Ordering taxis (cabs).
Don't know what it is about me on the telephone, but if I order a taxi it won't turn up.
Don't know what it is about me on the telephone, but if I order a taxi it won't turn up.
Easy things you suck at doing
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I can't do the whistle-with-fingers-in-mouth thing either. I think my fingers are too big.
I also can't ice skate. I can roller skate (though I've never tried rollerblading), but I've never been able to stay on my feet on ice skates. Embarrassing for a Canadian and a hockey fan (is that redundant?
) to admit, but there it is.
Personally, I think the title of this thread is misleading. If someone can't do it, obviously it can't be that easy, at least for them.
I also can't ice skate. I can roller skate (though I've never tried rollerblading), but I've never been able to stay on my feet on ice skates. Embarrassing for a Canadian and a hockey fan (is that redundant?
) to admit, but there it is.Personally, I think the title of this thread is misleading. If someone can't do it, obviously it can't be that easy, at least for them.
Driving a stick shift. -- RR
I cannot whistle. When I was a kid, I tried and tried...to no avail.
The other thing I can't do is smell. I have no sense of smell. I cannot ever recall smelling anything, in my entire life. Although if I stick my nose directly over a bottle of ammonia, I sort of 'taste' it in the back of my throat and feel my nasal passages clearing out. That's the closest I get to smelling anything.
The other thing I can't do is smell. I have no sense of smell. I cannot ever recall smelling anything, in my entire life. Although if I stick my nose directly over a bottle of ammonia, I sort of 'taste' it in the back of my throat and feel my nasal passages clearing out. That's the closest I get to smelling anything.
That's pretty much it----to be a good driver, extrapolating the behaviors of other cars has to be second-nature to you. You need to know where they are, where they're trying to get to, and where they're likely to be in ten seconds.
At least for the cars in front of you, anyway. The ones behind you just have to trust are doing their part to stay clear of you.
You only need balance when you're starting. Once you're moving, even relatively slowly, the wheels become gyroscopes and the physical principal called "rigidity in space" takes over. After that there's no particular balance required----it's harder to fall over than to stay up.
I wouldn't be surprised if your difficulty is just a psychological block preventing you from getting past those first five seconds when balance matters.
For all of you guys who egg-cooking impaired, this right here is one of the best inventions ever made:
http://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Ware-M...1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1260508438&sr=8-1
I used to suck at boiling eggs in water on the stove. They didn't get done enough inside... or they got too done and all dried out in the yokes... or they broke open in the water...or everything seemed to have gone right, and then the shells would NOT come off except via massive egg destruction efforts.
But about 4 years ago, my mom gave me one of these puppies. And I now consider myself to be no longer egg impaired.
I've never had trouble with scrambled eggs...so can't help you with that. But boiled eggs? For $10, your troubles will be over. Fill the water up to the line, stick the thing in the microwave for 8 minutes...and perfect hard-boiled eggs. Less time for soft-boiled. And no pot to wash.
http://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Ware-M...1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1260508438&sr=8-1
I used to suck at boiling eggs in water on the stove. They didn't get done enough inside... or they got too done and all dried out in the yokes... or they broke open in the water...or everything seemed to have gone right, and then the shells would NOT come off except via massive egg destruction efforts.
But about 4 years ago, my mom gave me one of these puppies. And I now consider myself to be no longer egg impaired.
I've never had trouble with scrambled eggs...so can't help you with that. But boiled eggs? For $10, your troubles will be over. Fill the water up to the line, stick the thing in the microwave for 8 minutes...and perfect hard-boiled eggs. Less time for soft-boiled. And no pot to wash.
^ I keep expecting Mork from Ork to pop up outta that thing. 
"Shazbot!"
"Shazbot!"
^ Mock if you must...but I've got pretty tasty eggs! 
Nanoo-nanoo.
but I've got pretty tasty eggs!
*faints*
I prefer my eggs scrambled. I can't make them that way either. I always end up burning the damn things, and/or they stick to the $)(#*^ pan.
I can't snap the fingers on my right hand. Nor can i whistle well.
For some reason when I read this the first thing that came to my mind was the slang term "snapping" where you make a game out of insulting someone. I got a mental picture of Kestra with a baseball cap on sideways going "yo mama so fat..."
I have the very same problem. I have horrible balance. I can't even just sit on a bike without it tipping over. Actually many physical things I have real problems with. I can't swim because I can't float. I have extreme muscle tension and whenever I try to relax and float I sink like a stone. My whole neuro-muscular system is something of a mess. I even had a co-worker once ask me if I had cerebral palsy(I don't
).
I have never in my life been able to whistle, and I suspect I never will.
Cooking, although in truth, I haven't tried very much in the kitchen. It just seems so dull and time-consuming, so I usually just end up microwaving something.
Opening certain packages, mainly ones containing some sort of food product. I often seem to use either not enough strength or too much (resulting in the food inside the package flying everywhere).
Cooking, although in truth, I haven't tried very much in the kitchen. It just seems so dull and time-consuming, so I usually just end up microwaving something.
Opening certain packages, mainly ones containing some sort of food product. I often seem to use either not enough strength or too much (resulting in the food inside the package flying everywhere).
What really bothers me is when I predict what other cars are going to do, but they do it wrong!
My dad is blind in his right eye, and color blind with vision so horrible he needs corrective lenses 1/3 inch thick. At one point, he drove ambulances for a living. No problems at all.
I can't tie knots any other place than my shoe. Like, I can tie my shoe fine and dandy, but I can't apply the same knot to tying an apron around myself. Also have no idea how to whistle with my fingers.
I prefer my eggs scrambled. I can't make them that way either. I always end up burning the damn things, and/or they stick to the $)(#*^ pan.
Coat your skillet with non-stick spray or butter before you begin cooking the eggs. If they're burning before they're done, you're setting the heat too high.
Also -- after you beat the eggs, but before you put them in the skillet, add a small amount of water to them and mix it in. This will make the eggs fluffier.
I have the very same problem. I have horrible balance. I can't even just sit on a bike without it tipping over. Actually many physical things I have real problems with. I can't swim because I can't float. I have extreme muscle tension and whenever I try to relax and float I sink like a stone. My whole neuro-muscular system is something of a mess. I even had a co-worker once ask me if I had cerebral palsy(I don't
That's ironic. I DO have CP, wich is why I needed that three wheeler bike.
I prefer my eggs scrambled. I can't make them that way either. I always end up burning the damn things, and/or they stick to the $)(#*^ pan.
Coat your skillet with non-stick spray or butter before you begin cooking the eggs. If they're burning before they're done, you're setting the heat too high.
Also -- after you beat the eggs, but before you put them in the skillet, add a small amount of water to them and mix it in. This will make the eggs fluffier.
Yeah, I prefer to add a bit of milk but I suppose water would have the same effect.
^ I add water too. Works like a charm. Wonder if milk would make 'em taste better? Might not matter, it's such a small amount...
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