Yep.  It's difficult pinning down what one might have been good at if one had the time, money and resources.

I always found maths a bit easier than other subjects, so went for the easy option of making a career from that.

But "I wish" I had had the willpower to try harder at a load more things which may have added strings to my bow and made a more varied life.

Ah well, maybe when I'm reincarnated eh?

Foreign languages.. absolutely dire at!!  

History was "taught" to us by the provision of the teacher sitting down and dictating with us writing in silence.  How invigorating and engaging 🙄🤬🤬

I developed a liking for history in my 30s.  But not walking round museums reading about old artifacts.  Dull, dull, dull.  I did that with my daughter on our recent trip to Berlin.  The cunning buggers charged us to go in, so we felt duty bound to spend more time than normal in there to get our money's worth.

Quote from: Dextrous63 on <strong>Today</strong> at 11:17:24 AMLie, goddammit.  You're a man, for heaven's sake.

    

History I love but Scottish History not the stuff they taught in School.

Geography I'm not good at, but I'm a home bird. I know most of the Hebridean Isles quite well and the northern ones.

I'm useless at sewing and ironing, both I loathe and have zero interest in. I can't read a map to save myself so Google earth was my friend for a long time.

I'm quite a loner most of the time, so people who don't really know me seen to think I'm either rude or weird.

I can't really say I am good at anything much,    but many years ago I did a Wood carving course at night school.   
I enjoyed that, and later on,  I  wish I had pursued it.
I have always wanted to try my hand at Topiary too.

The opposite of the 'What are you good at' thread -  is there anything you have never been able to do?

Right from my school days, I have always been worse than useless at History,  Geography,  and finding my way anywhere.    Honestly,  I could get lost in Tesco's car park without even trying!  

And all these foreign countries people talk about where there is fighting going on,  or exotic places they've been for their holidays etc,   I don't usually have a clue whereabouts they are.    I have even got one of those little 'globes'  at home,  like we used to have a school,  to see where countries are.  How sad is that!

As for history,  I don't know, without looking it up,  when historical big battles happened, or which King was married to who  etc.    
Do they even still teach these things in schools nowadays?   It will hardly help them cope with adult life later on, will it!  

Quote from: Dextrous63 on <strong>Today</strong> at 11:12:43 AMThink it goes back to the time when most doctors were men, and trained by men. 
Multi-tasking?  P'ah!!

It just annoys me when you have two things you want to know about,  but they will only let you ask one.
Then its back to the beginning and being 20th in the queue on the phone,  or having to fill in one of those stupid Anima request things  - (which was another stupid, man made invention for their  convenience, not the patient's).   Grrr . . . . .

Have you a desire to spend more time in the kennel, JB?

Just put them on the airer or radiator or wherever you dry these things.  
Lie, goddammit.  You're a man, for heaven's sake.

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Isn't it a lovely thing, broadening one's knowledge and understanding of the world at our tender age? 😇