What are your best skills?

Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 8:15 am



I'm a member of http://www.findagrave.com/index.html, which is a grave registration and memorial site- mainly US, but branching out. It's also a handy genealogical tool. I started with the graves of my own family. I find them and take pictures of the stones. People from all over learn they have a relative buried in my area and request a picture. I hunt for the grave, take a picture, and post it to the memorial for their relative.

I thought you were more of a grave-robber to be honest.
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Alisia Lisha
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 2:41 am

I'm a professional at sh!tty situations.

Defeated cancer twice, bone marrow transplant, sister killed in a car accident, brother killed in Iraq and another currently serving. What's next?
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Louise Dennis
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:23 pm

Let's see...

Dental Lab work
Rapid sorting
Shooting
Hunting
Listening
Multitasking
Joking
Repetition
Dental Lab work
Rapid sorting
Shooting
Hunting
Listening
Multitasking
Joking
Repetition...
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Miss K
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:00 am

I'm a member of http://www.findagrave.com/index.html, which is a grave registration and memorial site- mainly US, but branching out. It's also a handy genealogical tool. I started with the graves of my own family. I find them and take pictures of the stones. People from all over learn they have a relative buried in my area and request a picture. I hunt for the grave, take a picture, and post it to the memorial for their relative.

I got a question. My family owns a really old school house on about 8 acres I believe. Owned it as long as I can remember. Near the back around the woods there's an old gravesite. Most of the stones were smashed by some punk kids but is there anyway of learning anything about these graves? Or is that not what that site's about? It's in Michigan if that matters.
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Charlotte X
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:29 am

Bowhunting skills, nunchuck skills, computer hacking skills...
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Fiori Pra
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:36 am

Writing music that nobody listens to
Programming (only high school course I did well in but there's too many smart people to compete with :ermm: )
Drinking (always the last to pass out/get sloppy :banana: )

That's about it..

Edit: oh and I can cut a mean business card :cool:
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Siobhan Wallis-McRobert
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 1:29 pm

I'm fairly decent at woodworking.
I'm decent with computers.
I have a great memory for things that I have to remember(things for work usually)
I can usually learn new skills and concepts fairly easily.
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Spencey!
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 1:51 pm

I'm not really best at anything, but I'm okay at quite a bit of stuff. Sort of like a jack of all trades, but I'm an amateur jack of all trades if anything.
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Alexandra Louise Taylor
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:03 pm

I ain't no good at nothin no more.
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Curveballs On Phoenix
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:06 am

My best skill is my innate ability to identify my best skill, which is a tie between computers and paradoxes.
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Hella Beast
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:29 pm

I can draw/paint fairly well.
I'm pretty good at baseball (played for about ten years)
I'm decent with computers.
I'm good at school in general (I managed to make all A's this semester with 2 AP and 3 Pre-AP classes)
I'm good at freshwater fishing. Mainly bass and perch, sometimes catfish.
And I can make one hell of a good bowl of cereal.
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Shae Munro
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 4:30 am

I got a question. My family owns a really old school house on about 8 acres I believe. Owned it as long as I can remember. Near the back around the woods there's an old gravesite. Most of the stones were smashed by some punk kids but is there anyway of learning anything about these graves? Or is that not what that site's about? It's in Michigan if that matters.
There are several possible sources to ID the grave yard and the people. Going to PM.
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Alexandra walker
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:02 pm

Cooking and procrastination.
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Bedford White
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 1:46 am

PC Computers - Expert
PC Games - Expert
Game Design - Good
Programming - Average
Weapon handling and markmanship: Pistol, Shotgun, Assault Rifle - Expert
Weapon handling and markmanship: SMG, Sniper Rifle, Light Machine Gun, LAW, AT-mine, Frag Grenade, Baton - Good
Weapon maintenance - Average
Leadership - Average
Close Combat - Good
Stealth - Good
First Aid - Average
Open-mindedness - Good :smile:

Languages:
Finnish - Good spoken and written
Swedish - Poor spoken and written
English - Good spoken and written

Not including most mundane skills:

Assault Rifles
Explosives
Stealth
Career / Game Design
Digital Art
Survival
Computers

I can't come up with more skills. Too tired...
Same country. :clap:
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Sarah MacLeod
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:47 am

Dunno really. Is determination a skill? That, probably.

Other than that, I have some skill in cooking, bass playing, programming and so on. Not necessarily an "expert", but good enough to keep myself entertained.
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Kate Schofield
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:15 pm

I possess the skill of objectivity. My father stressed it when I grew up. Always look at everything from both sides. Never claim that you represent the one, absolute truth.
I have also spent a great deal of my life reading about the world. Anything from history to culture and entertainment. I learned to read when I was 4 so I got a several years' head start compared to many of my peers.

I do not, however, possess any practical skills. I do have pretty good reflexes which made me stand out in military because I have one hell of a quick trigger finger.
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Elea Rossi
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:50 am

Eh, I hate these kind of things as I just feel really egocentric speaking about how frikken awesome I am :tongue:

I guess these are mine, but I'm really not skilled compared to some of the people out there! - Which is great, surround yourself in those better than yourself and you will gain a lot.

Everything I've picked up from parkour - Balance, precision, control, absorbing impacts (basically, increasing the time by increasing the range of motion in order to lower the impulse as the force is constant - impulse = Ft, and that's my Physics revision for the holidays :tongue:), flexibility, reacting to new situations under pressure in a very short time, etc.
Arty stuff, social stuff, maths stuff, language stuff.

That'll do it for me :tongue: I'm kind of "the jack of all trades but master of none". Though, I'm fine with that as you can never really master something :wink:
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Lily Something
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:43 am

Other than that, I have some skill in [...] bass playing [...]

You will probably find it amusing that in Maltese "bass" is farting.

On a similar note, over the years I have mastered ventriloquism - but with farts instead of voices.
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Max Van Morrison
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 2:01 am

You will probably find it amusing that in Maltese "bass" is farting.

Awesome! :laugh: Bit confusing when it comes to those high-pitched squeaky farts though.

On a similar note, over the years I have mastered ventriloquism - but with farts instead of voices.

Probably the most useful skill mentioned so far!
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Ash
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 2:23 pm

I'm a good father.. although my son says I'm a great father.. but I think he might be biased.. :ermm:


I'm going to be the best husband on the planet for Falchya :blush:


I have some pretty crazy carpentry skills if I say so myself :cool:


As a former soldier I can say that since I survived that crap, I guess I was pretty okay at soldiering.. :shrug:


And I *am* the Love-ninja.. so I'm pretty good at that as well :frog:
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Betsy Humpledink
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:15 am

Music production - been doing it since I was a kid
Reading people - always had a knack for sussing people out

Can't think of anything else I'd regard as a skill. I wish I could say cooking, but I'm terrible at it. Mostly because I can't be bothered.
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Colton Idonthavealastna
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:19 am

Is patience a skill? Otherwise I can't really think of anything else I exceed at.
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Sarah Knight
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:01 am

I ain't no good at nothin anymore.

*nomore
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Rachell Katherine
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:36 am

*nomore
:goodjob:
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Chantel Hopkin
 
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Post » Tue Jan 01, 2013 2:48 pm

Video editing seems to be my strong suit.
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Tarka
 
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