What are you bad at?

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PeteXXX

Cake or ice cream? The choice is endless ...
Location
Hamtun
Laying carpets & linoleum (or whatever poncy name it now has)

As many others here: dancing & singing.

Tolerating idiocy and/or idiots.

Running.
 

Littgull

Legendary Member
Bad at:

DIY.

Art - I'm that bad, a teacher stood behind me laughing at some drawing I was attempting to do as a kid.

In fact anything practical.


No interest in any reality tv or any of the minor celebrities it creates.

You must be my double @Supersuperleeds, those are the exact same things I am very bad at! Anything more involved than changing a light bulb or plug top is totally beyond me. Ashamed to admit this at 71 years old!
 

sevenfourate

Devotee of OCD
Technology. I’m ok if it’s got a plug on it and requires manual skill or dexterity. But if it’s got a plug and a microchip etc I’m boll#*ed.

Because of that I actively avoid such Tech. It just ends up making me angry mostly…..
 

glasgowcyclist

Charming but somewhat feckless
Location
Scotland
Anything that requires creativity.

My wife makes all sorts of fancy birthday cards (good enough that people asked for them and pay!) So she feels that me giving her a shop bought card isn't as nice as making her one but a) I'm very bad/clumsy at it and b) it really stresses me and can take me hours for a single card.
 
Singing

I've been thrown off karaoke and even barred before, not from the pub mind just the karaoke. Imagine the worst x factor audition crossed with the sound of a mating rhino and that's what I sound like lol

Me to

I have no sense of tone - I can tell if something is off key but whether it is high or low is beyond me
and no sense of rhythm

and have little if any control over the sound of my voice other than volume

not a great set up for singing

My wife however has perfect pitch
only heard her sing once - they was a Karaoke at her aunts 80th birthday and someone was annoying her by doing a few songs badly but acting like she was wonderful
so my wife got up and did it properly and just stunned everyone - then just sat down and behaved as if nothing had happened

I do wish she would join a singing group of something
but that is literally the only time I have heard her sing properly in the about 12 years I have known her!
 

Moon bunny

Judging your grammar
Another non-swimmer here, despite PE teachers trying to insist I learn, “It might save your life” I simply sulked and refused to make any effort.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
You must be my double @Supersuperleeds, those are the exact same things I am very bad at! Anything more involved than changing a light bulb or plug top is totally beyond me. Ashamed to admit this at 71 years old!
Ha ha! :laugh:

I was just out walking with my sister and her dog. We were talking about how some people are practical, and some are definitely not. I might possibly have mentioned how somebody once took his bike to Leeds to get a tricky puncture fixed... :whistle:
 

a.twiddler

Veteran
This thread is like the opposite of a CV! If you have a wife or partner of long standing and you ask them what you are bad at, better get a bit of paper the length of a toilet roll to write it all down on. Unless one of the things you are bad at is relationships, in which case, you'll have to work it out for yourself.

I will admit to not doing crowds or football, or football crowds. My vision of Hell would be to be trapped in a place with thousands of other people, all yelling their heads off.

DIY, though some stuff I'm good at, other things, not so good. I can make, adapt, and fix things. I hate painting and decorating. I've developed a loathing for flat pack furniture even though sometimes I have to accept it as a necessary evil.

"Reality" TV, celeb culture. Would rather watch an intelligent drama.

Not really into dancing. I did it when I was young, but as I've got older it's been too much like embarrassing "Dad dancing" or nowadays even "Grandad dancing".

Public speaking, though when I used to work people would tell me I was good at it. Depended on the audience, I suppose.

Team sports, particularly when it's hyped up.

Tolerating people who find it hard to understand that I'm quite happy on my own with my thoughts, thank you, and don't need to be entertained. The problem doesn't seem to be getting others to talk to me, it's getting them to stop!

And I'm sure that. given time, I can come up with more.
 
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