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OT: Things You Suck At Worse Than You Should

FriarJ said:
Painting. Taping, rolling, spraying, brushing. It doesn’t matter, I’m horrific at it. My 5 year old granddaughter could do better. My 3 year old one is getting close quickly too. We all end up with the same amount of paint on us as well. My wife marvels how I can somehow get wet paint into a room I’m not even painting.
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I marvel at how wonderful my wife is at painting. She painted every room plus porch (condo is over 3400 square feet) and it looks like a professional did the work. She doesn’t use painter’s tape. Three of the rooms required wall paper removal. She just redid one of our bathrooms because it was the first room she painted and the first color was juvenile in her opinion. I sucked at finger painting and coloring within the lines of crayon books.
 
fleudslipcon said:
I marvel at how wonderful my wife is at painting. She painted every room plus porch (condo is over 3400 square feet) and it looks like a professional did the work. She doesn’t use painter’s tape. Three of the rooms required wall paper removal. She just redid one of our bathrooms because it was the first room she painted and the first color was juvenile in her opinion. I sucked at finger painting and coloring within the lines of crayon books.
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Wish I possessed your intelligence!
 
dennismenace said:
Get a cheap pair of small needle nose pliers at Harbor Freight or Job lot. I am amazed at how often they come in handy. You can apply great strength in a tiny area where your fingers can't fit or aren't strong enough against a tight knot.
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If you saturate the knot with water the fibers expand and are much easier to untie
 
fleudslipcon said:
I marvel at how wonderful my wife is at painting. She painted every room plus porch (condo is over 3400 square feet) and it looks like a professional did the work. She doesn’t use painter’s tape. Three of the rooms required wall paper removal. She just redid one of our bathrooms because it was the first room she painted and the first color was juvenile in her opinion. I sucked at finger painting and coloring within the lines of crayon books.
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I know, some people just have it in them. And worse? They enjoy it.
 
gtcam said:
Remembering peoples names in present time.
I can remember all my elementary teacher names and who I sat next to and names from the past but people I met yesterday - forget about it
Some people think I have an outstanding memory because of the past recall.
I suck at anything algebraic - I flunked algebra one 2 times and algebra two once
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Remembering names for me too, along with learning languages, which always made my mom crack up because they were two critical skills for my job before I retired.
 
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fleudslipcon said:
I marvel at how wonderful my wife is at painting. She painted every room plus porch (condo is over 3400 square feet) and it looks like a professional did the work. She doesn’t use painter’s tape. Three of the rooms required wall paper removal. She just redid one of our bathrooms because it was the first room she painted and the first color was juvenile in her opinion. I sucked at finger painting and coloring within the lines of crayon books.
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Will she travel to New Jersey?
 
HuskyHawk said:
My wife is good at it too. And enjoys it most of the time. Cranks tunes. Has a beer and just paints.
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I used to enjoy it. Painted a neighbor's house for a couple hundred bucks when I was 14. When I lived in Bridgeport that was my skillset for Habitat for Humanity. Was good and fast and there was a Zen quality to doing it. Then I messed up my shoulder. Not fun these days, although I had to suck it up and do my childhood home with my brother a few years ago so we could sell the thing.
 
fleudslipcon said:
You couldn’t afford her. I know I can’t. :)
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Or could I?
The Simpsons Eyebrows GIF by FOX
 
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Walking a Yo Yo and other such tricks! I could add ice skating backward...........
 
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Yardigan said:
yeah, because even if you wanted a beer, the water probly tastes better...
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I knew people that swore by it, but I never had a taste for it. I’d have a much longer list.
 
JonnyRI said:
Buttering and salting popcorn I make at home.

5% of the time way too bland, the rest of the time it is so salty it’s nearly inedible.
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Here, use this. It’s what they use in the theaters. You’re welcome.
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JonnyRI said:
Oh I have the movie theater additive things (similar to the above). Still F it up.
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There is no similar. This is what they all use. Use just a little and magic happens. I can’t speak to its health benefits though. :)
 
Wrapping presents. Absolutely terrible at it. I’ve pretty much given up on trying.

DIY Projects. The problem is I know what needs to be done and generally speaking I know how to do it. The problem for me is executing (or attempting to). I tend to overthink the project and that coupled with my lack of patience leads to things not getting done. Wish I had more experience as I love working around the house - yard work, landscaping, painting, etc.

Public Speaking/Speaking in a Large Group setting. I actually do it quite frequently but I’m still horrible at it. I always feel like I’m fumbling my words or completely go off topic. I always have what I want to say engraved in my brain but when it’s time to say it, the words are completely different. Lol.
 
BPT2Storrs said:
Wrapping presents. Absolutely terrible at it. I’ve pretty much given up on trying.

DIY Projects. The problem is I know what needs to be done and generally speaking I know how to do it. The problem for me is executing (or attempting to). I tend to overthink the project and that coupled with my lack of patience leads to things not getting done. Wish I had more experience as I love working around the house - yard work, landscaping, painting, etc.

Public Speaking/Speaking in a Large Group setting. I actually do it quite frequently but I’m still horrible at it. I always feel like I’m fumbling my words or completely go off topic. I always have what I want to say engraved in my brain but when it’s time to say it, the words are completely different. Lol.
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This made me laugh recalling the problem I had with shades that were spring loaded. I was reminded as a youngster not to pull down too far or the shade wouldn't work and it could be broken (not go back up). I became so tentative in pulling it when trying to raise it back up that it kept getting further and further down (opposite direction) until it no longer sprang back.

My wife said "just grab it and give it a quick yank (meaning stop thinking too much) and expect it to spring upwards". It worked!!!! Now every time I open one I think of how much that used to bother me and it makes me laugh. I have very little natural mechanical ability or perhaps I tend to just overthink some things that are really kind of simple. LOL.

If you are worried about misspeaking you probably will. If what you are going to say ahead of time is good in your mind then just say it and never mind what the audience is thinking. Say what you mean and mean what you say. My friend had a word of advice for me about that which he used as a motto: "It's none of my business what other people are thinking when I am speaking (or any other time)" In other words be confident in your message; you can't control other peoples thoughts.

Also, there are some very helpful things online to help with public speaking. One of them is to speak publicly as often as possible. The more you do it the less self conscious you become. Also, it helps to know that most of your audience is rooting for you not to mess up and do something that would make you feel uncomfortable. Audiences mostly are pretty sympathetic toward a speaker that way.

On the other hand, I know someone who was a CEO in a large company and had to speak all the time on behalf of his company all over the world. He was traveling to Japan one time and his wife was concerned about his preparation for his talk. His preparation amounted to writing three brief words on a cocktail napkin on the plane! His wife was horrified. The speech came off fine and was well received. He explained to her that he couldn't speak well from detailed prepared documents. In his case he had such a command of the knowledge of what he wanted to convey that he wasn't concerned with style so much as communicating with his audience which he did by eye contact and
focusing on them to get his points across.
 
BPT2Storrs said:
Wrapping presents. Absolutely terrible at it. I’ve pretty much given up on trying.

DIY Projects. The problem is I know what needs to be done and generally speaking I know how to do it. The problem for me is executing (or attempting to). I tend to overthink the project and that coupled with my lack of patience leads to things not getting done. Wish I had more experience as I love working around the house - yard work, landscaping, painting, etc.

Public Speaking/Speaking in a Large Group setting. I actually do it quite frequently but I’m still horrible at it. I always feel like I’m fumbling my words or completely go off topic. I always have what I want to say engraved in my brain but when it’s time to say it, the words are completely different. Lol.
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On the public speaking matter, why not video yourself at home. Then, you can see it for yourself afterwards. Maybe, you are doing fine after all.

If you have a mate or a good friend who can be frank with you, let them critique what you say. Maybe any modifications are minor to what you may have imagined.

Maybe, some brief notes double spaced in Georgia font (16 point) would help when you give the public talk. Georgia font is considered one of the most readable fonts.

Numbering each point on the sheet may help.

If you are speaking in a large group frequently, then obviously your employer or clients must find you capable.
 
Two things I completely fail at are anything to do with tech/electronics and always over grilling chicken. I’m an idiot with my phone and setting truck clock twice a year and balancing tv sound system. Fortunately I have two sons that are tech friendly. I won’t even try chicken anymore for fear of undercooking. The wife steps in for that.
 
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