Lost skills...

[Markymark]

These are skills (rather than just being a grown-up) that I used to have as a kid but no longer possess..

1. The ability to do a proper wheelie
2. Ability to easily climb a tree
3. Knowing exactly where and how to give a dead-leg.

 

[AndyRM]

Hang your head.

Especially re: 3. I find that a fist with the middle knuckle extended to the side of the thigh is rather effective.

 

[swee'pea99]

I can still just about ride no hands, but with no great confidence and for no great distance. When I was a boy I could negotiate major city centres with ease while reading a book.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I can still do skids on my bike like I could as a kid! It's easy: you just slam on the rear brakes but not the front, and away you go .

 

[Mike Rudkin]

I'm trying to re-learn Track Stands

 

[raleighnut]

I miss being able to get straight up after a fall, nowadays I have to lie there groaning for a bit before getting slowly to my feet.

 

[pplpilot]

take a pee without having to push. Is that a skill?

 

[Kiwiavenger]

Knots, used to be amazing at then, only one or two get used now and generally not outside of set rooms in the house

 

[Ansome]

In their brief resurgence recently I boasted to my boy that I used to be able to do a Rubiks cube in under a minute (I could, honest) when I was his age.
So he presented me with one for my birthday. 'No problem' I said. 'Mix it up a bit'
After ten minutes he said 'Shall I Google it?'

 

[EltonFrog]

I used to be able to get up from the sofa without my knees creaking.

 

[Black Sheep]

I used to be able to get any bike up pretty much any steep hill. No longer.

I was also happy to jump in the sea during the summer completely ignoring the temperature

I also used to be fit.

 

[cd365]

In their brief resurgence recently I boasted to my boy that I used to be able to do a Rubiks cube in under a minute (I could, honest) when I was his age.
So he presented me with one for my birthday. 'No problem' I said. 'Mix it up a bit'
After ten minutes he said 'Shall I Google it?'

I also used to be able to do it in under a minute, not anymore though I bet!

 

[luckyfox]

For me: ability to go through the night without having a pee

Don't have dairy after 5pm.. try it.

I also used to be able to do it in under a minute, not anymore though I bet!

Is that on a normal or rubiks revenge?

 

[Ansome]

I also used to be able to do it in under a minute, not anymore though I bet!

There's just one vital move to do after getting top-side, middle and two bottom corners in the right place. I could Google it but I've had the obstinacy not to so far. Meanwhile my son points at it when he comes round and says 'Fail!'

Edited: To add that I also appear to have lost the skill of appearing to find something amusing when I have actually heard the same 'joke' before.

 

[cd365]

Is that on a normal or rubiks revenge?

This was in the 80s. Never heard of rubiks revenge