Abilities only you seem to have

Abilities only you seem to have

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Discendo Discimus

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Friday 26th April
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I was reading the "Simple things you can't do" thread and it got me thinking about the weird talents / abilities we must have that nobody else seems to possess.

Mine is a strange one:

If I put something in the oven and set a timer for, let's say 30 mins, after about 29 mins and 30 seconds I'll get a strange feeling that makes me get up and ask Alexa how long is left on my timer. It is always under a minute and usually when I get up I see the 10 second countdown on the Alexa screen.

I suppose I just have a very accurate perception of time, but it's weird how often I get it right. (no I don't look at clocks etc throughout the 30 mins).

What's yours?

Discendo Discimus

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339 posts

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Friday 26th April
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Muzzer79 said:
I can raise one eyebrow independently, Roger Moore-style.

But I can do it with either eyebrow.

Not met many others with a similar (obviously life-changing) ability


cue loads of others saying they can do it
Hate to say it, but this is something I can do too lol. I can do it to music which always makes my 3 year old chuckle.

Discendo Discimus

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339 posts

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Friday 26th April
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nammynake said:
Discendo Discimus said:
I was reading the "Simple things you can't do" thread and it got me thinking about the weird talents / abilities we must have that nobody else seems to possess.

Mine is a strange one:

If I put something in the oven and set a timer for, let's say 30 mins, after about 29 mins and 30 seconds I'll get a strange feeling that makes me get up and ask Alexa how long is left on my timer. It is always under a minute and usually when I get up I see the 10 second countdown on the Alexa screen.

I suppose I just have a very accurate perception of time, but it's weird how often I get it right. (no I don't look at clocks etc throughout the 30 mins).

What's yours?
Or you don’t notice or recall the times when you looked and there was more time remaining. You need a controlled experiment to record all outcomes and analyse the statistics ;-)
My wife has tested this multiple times. She's sat there with a timer running and has taken away any clocks in the room. I'm still within 20 seconds almost every time.
Every now and then I'll ask Alexa how long's left and it's something soul destroying like 2 minutes and 46 seconds. I hear my wife cackle like a deranged parrot from the other room because she knows I've pissed off the time gods.

Discendo Discimus

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339 posts

33 months

Friday 26th April
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Just remembered another one, I'm right handed and when I attempt to write with my left hand it comes out mirrored. I can write cursive from right to left, backwards. Weird.

I can also easily read documents that are upside down or mirrored - handy during job interviews or performance reviews.

Discendo Discimus

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339 posts

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Saturday 27th April
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cliffords said:
I can part fill my mouth will cold custard and fire it about 3 meters. I have completed at county level and was beaten to second place with a 3.17 against my 3.01.
This made me burst out laughing when I'm supposed to be working. What a sentence.