Most everyone is good at something. What skills do have in which you'd consider yourself elite?
I'll put my parallel parking ability up against anyone. Same with driving overall, and defensive driving in particular.
Cocktail making.
Over the last few years, really expanded my bar, bottles, books, and ways to make classic cocktails.
La Louisiana, Vieux Carre, Boulevardier, are my go ones to make on a regular basis.
I make an elite Manhattan. That's about all I care about.
My father said I could fuck up a bowling ball in a rubber room. Does that count?
My sense of time is crazy. When someone asks me what time do you think we’ll get there or get home….I’ll answer like “8:34”….I get dumb looks from those not familiar with my ways and then we’ll arrive at 8:34. My cross country kids on the bus on the way to the meets will purposely ask what time we’ll get back and then hours and hours later after the meet, eating somewhere and we’ll be right on my number. I’ve been exact several times.
I do the same with times and distances at track meets…just a crazy sense for time and distance.
Baseball trivia
Perfectly cooking foods…oven/grill
Shooting a basketball from most any distance…goes with the gym teacher I guess. I was not a good basketball player…but I can shoot normal, trick shots with most anyone I feel.
Eyeing food in a pan, pot, tray, bowl, etc and picking a Tupperware that fits it great. My wife and friends always laugh when I pull a container they think is way to small — then it fits great.
Man, this is turning into a super powers thread.
Talking to myself in the NBA thread with Ironman occasionally chiming in.
posted by friendfromlowryTalking to myself in the NBA thread with Ironman occasionally chiming in.
Sorry
posted by friendfromlowryTalking to myself in the NBA thread with Ironman occasionally chiming in.
Maybe I'll start watching again.
Picking the perfect avocados for the day or the next day.
Grilling the perfect boneless ribeye.
I’m also really good at parallel parking (I’m from the old days when that was part of the driving test).
I can come up with comical lyrics to the tune of any popular song pretty much on the spot.
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieI can come up with comical lyrics to the tune of any popular song pretty much on the spot.
Yeah….I like that too
I can still play a competitive game of foosball. Don't win very often but I'm not a gimme yet.
Math, especially doing things quickly in my head. Not like "savant" level like those doing 4 digit square roots in their heads. I'm talking double digit even triple digit multiplication in my head, some algebra and calculus in my head, etc.
Understanding scientific processes, mostly due to the above ability.
That's about it, not really elite at anything else.
