Foo - Does anyone here have physical talent?

After lurking here for so long it seems Foosters have the gift of gab but little to back up physical merits. Does anyone here have real world usable skills? Wood working, sewing, musical instrument playing, singing, cooking, metal-working, painting, iron-working, etc. ??? Do you change your oil, replaces your brake pads , check your tire pressure??? Can anyone here tie a bowline knot.....or even a square-knot? Step outside your cubicle and show off your talent. With pictures.

I play the piano! Sorry, no pics though.
I cook some mean eggs, too.

I evidently softly snore in a rhythmic, almost melodic fashion. Does that count?

I LOVE to cook. :) Baking is my speciality though. I make some mean chocolate chip cookies :)

I LOVE to cook. :) Baking is my speciality though. I make some mean chocolate chip cookies :)

omg omg omg

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I LOVE to cook. :) Baking is my speciality though. I make some mean chocolate chip cookies :)

If I visit Colorado, will you let me try your chocolate chip cookies? :D I love chocolate, I love cookies, and not surprisingly, I love chocolate chip cookies. :)

Baking is a talent for sure. But there is more to baking than following the recipe on the back of a Nestle package. What do you cook?

I like to think Im a good cook.
Im a musician too. See this thread: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=378510

If I visit Colorado, will you let me try your chocolate chip cookies? :D I love chocolate, I love cookies, and not surprisingly, I love chocolate chip cookies. :)

Definitely.

And Glenn nope I don't follow the receipe on the back of the bag. LOL I live in Colorado that wouldn't work cause of the altitude :)

I play a TV remote like nobody's business. My fingers jump from channel 248 to 500 faster than most people think humanly possible. It is not natural talent mind you.....oh I practice and I practice. Just tonight I have been holding down the up channel button for almost 2 hours now.......one handed:eek:

I built a bike. And a few computers. Does that count for anything?

Oh, and I can tie my shoes! I don't know what kind of knot that is, but I can tie the **** out of it!

I am pretty handy with tools...this is me at the bike shop on the day Bridgette was re-born.

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/bikeworks.JPG

(I'm the shorter cuter one.)

OP what do you think--we are all a bunch of hands connected to
a keyboard on a schiavo-gruel drip feed. OK, that last bit was tasteless
just like the gruel but:

skillz, I haz dem:

carpentry (old skill slightly rusty)
wiring (old skill slightly rusty)
plumbing (old skill slightly rusty)
cooking (eat daily)
horse shoeing (old skill slightly rusty)
back country guide (old skill slightly rusty)
build up own bikes (last week)
own piles of sketch books (as of now)
change own oil

etc.

OP what do you think--we are all a bunch of hands connected to
a keyboard on a schiavo-gruel drip feed. OK, that last bit was tasteless
just like the gruel but:

skillz, I haz dem:


horse shoeing (old skill slightly rusty)


etc.

Cool! Thats a skill I never had.

Not only a square knot, bowline knot, a ONE HANDED bowline knot, but my own BOW TIE knot, too!

I do most of the minor mechanical stuff on my vehicles, bikes, toys. Fly planes, bake, cook and more.

Musician:
Guitar
Keyboards
Flute
Tin Whistle
Some Banjo
Tres (Cuban instrument, like a guitar, probably related to a Russian Balalaika, 3 sets of paired strings)

I cook
I can drive anything with wheels on it, and do so in extreme conditions

Weird side, I can cross one eye at a time. ;)

I built a bike. And a few computers. Does that count for anything?

Oh, and I can tie my shoes! I don't know what kind of knot that is, but I can tie the **** out of it!

Computers count. Shoe knots are tied by everyone. Those that can`t tie shoes are challenged. Older folks can use velcro shoes without penalty.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2064/2159930453_24f0041874.jpg

http://a555.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/4/l_9be9f21de9ca2835d1799f279816810a.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/398477174_3bcac02472.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/406609007_2d672d809e.jpg

Ooooh, lacing wheels, now there's a talent ;) :D

It's bloody useful too!

I need a camera

Play guitar mandolin plus some other things.
Wood work ie... lathe plus.
leather work.
normal car repair, doesn't count.
Shoot a rifle "accurately"
Sharpen knives
on and on.....

Ooooh, lacing wheels, now there's a talent ;) :D

It's bloody useful too!


Well I'm not quite good at it yet, but I've built 4 so far.

Lacing wheels...sweet!

Normal car work counts!

Sharpening knives counts

Leather work counts



You can earn a living from all of these. Cool!

It skipped a generation. My daughters have all the talent.

I cook pretty well too. Sorry ladies. I'm taken. :D

So far MarqueeMoon wins--he produced pics.

eh.. You guys all know my talents....

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/398477174_3bcac02472.jpgSEWING HAS NO PLACE HERE I DEMAND YOU REMOVE THIS

Oh, whoops, wrong forum. :rolleyes:

eh.. You guys all know my talents....


I should know but I don`t remember. What are your talents Siu?

SEWING HAS NO PLACE HERE I DEMAND YOU REMOVE THIS

Oh, whoops, wrong forum. :rolleyes:


X , I sew upholstery , its actually a good skill to know.

Oh, I agree, definitely. I'd love to be able to make stuff.

There's a whole hubbub drama elsewhere on the forums about a sewing thread.

I guess I can do art.

http://i5.tinypic.com/72pnt78.jpg (Ignore the person)

http://i11.tinypic.com/73otoio.jpg

http://i6.tinypic.com/6krnuki.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/6pgwbpk.jpg

http://i18.tinypic.com/6t1cco8.jpg

http://i15.tinypic.com/853ybyd.jpg

. . .and some photoshop

http://i5.tinypic.com/6k7udmc.jpg

. . . and other stuff

I should know but I don`t remember. What are your talents Siu?

Siu has the talent of Kick Your ASS!!!!

I guess I can do art.


http://i4.tinypic.com/6pgwbpk.jpg



I'm diggin those.

Siu has the talent of Kick Your ASS!!!!


That is SOOOO Hawt too!:love:

I can lick my eyebrows.

Siu has the talent of Kick Your ASS!!!!

Siu does have the KYA talent but I`m more interested in the talent that can earn a living. Blue collar talent. Seems that so many folks work in a cubicle pushing paper these days. This thread is about carpentry, plumbing, art, cooking , saw milling, welding, machining , wood working, etc .........making something with your hands/mind.

I can lick my eyebrows.

Pics or gtfo.

Oh, I made and installed a shelf a week or so ago. I guess that counts as carpentry. And I did it without the aid of power tools, as well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/glenngertz/treepics006.jpg

making a few extra $$$

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/glenngertz/treepics019.jpg

I was a drummer for 10 years... I still want to play sometimes, but I usually just see what's on the teevee.

That's probably the only thing I could do that wasn't painfully half-assed.

Let's see.... can somewhat work on my own cars, mechanically. I can do body work but not paint.

I used to create by hand caligraphy signs for a while as a side hobby but always got high on the fumes of the ink. By the end of my shift the signs got fancier and fancier.

Love to do merchandising, it brings out my creative side. I won a lot of contests and a few awards with it.

I can be good at writing for professional and legal purposes, believe it or not. (I've been offered jobs regarding this - but it's not my thing). I have to be in the mood for it or it has to have meaning for me in order for it to come out with a strong message.

I used to:
- play the clarinet.
- polevault.
- make an ethernet cord in under 2 minutes.
- I'm quite handy with power tools. I posted pictures from this past summer when I was putting up shelves at work.

a ONE HANDED bowline knot,


Around your body?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/glenngertz/treepics019.jpg

bad ass

Argentine tango

bad ass

Thanks but I`m not really a bad ass. You Could do it. Matter of fact any one here on BF that is strong enough to hold a saw could do it, including the women. There is very little risk involved. You just gotta know/use the right equipment.

Thanks but I`m not really a bad ass. You Could do it. Matter of fact any one here on BF that is strong enough to hold a saw could do it, including the women. There is very little risk involved. You just gotta know/use the right equipment.Unless you're afraid of heights.

There is no start to my phyical talents.:p

I've laced about 4 wheels so far,
I can tie a reef knot, clove hitch, do a square lashing and a round lashing. I've forgotten how to do the bowline though.
I can change the fluids, plugs, points and ancillaries on my cars,
I can sew well enough for hiking clothes (ones to wear in the bush where people can't see you).:D

I can't throw, hit or catch a ball. I can't saw or cut things in a straight line. I can't do any tricks on my bikes. I can't dance.:rolleyes:

My skills and talents are more mental than physical. Which is why I push paper and chase numbers in an office.

I'm one of those intellectuals who can't fix or make anything.

Unless you're afraid of heights.


Everyone is afraid of heights. You outgrow it with experience. I was afraid of heights once.