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Just a random question - what are you rubbish at?

I don't mean character faults, I mean things that would be talents if you could actually do them.

With me, it's singing and anything music related, including dancing. I can sing, but not in tune, I'm a bad dancer and can't play any instruments because I have no sense of rhythmn (and, I like to think, partly becasue I've never learnt).

What about you?

Maths

I cannot skate. This is a major character flaw, I know. I'm surrounded by people that can, but I find myself unable to do so.


Geggs

plus you can't keep the title as 'What are you very bad at?'

Geggs - ice skate, in-line skate or both?

Speaking othe languages

I am very bad at driving, even though I have my license, I just panic whenever the slightest thin goes wrong and then it all goes to the dogs...

That does sound familiar. I've had my licence for about 6 months but don't actually need to drive much, so I've never been on a motorway and hate big roundabouts!

I've never used in-line skates. Had a pair of skates when I was younger where there was a wheel at each corner. Could barely stand up in them, let alone move.

Ice-skates are equally disastrous, if not more. I fall over more than I stand.

I guess I'm just terribly unco-ordinated. Those that have tried to help have just told me that I've got to trust in myself. Trouble is I have no trust in my body to do what I want it to do. I can picture it in my mind, and my mind I do trust, but my body seem incapable of following it through.


Geggs

Sounds like me, Geggs.

I'm not good at just about any sport for that very reason; I'm also scared of going upside down since a spectacular fall off an otherwise well-behaved , which doesn't help.

Talking on the telephone

I'm very bad at dancing. Although I have a good sense of rhythm and can sing and play musical instruments, I can't get my feet to do what they are supposed to be doing.

I can do our group's medieval dances, but anything beyond that...

"plus you can't keep the title as 'What are you very bad at?'"

What are you talking about, LW?

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I'm no good at using chopsticks. I also can't sew, other than to replace missing buttons.

And I have the most terrible, horrible handwriting - it's gotten worse since primary school!

Dancing... I suck at dancing, which is odd because I'm a musician and therefore have good natural rythm...

How can talking on the telephone be considered a talent?

That's about my problem, but I can usually get out of it by volunteering to play the music