuttle program, and they also built and programmed the simulator. On one visit, we got permission to go to the lab where the simulator was set up. It did not have all the fru-fru that is in that picture. It was a frame of rods with the monitors simulating the windows and the control panels. There was no body or even seatbelts on the seats at the time. I got to pilot two missions with my uncle. The first one to release a satellite and the second to retrieve it. Both times, we were almost perfect. We had liftoff. Roll was perfect and so was SRB separation. We did MICO and jettisoned the tank. We did the task. We came back into earth's orbit with the correct angle. We shot through the atmosphere to land at Edwards.

And, both times we came down too hard, blew the tires, rolled the craft and killed everyone aboard. If you have seen the movie "Space Camp', when the kids are in the simulator and the screens all turn red and the front ones say, 'No Survivors', that is exactly what I saw both times.

I tell ya. That thing is like trying to land a brick. (Not my quote, just my paraphrase.)

[debm55]

22. Thank you OldBaldy1701E. That is a great ability to have.I sure wish I had it.

[Niagara]

23. I have the ability to:

1. Read print upside down. I won't be winning any speed reading contest reading print upside down, but I can do it.




2. I have prehensile toes. I've been grabbing items and picking items off the floor using my toes since I was a kid. My son has the same ability as I do.

[debm55]

51. Wow Niagra. two unique talents.

[WmChris]

53. Reading upside down

That skill was a real advantage when involved in negotiations.

[Upthevibe]

24. debm55...........

Well.....I'm double-jointed (in my thumbs and one finger) and I can wiggle my nose.....As one of the other posters shared, I also have really good parking Karma - I call on "Gladys The Parking Goddess" and she always comes through.

[debm55]

45. Wow that is great. You are very talented. Upthe vibe.

[Wicked Blue]

25. I read really fast

and can read things that are upside down.

Got up to 2000 words per minute in college after taking a speed-reading course, but slowed down over the years.

[marble falls]

29. Being able to read upside down has served me well in principals', bosses, HR offices all my life. Being a ...

... left handed dyslexic gave me solutions to the difficulties of being a left handed dyslexic in a right handed world.

[Wicked Blue]

33. That's really cool

When I was a newspaper reporter covering police, they'd refuse to show me reports they were holding, but I could read them upside down. Mwa ha ha.

[marble falls]

38. All we both had to do was smile and keep talking slowly!

[debm55]

46. That's neat. thank you Wicked Blue.

[debm55]

55. That is very neat. thank you Wicked Blue.

[marble falls]

26. I've been told I have a strong flair for the obvious. Obviously enough.

[debm55]

47. thank you marble falls. a real talent.

[spooky3]

27. Helping scared foster cats get happier and in most cases

Find adoptive homes. My cats help.

[debm55]

48. Wonderful talent, wonderful person.

[spooky3]

54. Thank you! You're the best! Nt

[samplegirl]

28. Greatest watercolor

I don't have a weird talent.

[debm55]

49. Thank you samplegirl. You are very talented and creative.

[MiHale]

30. Whistling with my tongue...

Hard to do at this age…but I could curl my tongue into a round shape and kinda carry a tune. As with all tongue whistlers age takes its toll…had to retire…couldn’t re-tongue.

[debm55]

50. That's different. Thank you MiHale.

[yaesu]

31. Send & receive morse code at 20+ wpm ;o) nt

[debm55]

56. Thank you yaesu.

[yaesu]

70. -.-- --- ..- .- .-. . .-- . .-.. -.-. --- -- . you are welcome :o) nt

[catbyte]

32. Procrastination

my motto:

[Alpeduez21]

39. If waiting to the last moments to get things done

Didn’t work than we wouldn’t do it

[debm55]

58. Thank you catbyte. That's unique.

[doc03]

34. I seem to be able to spot a con man where

others can't. I recognized Trump as con man 30 years ago.

[debm55]

42. HAHAHAHAHAH/ That is funny. Thank you doc03

[Bayard]

36. I can sing the theme from the original, "Star Trek."

Wah WAH wah wah wah wah waaaaah......

[debm55]

43. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. That is great.

[Elessar Zappa]

41. I don't think I have any talents.

Everything I try, I’m mediocre at. I am very curious and read a lot of history and science but that’s hardly a ‘talent”.

[debm55]

44. I think it is.

[Diamond_Dog]

57. I can do the voice of Sylvester the Cat's little son

when his dad gets beat up by the baby kangaroo.

[debm55]

59. Thank you Diamond _Dog That is sure different.

[CrispyQ]

61. I'm good at finding creative but simple solutions to problems using what's on hand.

Sometimes just a sloppy, temporary fix until someone more experienced can do a better job.

[debm55]

62. That's a great talent. Thank you CrispyQ.

[Prairie_Seagull]

63. I can fix almost anything mechanical or electrical.

Electronic, not a chance.

I can tie a bunch of mean knots thanks to navy and Ashlyes book of knots. You may be surprised what can be accomplished with just a length of good rope. Ancient tech. hahaha

[debm55]

64. Thank you very much Prairie_Seagull.

[Emile]

65. Drove 18 wheelers over a million miles without

an accident.

[debm55]

68. Thank you Emile. That is great.

[justaprogressive]

71. Slide Guitar

That's polished copper, (have to re-smooth after every gig Steel>Copper y'know)...

prvsly used by Son House and Lowell George

[debm55]

72. Wonderful. Thank you justaprogressive.