What's an unexpected skill you have?
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This is funny, I drive manual in the US where even most pickup trucks now have automatic transmission, and the two groups who have been impressed (I am a middle aged lady) are valets and mechanic shops.
I do think that for my 21 year old daughter it's an unusual skill and one she values. None of my other kids can drive my car, I had to teach that one because I let her use the car to go to college, I bike to work now since it's much closer than the school.
My ex can drive the big trucks with like 16 gears. And both he & my husband can shift motorcycles with ease, I struggle. I guess it would get easier with practice.
Yeah, I learned from my dad - who is a professional driver.
It came in handy in the Army.
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I mean, what's something you can do that people are like, "really? You know how to do that?"
I surprise ppl with my drawing skills, and they always say my place is nice and cosy. Everyone who comes over for the first time gets weirdly surprised. I am not sure if that is a skill tho xD
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Driving a manual transmission vehicle.
Oh yeah, i always forget most people (at least in the US) can't. I learned to drive on a stick shift pickup and took my drivers license test in it
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I mean, what's something you can do that people are like, "really? You know how to do that?"
People are surprised that I can jodel a bit. My geeky high-schools self worked hard to build this skill.
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See the common conception of boat owners is that they're rich. And they certainly might start out that way. But a boat is a hole in the ocean into which money is thrown, and thus boat owners quickly become not rich
I've heard that boat owners are happy on two days. The day they buy it, and the day they sell it.
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I mean, what's something you can do that people are like, "really? You know how to do that?"
I know how to can food and make preserves. I'm 46 M.
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This is very interesting, could you please elaborate a bit? Are fathers not involved in parenting in traditional Japanese culture?
I believe the father is still considered the breadwinner role.
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Depends on unexpected for who. Most native english speakers seem surprised when they realise I understand "big words" (read: any word with a Latin root) without needing to look up a definition. To me it's pretty obvious. My native tongue is Spanish. Having an accent doesn't mean I don't know anything.
Examples?
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I mean, what's something you can do that people are like, "really? You know how to do that?"
Compared to most people, I know a fuck ton of keyboard shortcuts making me look like a computer wizard.
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Compared to most people, I know a fuck ton of keyboard shortcuts making me look like a computer wizard.
I've been criticized for that, lots of people say "use the mouse, it's better". I say "how is it better?". They say "it just is".
The truth is that they can't do the keyboard shortcuts and are jealous.
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I've been criticized for that, lots of people say "use the mouse, it's better". I say "how is it better?". They say "it just is".
The truth is that they can't do the keyboard shortcuts and are jealous.
I'm certainly no vim wizard but just knowing a good number of shortcuts really saves time doing precise clicks and selections with your mouse
