Simple things you just can't do
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Muzzer79 said:
Touch my toes with straight legs.
I'm not just a short distance away - I can barely get halfway down my shins....
Never had a problem doing this. But I have never been able to sit with my legs crossed. I mean legs properly folded the way we were expected to do in assembly as kids.I'm not just a short distance away - I can barely get halfway down my shins....
... along with ability to move... had the dam thing ages still never set foot on plank 
snuffy said:
Tying shoelaces. I could not do it as a child, so what I learnt instead is to make two loops and tie them in a knot. 50 years layers and that's how I still tie them.
But I can tie a proper bow tie.
I have never been able to tie a bow tie, no matter what method i try, it's always a miserable failure...But I can tie a proper bow tie.
Hoofy said:
croyde said:
My autistic son is a whizz at the maths bit. Shame that at 21 is that all he does is sleep all day and sit on his computer all night.
Building the next unicorn start-up, AmIRight?But I digress
Things to impress my kids.
My daughter is a big Fabio Wibmer/Danny Mac fan and I'd love to show her how to wheelie or bunny hop, but I'm a dead weight on my bike and struggle to get the wheel off the ground myself.
And I'd love to teach my son football skills. But, I can do one keepy uppy before the ball dissappears over the neighbours fence
My daughter is a big Fabio Wibmer/Danny Mac fan and I'd love to show her how to wheelie or bunny hop, but I'm a dead weight on my bike and struggle to get the wheel off the ground myself.
And I'd love to teach my son football skills. But, I can do one keepy uppy before the ball dissappears over the neighbours fence
toon10 said:
Remembering people I've already met. I've offended countless people by saying nice to meet you to then get a funny look in return. That's when it dawns on me that I've already met them in the past. I had a full on conversation with my sister in laws new boyfriend recently about him once living in my town. Again, he looked confused when I was asking him about it. Turns out we'd already had this conversation a few weeks back. My brain doesn't seem to retain this stuff.
Yeah I am terrible with names, I am so grateful for remote working as everyone is labelled with a name on calls. In real life you can introduce yourself to me and I can promise you I have forgotten your name by the time the words "nice to meet you" have left my mouth! geeks said:
Yeah I am terrible with names, I am so grateful for remote working as everyone is labelled with a name on calls. In real life you can introduce yourself to me and I can promise you I have forgotten your name by the time the words "nice to meet you" have left my mouth!
One of our neighbours is a lovely bloke. Always shouts my name and comes over for a chat. Our kids go to the same school, so we bump into each other a lot. I think it was about a year and a half before I stored his name in my memory banks. Until then it was always "hi bud.", "You OK fella?", etc. Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff