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Name something that you are very good at? Mine is jewelry making. Don't be shy, What's yours? (Original Post) debm55 3 hrs ago OP
Soil remediation...growing good soil. MiHale 3 hrs ago #1
Thank you very much for sharing with us. MiHale. debm55 3 hrs ago #6
Drinking beer and watching sports lol Endlessmike56 3 hrs ago #2
Thank you very much, Endlessmike56, for sharing with us. debm55 2 hrs ago #7
Being Me Tim S 3 hrs ago #3
Great answer, Tim S debm55 2 hrs ago #8
I've forgotten more than I will even know. Layzeebeaver 3 hrs ago #4
Thank you very much for sharing with us. Layzeebeaver. debm55 2 hrs ago #10
When I was still working, I was very good at teaching first time parents... 3catwoman3 3 hrs ago #5
You are a very talented woman, 3catwoman3, I have heard things about Etsy from fellow crafters. that turned me off from debm55 2 hrs ago #11
Making home-made greeting cards. FM123 2 hrs ago #9
Your aunt gave you a very good gift--the supplies and the love of crafting. Thank you for sharing with us, FM123. debm55 2 hrs ago #13
;-{) armchair sleuthing Goonch 2 hrs ago #12
Thank you very much for sharing with us, Goonch.It sounds interesting. debm55 2 hrs ago #14
I used to be a very good guitarist and singer; but I quit it. I am, in my conceited opinion of myself, excellent at... NNadir 2 hrs ago #15
That is so sweet. Thank you for sharing with us. NNadir debm55 2 hrs ago #16
Sleeping. No one can touch me. n/t malthaussen 2 hrs ago #17
HAHAHAHAHahhah. Thank you for sharing with us. Mal debm55 1 hr ago #18
Metacognition and connecting the dots. WheelWalker 1 hr ago #19
Well thank you for sharing your special skill, Thank you WheelWalker debm55 1 hr ago #21
My wife considers me a great cook and baker. cloudbase 1 hr ago #20
Congratulations on both of your skills, cloudbase and thank you for sharing with us. debm55 1 hr ago #22
Barefoot ping-pong EYESORE 9001 1 hr ago #23
HAHAHAHAHHAHA. Thank you for sharing with us. EYESORE9001. debm55 1 hr ago #25
My wife calls it wise speak Flo Mingo 1 hr ago #24
That truely is a gift. Thank you so much, Flo Mingo and for the people you have helped. debm55 1 hr ago #26
That is a great skill. LoisB 43 min ago #31
I make a mighty fine pan of enchiladas. I can also sit, burp, and doze off with the best of 'em! Dorothy V 1 hr ago #27
HAHAHAHAHAHAH. That is so funny. Love you.Dorothy V. debm55 59 min ago #28
Crochet, logic problems, jigsaw puzzles LoisB 46 min ago #29
Thank you very much for sharing your selection with us.LoisB. debm55 57 sec ago #35
I asked my wife this question about me expecting that she... Wuddles440 45 min ago #30
Catering to the whims of cats. Ocelot II 41 min ago #32
I build and repair guitars and other stringed instruments. Alansworld 32 min ago #33
Facebook rumors The Wizard 26 min ago #34
I am good at being shy. True Dough 13 sec ago #36

Layzeebeaver

(2,219 posts)
4. I've forgotten more than I will even know.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 10:40 AM
3 hrs ago

Or to phrase is another way, “I’ve spent my lifetime learning skills that I will never have”.

Other than that, I’m pretty good at my job - fixing projects that are off track.

3catwoman3

(29,004 posts)
5. When I was still working, I was very good at teaching first time parents...
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 10:42 AM
3 hrs ago

...when to worry and when not to, so they could have a more relaxed parenting experience.

Most first time parents are scared to pieces because they get home with their precious new baby and realize they don't know a damned thing, so everything scares them - hiccups, sneezing, spitting up, all the different colors of poop, you name it. It was common to walk into an exam room to see parents with anxious faces and their shoulders up near their ears with tension. And, it was very gratifying to see smiles on their faces and relaxed shoulders after they'd spent half an hour with me.

If I could have restricted my appointments to new parents and young babies, I'd probably still be working. Just shy of turning 70 in 2021, the prospect of another summer doing school and sports physicals on dramatic, hypochondriacal teenage girls filled me with dread, and it was time to hang up the stethoscope.

I have found out that I have something of a talent for making earrings and beaded bracelets. I've never had any sort of artistic hobby. I can't paint, draw, or sculpt. I don't knit, crochet, needlepoint, sew, or scrapbook. So, this is a very recent endeavor - about a year at most.

Friends and family members keep telling me I should open an ETSY shop but no way, for 2 reasons - I'm a terrible procrastinator, so customers would be pissed off about how long it would take me to mail things, and if I were trying to sell my creations, it would be something I felt I had to do, and then I wouldn't want to.

debm55

(58,446 posts)
11. You are a very talented woman, 3catwoman3, I have heard things about Etsy from fellow crafters. that turned me off from
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 10:54 AM
2 hrs ago

them. I used to make teddy bears . But it was a hit or miss business. Went to craft shows to sell.TY for sharing.

FM123

(10,350 posts)
9. Making home-made greeting cards.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 10:47 AM
2 hrs ago

Many years ago my dear aunt surprised me with boxes of beautiful supplies and gifted me with the love of crafting. I still think of her when I make cards for friends and family.

debm55

(58,446 posts)
13. Your aunt gave you a very good gift--the supplies and the love of crafting. Thank you for sharing with us, FM123.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 11:03 AM
2 hrs ago

NNadir

(37,633 posts)
15. I used to be a very good guitarist and singer; but I quit it. I am, in my conceited opinion of myself, excellent at...
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 11:16 AM
2 hrs ago

...understanding issues in Energy and the Environment.

My greatest thing ever at being good at something, was in convincing my wife to fall in love with me, as I was in love with her.

WheelWalker

(9,389 posts)
19. Metacognition and connecting the dots.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 11:52 AM
1 hr ago

Pattern recognition and synthesis. I give good thought.

cloudbase

(6,229 posts)
20. My wife considers me a great cook and baker.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 11:52 AM
1 hr ago

I don't know about that, but my cooking has never sent anyone to the hospital.

I can copy Morse code at 35 words per minute.

EYESORE 9001

(29,554 posts)
23. Barefoot ping-pong
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 11:59 AM
1 hr ago

on a wet basement floor after chugging a six-pack. Just kidding. I’m not very good at that particular sport.

Actually, I’m considered a force of nature when it comes to the card game cribbage.

Flo Mingo

(502 posts)
24. My wife calls it wise speak
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:00 PM
1 hr ago

I have a way of inviting people to look at things differently. To bring them home to their own strengths and wisdom and connection to their source. I help people clean off all the shoulds that have been should upon them to get to their own truth instead of living the truths they've been told.

debm55

(58,446 posts)
26. That truely is a gift. Thank you so much, Flo Mingo and for the people you have helped.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:27 PM
1 hr ago

Dorothy V

(479 posts)
27. I make a mighty fine pan of enchiladas. I can also sit, burp, and doze off with the best of 'em!
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 12:29 PM
1 hr ago

Wuddles440

(2,032 posts)
30. I asked my wife this question about me expecting that she...
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 01:01 PM
45 min ago

would respond with an enthusiastic "making whoopee", but instead I got an emphatic "making a mess of everything". Apparently bolstering my self esteem is something that she's not very good at.

Alansworld

(22 posts)
33. I build and repair guitars and other stringed instruments.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 01:14 PM
32 min ago

I’ve built a few as well. It’s going to be my side business after I retire next year.

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