What can and can’t you do?

I can
Write 35,000 word children's books (2 agents interested, then passed😔)
Tell children's stories - ages preschool to aged 12
Give passionate talks on caring for the elderly
Run a small monthly Tea and Chat group for isolated elderly (with some wonderful friends)
Knit
Cook
Garden
Entertain grandchildren
Call older people from church and make them know they're not forgotten
Read my bible with delight and learn from it
Dye my eyebrows as well as any salon

I can't
Do maths or finance (but my husband is a whiz at this)
Remember pages of script (am dram) since Long Covid messed with my head
Run around our field with our grandchildren in our wheelbarrow (see above)
Sew
Ski
Draw /paint
Cut my fringe properly

Just been for my annual health check with an HCA at the surgery. Thin tall youngish wo.an with tattoos and a nose piercing. So patronising . Made me feel old and fat. And unhappy. What is happening? Is it me?

Sorry wrong thread

What a lovely thread to celebrate what we can (and can’t do)!

Can:
Cook well (but messily)
Listen
Touch my toes - and the floor!
Grow a lovely garden
Care
Do Cryptic Crosswords and Quordle
Appreciate fine wine
Volunteer
Dance like nobody’s watching
Laugh
Drive
Swim
Walk

Can’t:
Lose that extra weight
Do maths (is it our age?)
Sit in the sun
Bake (no interest)
Heights
Cycle - although I did as a child.

I cant do lots of things I used to do but I can still hug my Grandkids & my cat. Feed my birds in the garden & leave an egg every night for our resident fox! I can also thank whoever is looking out for us that I am still here every morning! And that I can still make a cheese sanie😂

I can't:
Motivate myself to do housework
Swim without sinking like a brick
Read without falling asleep these days
Smile without looking like I've had a stroke
Wake up in the mornings
Keep still when music plays

I can:
Spend an excessive amount of time surfing t'internet
Make a mess doing a number of different crafts
Stay up until the early hours
Talk for England

Can’t-
Sing
Ride a bike
Abide a show-off
Parallel park with confidence.

Can-
Touch my toes
Drive
Set up a computer from scratch
Listen to my husband tell the same jokes again and again without rolling my eyes.

I can do many things, but I often can't be arsed.

I can’t make scones;
fly a plane;
read music or play an instrument;
catch/hit a ball;
run a marathon….
Etc.
Etc.

(But I’m ok with lots of other things)

What a wonderful thread I enjoyed so much thank you all.

I can't

Run (well not without wetting myself anyway....)
Sew
Draw
Do woodwork
Do plumbing

I can

Sing
Cook
Create poetry
Analyse well
Spell
Milk a goat (!)

I can’t run a marathon
I can’t abide hypocrites
I can’t eat sweetcorn
I can’t wear high heel shoes

I can speak French
I can cook pretty well
I can be trusted with secrets
I can love m’y family with all my heart and soul
Thank you

I can't :
Drive
Understand technology
Cook anything complicated
Whistle
Wink
Roll my rrrs

I can :
Crochet
Swim
Understand and speak basic French

Can't -

Swim
Ride a bike
Use a sewing machine - but I want to learn
Knit

Can -

Cook - although I don't like hosting - too much pressure
Make pompoms
Remember useless information
Support family and friends

And I absolutely can't
Speak in a crowd of more than two people
Sing in tune
Do much apart from crochet which a lot of gransnetters can't seem to do
Eat meat

I can:
Do a headstand
Touch my toes
Put my foot to my mouth
Write stories and poems
Cook
Bake
Clean
Look after people
Admin/computer
Hide physical pain

I can’t:
Speak publicly
Be assertive
Like my body

I can’t
Swim - scared of water
Ride a bike
Crochet- but I can knit
Speak any language except English
Tolerate patronising people
Play chess

I can
Write poetry
Be a good friend
Make good pastry
Drive
Look after my (very pampered) cats
Touch my toes
Sing

I can't:
Run
Ride a bicycle any more
Draw or paint
Cut out with scissors very well
Sew or knit well

I can:

Play the piano, violin and viola and organ
Organise events and people
Write
Speak in public
Song

*sing

i can't -
crochet
walk very far
clamber into a bath
get up off the floor
do my garden

i can -
drive
sew and knit
cook
do housework although i hate it
use my computer and smartphone confidently
record programmes i like on my sky q box so i don't need to watch live tv

I forgot to say: l CAN do maths.

I can’t
Skate
Eat eggs
Play squash

I can
Knit
Crochet
Sew
Paint
Do maths
Use techno stuff
Write short lists (unlike some on here 🤣)
💃🏻 dance

I can:
Make pastry, meringues, cakes
Gut, dress (and cook) fish and game
Ride a motorbike
Ride a horse
Tow a horse box

I can’t:
Swim other than front breaststroke
Skate, ski, excel at any ball game
Sail
Paint (whether house decor, or art)
Drill holes the right size at the right angle

I can:

Drive
Knit
Make pretty good cakes
Confident with IT
Swim
Still remember Pitman’s shorthand
Say ‘no’
Make icecream
Administrate

I can’t:

Run
Be patient
Sew, apart from curtains
Sing
Play a musical instrument

I can’t
sew, knit, crochet or anything similar
Walk on my heels
Get exited about pets or babies
Do anything without my glasses on
Bake - unless forced

I can
Drive
Swim
Get in and out of the bath as normal
Use IT ok
Grow veg, learning about flowers
Discuss football, golf and rugby to a reasonable level
Touch my toes