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Post by whatagain on Mar 7, 2020 14:50:12 GMT
We all have a superpower. Or more than one. Some can handle administration. Some can make pictures.
Me ? I can read books in the middle of chaos and i fall asleep during take offs.
What are yours ?
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Post by onlyMark on Mar 7, 2020 16:34:31 GMT
I can herd cats and plait fog.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 7, 2020 17:01:26 GMT
I can sleep in the most incredibly noisy places, including when there are screaming babies. I learned this by spending endless hours waiting in airports for my standby flight or being given the last seat on a plane next to a family with a sick baby.
And I can eat almost anything if I have to, even when it is repulsive.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 7, 2020 17:37:29 GMT
I can herd cats and plait fog. I thought it was the other way round. Those knotted cats are amazing!
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 7, 2020 17:38:36 GMT
I can shut off everything going on around me.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 7, 2020 18:07:06 GMT
Unlike both of you, I absolutely cannot read in noisy circumstances. My ears tune into every conversation around me if it is in a language that I can understand and if it is some other language, I still cannot unhear it. Mobile phone conversations near me make things unbearable particularly on the bus or in the metro.
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Post by onlyMark on Mar 7, 2020 19:07:20 GMT
Am I the only one that feels like reacting violently to sudden loud noises?
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Post by fumobici on Mar 7, 2020 19:31:16 GMT
I can set something down and five to ten minutes later it will miraculously fall over. Crappy miracles.
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Post by questa on Mar 7, 2020 23:28:30 GMT
I am a baby-whisperer. Newborn to 3 months
I also can entertain kids from 6 months up so they watch my finger play and soon I have a dozen or more joining in. Great skill for travellers...no language barriers😉 Eat...anything Sleep...anywhere.
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Post by questa on Mar 7, 2020 23:38:31 GMT
Mark, can you nail jelly to a wall?
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Post by lagatta on Mar 8, 2020 1:48:13 GMT
I see cities like maps and can recite chains of streets. I can also freak people out by recognising where their home or business is located via rather arcane clues. That said, I have zero interest in stalking anyone. On the other hand, I can't eat things that disgust me. I'm sure I could if in a concentration camp, but as I'm not, I'd prefer simply not eating.
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Post by questa on Mar 8, 2020 3:05:35 GMT
I can shut off everything going on around me. That's 'cause yer is DEEF yer old bugga!
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Post by onlyMark on Mar 8, 2020 7:29:35 GMT
I can also freak people out by recognising where their home or business is located via rather arcane clues. I have this skill and can identify a place from a photograph more times than would be reasonable or guesswork. I can drive from London to Kathmandu without having to refer to a map. Questa, of course.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 8, 2020 8:48:58 GMT
I can shut off everything going on around me. That's 'cause yer is DEEF yer old bugga! Certain degree of truth in that these days.
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Post by questa on Mar 8, 2020 9:35:05 GMT
Make it a positive if you have to apply for work. "My slight hearing loss makes it easy for me to concentrate on my work in a noisy environment." Just don't tell them that in meetings you haven't a clue who is talking! I don't think you can be all that bad...I have no trouble communicating with you
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 8, 2020 12:31:23 GMT
I can spend 12 hours on a plane without getting up to pee.
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Post by questa on Mar 8, 2020 13:27:07 GMT
That is very naughty K2.You are heading for a Deep Vein Thrombosis doing that.Also dehydration, headaches and confusion.have a water drink each hour or so and apologise to your kidneys now.
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Post by lagatta on Mar 8, 2020 13:41:58 GMT
Thanks questa. I'd be utterly incapable of that and always request an aisle seat. And I drink water throughout flights.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 8, 2020 15:05:42 GMT
I want all of you to shut up because I'm feeling really inadequate right now.
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Post by onlyMark on Mar 8, 2020 15:32:09 GMT
Bixa, your superpower is running a highly successful forum with a light touch and at the same time keeping your contrary co-mod in line.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 8, 2020 17:09:52 GMT
The whip helps! But thank you, especially since this place essentially runs itself.
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Post by onlyMark on Mar 8, 2020 18:07:57 GMT
I've just figured out Mossie's superpower. Due to his navigational experience you could blindfold him, spin him round three times and he'd always come to rest facing the nearest beautiful French waitress.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 8, 2020 19:38:25 GMT
Funny, but true!
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Post by questa on Mar 8, 2020 23:52:55 GMT
What is more...he would know what to say and do.
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Post by mossie on Mar 9, 2020 8:02:20 GMT
You girls are taking the proverbial, my French is limited to a phrase of which I do not know the meaning...."voulez vous couchez avec moi ce soir". Please put me out of my misery and translate nicely.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 9, 2020 11:52:28 GMT
Rascal
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 9, 2020 11:55:55 GMT
My superpower is shopping. I'm really good at spending money, just ask my husband,...
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 20, 2020 16:22:52 GMT
I can spend an entire day in my flat and not get bored.
Today I
1. spent at least 3 or 4 hours on the internet, half of it on games 2. watched 8 episodes of a series on replay 3. read some more of a strange lesbian novel that I bought the other day before the stores closed 4. watched a DVD of the movie Diva including the interview of the director Jean-Jacques Beneix 5. watched a lot of alarming news, including on the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian channels even though I don't speak the languages
My eyes are a bit tired as the day ends.
The superpower for which I am still waiting is the desire to do spring cleaning.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 20, 2020 16:27:23 GMT
That would be the worst ever day for me.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 20, 2020 16:32:51 GMT
Well, it wasn't at all my favourite, which is why it took having superpowers to do it.
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