What I can’t do (well) but can do better.

I’m okay at knitting ? but apart from that my main skill is as a bodger so if any of you have any outstanding jobs you want doing/messing up I’m your go to person. ?

I’m good with washing and ironing - can get most all stains out but have terrible co-ordination so ballroom/line dancing out of the question.

I am good at wine tasting ?

I can't sew, play tennis or any other sport apart from swimming. The garden is just lawn as I can't keep flowers and plants in bloom. Hate computers, love reading.
But I could resuscitate you and deliver babies !!

I'm hopeless at sewing, baking and cooking. I can't remember a single poem or song. I can't keep plants alive.

I am good at being patient, not panicking, putting things in order, not buying stuff I don't need, not spending too much time-wasting on GN!

I thought I was useless at everything but after reading this thread realise I do have skills:
I'm great at online ordering.
Excellent tester of chocolate.
Wine tasting is another skill.
Also extremely good at fast reading, can manage a book in two days.
Being boring my admin and finance skills are good, I'm pretty good at dancing and I'm excellent at getting around London on the underground. But that's it.

I’m not sure if I’ve understood the thread title, but here goes.

I am extremely good at designing, developing, debugging, installing and teaching enterprise software. Some people don’t have the knack for it. I’m not being boastful, no time for false modesty, I climbed high by the time I retired.

I make beautiful jewellery as a hobby. This is quite an achievement with my impairments and I admit I feel quite proud of my creations. I do it for love of the making, I sell the finished pieces for charity or give them as gifts.

I am crap at running, walking, climbing, lifting and anything that requires a fully functional body, but I keep trying ?

I can sing or play and musical instrument I m no good at sport can’t remember jokes
I can do some crafts a bit of painting and drawing, I can touch my toes with flat hands on the floor and can do a full lotus can touch my forehead with my toes
I can garden I can apologise for England and I can take the blame for everything

That should have read I CANT sing or play a musical instrument

I can’t proof read either

I can cook.
I’m good with technology, stain removal, and logistics.
I am not very patient and rubbish at ironing.

I am totally outstanding at being "average", there's nothing I can't do moderately well. I have spent my life being reasonably competent.

In my early career I was useless as part of a prosecution team but later found I was very good at defending. Seems I have a natural empathy with the scallies of this world.
I hope I’m a reasonably good wife, (as long as not much is expected of me).
I think I’ve been a good mother as my boys seem to like me.
I’m a loyal friend and have friends from schooldays.
I can draw well, wish I could paint.
I’m expert at procrastination.

Can’t sew (apart from the proverbial button).
Can and do organise everything and everybody!

Good at ...gardening, d.i.y, driving, treasuring friends, being a mum&grandma (told so often) feeding hoarders (normal times) being a dinosaur (4yr old hurricane said so) holding tears in(re my overseas children/grandchildren)..keeping confidences.
Bad at ..sewing,crafting,knitting,...patience (with H)....budgeting (rubbish) stopping smoking ☹....doing anything with my curly,thick,totally messy hair.....applying makeup...looking tidy ?....cleaning windows....

Hoards not hoarders ?

I'm pretty good with pc type skills, spreadsheets etc and I keep a very close eye on budget and bills, but I am rubbish at filing paper bills, they sit around in little piles until I have a clearout. But in my defence I am very good at spending money.

I'm good at diy painting and wallpapering just getting worse at getting up and down step ladders.

Definitely getting worse at getting up in the morning and then from the sofa at night. My sofa has developed a bum groove over lockdown, it will swallow me up like a sink hole soon.

I can’t change a tap washer or do anything to do with a car, including cleaning it. I can’t snorkel anymore, I think I am going to drown and I can’t ride a bike anymore because it gives me backache and I wobble.
I can knit, sew, write and cook and do a bit of gardening but I avoid chainsaws.
People tell me their secrets, I used to be a social worker so that’s not surprising. I never divulge,which is also not surprising because it is totally drummed into us.

LauraNorder

Apparently I’m good at disrupting.

???

I'm fairly mediocre at many things - is that better than being excellent at one thing but useless at all the rest?

I am persistent but is that a skill or an inherited trait?

Procrastination in the face of admin is my biggest skill. Otherwise I’m good at detail, organising, being persistent, I have an eye for colour, can breathe life into poorly plants, am good at listening to teenagers, baking when I motivate myself, ironing, biting my tongue and fence sitting. Very good at hanging on to the tv remote and sitting doing nothing, just looking.

I definitely have no skill at drawing or painting, singing, nursing (Mr C is feeling poorly and will vouch for that one!), running, climbing hills, mechanical things, patience when things that should work, like the washing machine, don’t work, tolerating noise, finding things I put somewhere safe, talking to people I don’t know, being in a crowd, staying away from chocolate.

I know how to change a wheel on a car, my Dad insisted I practice before I drove on my own more years ago than I care to think about. Because I can it doesn’t mean I would!

I cannot, and never could do a cart-wheel very well. Yeast never behaves properly for me and always end up with heavy tough rolls or bread.

I cannot draw people, but can draw birds quite well.

I can dive quite gracefully, and give wonderful raspberries on toddler's tummies.

Oh I’d forgotten that talent Canadiangran, can’t wait to blow raspberries on toddlers tummies again. Just hope it still has them giggling now they’re a year older.

I'm so relieved to see that there are others who are not good at craft, cooking etc and other housewifely things. Talking to friends and acquaintances I thought I was the odd one out.

Grandpajet is great at breaking things he is trying to mend! He has the ‘I’ll just bash it a little bit harder’ approach.

He thought our rotary drier was broken last week as he couldn’t put it up, although he used all his considerable strength. He ordered a new one from our local Handicentre. I then said ‘was the wire wrapped round the arm’. He looked quite blank, then I showed him how to untangle it so it would go up easily! Blushes at the Handicentre - er, we don’t need it now!

farview

Hoards not hoarders ?

Hordes. Sorry, couldn’t resist.

Urmstongran

I can’t sew or toffee. I don’t bake, craft cards, knit or garden.
I’m trying to think what I am good at....

Being a mum, grandma & a friend I think, says she modestly.
☺️

I can’t do those things either. Not so much a domestic goddess as a domestic earthling.

Can’t sing, dance, draw. Can’t organise money or understand it either.
Can play tennis but not well, ditto bridge.

I can speak a few languages. Used to teach well and can make people,laugh.