What Skill Sets You Apart From Everyone Else?

[Mr. Ected]

I have come to realize, at the age of 48, that I have no skills whatsoever, except, perhaps, the skill of asking inane rhetorical questions.

[NJmaverick]

1. I can calm someone down from an anxiety attack/hyper ventalation

faster than anyone I know. Plus I am very good at getting people to go to the hospital (when they need to, but don't want to).

[mix]

2. those are very interesting and good skills

:hi:

[Mr. Ected]

3. And let's face it

You are also the master of asking fun questions for the masses.

By the way, do you think we could pool our skills and find a profitable market for it?

[NJmaverick]

4. I guess we could form a company

and sell our services to message boards world wide (or at least the one's that speak English). :P

PS- You said a unique skill, and I figure you ask just as good a questions.:hi:

[Mr. Ected]

6. "Calm Your Butts Down and Get To the Hospital, LLC"

Would you pay for such a service?




Something like that? :7

[Bertha Venation]

18. Do you have the same "get to the doctor" skill in reverse?

I mean, can you talk me out of going to the doctor because you see I'm just a hypochondriac? :)

I have a little pain under my jaw. Last night I asked Mrs. V. if my face was swollen, for chrissakes. :eyes:

[NJmaverick]

27. I never tried

as I practice the better safe than sorry philosphy

[celestial_navigation]

34. that's a greayt skill! are you a therapist?

[graywarrior]

5. I have many skills that do not interest employers

For instance: Wise assness. Dark humor. And I'm psychic....or is it psycho, I can't remember which.

[Mr. Ected]

7. You would be a millionaire if those attributes were marketable

Or perhaps you're already a millionaire, which gives you the latitude to be a dark, wise ass master.

:hi:

[graywarrior]

8. I have millions of nothings.

:rofl:

[Mr. Ected]

9. I thought you were going to call me out

For using ass and master in the same sentence.

:applause:

[graywarrior]

10. It's so normal I just didn't even recognize it.

[HopeHoops]

11. You mean like being able to fart the alphabet?

I can't do that, but it would set me apart.

[Mr. Ected]

12. I'd certainly keep MY distance

[scheming daemons]

36. "W" would be a difficult one

[LeftyFingerPop]

13. I have a couple of unusual skills:

I do a lot of woodworking. Let's say that you are joining two pieces of baseboard at an inside right angle where the walls meet in a perpendicular fashion on your floor. Let's also say the the baseboard is a fancy, complicated pattern.

What most carpenters do, in order to save time, is to bevel each piece at a 45 degree angle, and then just butt those angles together in a corner. This looks great when you first do it, but over time, the joint will expand and contract, and usually end up looking like shit.

The better way to do it is to "cope" the joint. You butt one end of the baseboard directly against the opposing wall. Then, take the piece that meets that at a 90 degree angle, and bevel that 45 degrees. Then, you take a pencil and darken the inside beveled edge of that cut.

Then you take a coping saw (which has a thin and bendable blade), and backcut along that line by hand, along the fancy details of the molding design. When you butt the result of that against the other piece of baseboard, they THEORETICALLY fit into a perfect joint, as long as the floor is perfectly level in both directions, which it never ever is.

My skill is to be able to EYEBALL the floor, and adjust my cope cut accordingly and perfectly, usually on the first try.

I know this probably doesn't make much sense....it is hard to explain, but it is very difficult to do.

I can also write very unusual and compelling cover letters and resumes that get people noticed.

[suninvited]

21. noticed is one thing

but, do they get the job?

[LeftyFingerPop]

22. A lot of times, yes.

[LeftyFingerPop]

23. The trick is to get them an interview.

[suninvited]

24. well, I didnt know if you meant

get noticed in a good way, or get noticed in a 'omg, did you see THIS crazy application' way.

[LeftyFingerPop]

25. No, I meant in a good way...

I used to hire and fire...so I know what caught my eye.

[suninvited]

29. well, maybe when I get to Alabama and get ready to

start sending out my resume, I will PM you for help.

[LeftyFingerPop]

30. I'd be happy to do what I can. n/t

[Kali]

28. please come fix all my broken wood things

husband is a stone mason - he doesn't do wood
I fix toilets and range fence

the house is over 100 years old and nothing is square, level or normal sized. ALL the doors are falling apart. (partly because of age but mostly because they have all had the tops, bottoms, and often the sides trimmed.


edited to fix a brazillion typos. geez, look at what you write, Kali

[LeftyFingerPop]

31. Well, I could use your husband's help...

I'm not real good at masonry.

It's so hard to work on an old house...everything has to be scribed and adjusted... I feel your pain.

[Kali]

32. thank god for bailing wire and those little metal L-shaped straps

that you screw in across separating seams. I have one old wooden screen door that probably has more metal on it than wood now. and of course the cats have ruined the screen again, but there is almost no place to attach it anymore. sigh.

[billyoc]

14. I'm Batman.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. I'm pretty useless.

I can read music, roll my tongue and cross one eye at a time. I get along very well with cats. Other than that...

[Deep13]

16. I can throw a perfect Yahtzee whenever I need one. nt

[Bertha Venation]

17. Mrs. V. tells me that I have a special touch with feral cats.

That I can get them to trust me and warm up to me and let me pet them. Three have made themselves pets who live part-time in the house.

It's true, cats do warm up to me. I've never seen it as a special skill, but that's how Mrs. V. sees it. I'll go with her assessment, I guess. :blush:

[rug]

19. I am a shape shifter.

[knixphan]

42. Awesome!

[MissMillie]

20. I do a great impersonation

of MissMillie

[Jokerman]

26. Oral skills.

Public speaking, singing, and some other things that would get this thread locked.

[Fire Walk With Me]

33. Well, it doesn't set me apart from -everyone else-

but I'm pretty good at pattern recognition/trend detection (even scored highly on a standardized test a few months ago).

[celestial_navigation]

35. i rally can cast spells!

I use d to think that ws silly but now i ca do it. like praying.

[celestial_navigation]

37. how do you stary your own threzd here?

i am figuring out how to answer a quesiot but how do i start my owhn thread?

(sorry about the typios . i have to use proxy servers adn its hard)

[guitar man]

38. I'd post it

but my particular skill might get the thread locked :evilgrin:

[Red State Rebel]

39. I type 95 wpm :)

Now I do it for a living as a medical transcriptionist. I also have to know how to spell things like chorioretinal and keratoplasty :)

[triguy46]

40. Num-chuk skills and bow hunting skills...

[Tikki]

41. I can still get on down there and play a pretty mean game of 'jacks'..

and I am 60 years old....

I teach young ones who want to learn...



Tikki

[vadawg]

43. you could pretty much drop me anywhere on the planet and i would survive and thrive

my wife is constantly amazed at all the crap i know from my life on the road and in the army, also i have the gift of storytelling that to me is just part and parcel but everyone seems to think its somethiing unique and totally lost in the modern world. Oh and i can fart pretty much on cue...

on edit, i guess i also have relatives in every corner of the planet though i guess thats not a skill, just lucky sperm club..

[704wipes]

44. 3 things I can think of...

I was told that on a personality test that I was assertive, but not competitive, which was rare, the tester told me.

I can't swim, but I have taught others to swim. Go Figure.

I cried before I was born. (Should have learned to play the blues, huh?)

[Tangerine LaBamba]

45. I can write something wonderful

about anything. It's like having perfect pitch, which I do not have.

Can do the same thing talking. Speaking in front of large groups is fun for me. I spent a large part of my life in courtrooms, so I got a lot of practice. People feel good when I talk to them.

I'm killer in a stuck elevator. Really...........