Simple things you just can't do
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Spare tyre said:
Run for more than 1/4 a mile
I can cycle all day long, walk 30 miles without breaking a sweat, I simply just can’t really run
My wife can’t tap / clap in time to music
If you hear a band and people are clapping along, she is clapping but like a seal that has been hit by a truck on the m25 just after it got electrocuted
You say “look at everyone else’s hands, why are yours not at the same time” she just looks like you told her the kettle in the kitchen is her mum
I'm laughing. I'm with your wife. My wife has rhythm and understands music, I just pretend to like it. We met on a dance floor by the way.I can cycle all day long, walk 30 miles without breaking a sweat, I simply just can’t really run
My wife can’t tap / clap in time to music
If you hear a band and people are clapping along, she is clapping but like a seal that has been hit by a truck on the m25 just after it got electrocuted
You say “look at everyone else’s hands, why are yours not at the same time” she just looks like you told her the kettle in the kitchen is her mum
On the cycling vs running point. I used to think like that. I could cycle 100 miles but not run five. I no longer cycle and can easily run all day, I even find myself finding walks boring and stepping into a running pace if I'm on my own. I've realised it's all about specifity of training. I'm 100% confident you could run.
Funny people say they're bad with faces, I seem to be the complete opposite and can recognise people very well both after meeting them briefly and from a long time ago. Saw a bloke I hadn't seen since junior school (1978) on The Chase recently and recognised him and named him instantly.
Agree about wrapping presents though, I'm worse than shocking for that.
Agree about wrapping presents though, I'm worse than shocking for that.
snuffy said:
Which is rather the point of proof readers !
Indeed.I frequently send documents out for review before sending them to customers. Most of them have a six figure price tag on the end. I've come to realise how few actually read them.
I can take that two ways. Self congratulatory opinion is that they trust me to have things correct in the document. More realistic one is that they're lazy and expecting me to do the work. Reality is somewhere in the middle.
I cannot do DIY of any description, no matter how simple. Such as painting a wall.
If I attempt anything it just ends up a total mess. So I don't bother, and haven't done for many years. I just pay other people to do it, and my life is greatly improved by this. I don't even do any gardening or own any gardening equipment or lawnmower, I just have a gardener.
If I attempt anything it just ends up a total mess. So I don't bother, and haven't done for many years. I just pay other people to do it, and my life is greatly improved by this. I don't even do any gardening or own any gardening equipment or lawnmower, I just have a gardener.
Mont Blanc said:
I cannot do DIY of any description, no matter how simple. Such as painting a wall.
If I attempt anything it just ends up a total mess. So I don't bother, and haven't done for many years. I just pay other people to do it, and my life is greatly improved by this. I don't even do any gardening or own any gardening equipment or lawnmower, I just have a gardener.
Yeah, gardening is a great one. I touch a plant, it dies.If I attempt anything it just ends up a total mess. So I don't bother, and haven't done for many years. I just pay other people to do it, and my life is greatly improved by this. I don't even do any gardening or own any gardening equipment or lawnmower, I just have a gardener.
Spare tyre said:
Run for more than 1/4 a mile
I can cycle all day long, walk 30 miles without breaking a sweat, I simply just can’t really run
I'm the same. I did start couch to 5k last year and that improved things somewhat, but never completed it. I cycle fairly regularly. My commute is 11 miles each way, and can manage it without too much of an issue, but running.... No.I can cycle all day long, walk 30 miles without breaking a sweat, I simply just can’t really run
Cotty said:
Sleep in a comfortable position.
That's an interesting one. I read loads of books and listen to many podcasts about sleep and how it's great.I have no idea what my natural sleeping position is. I keep trying to tell myself to make a note of what way I was lying when I zonk out. I never manage it. So I occasionally spend sleepless nights trying to find the position.
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