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NLGuy
I have a colorful PEAsonality!
PeaNut 219,124
August 2005
Posts: 5,699
Layouts: 49
Loc: Wine Country... bottoms up!
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I told a coworker today about this... once or twice a year, I like to decorate cakes. I use chocolate molds, fondant, marzipan and food coloring. I haven't taken any classes, but I do have an art degree  so I try to do something bigger and better every time!
Last year, for example, I made a Harry Potter book of spells for my son's birthday. It included Harry's scarf, a golden snitch and a wand. A couple of years ago, I decorated a cheesecake with IT-related items (keyboard keys, a circuit board) made from marzipan for a cake-decorating contest at work. Stuff like that.
I am a web developer by trade so this is slightly different than my usual.
What's your thing? |
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sunny 5
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 472,024
June 2010
Posts: 2,082
Layouts: 0
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I have almost no fear when speaking in public. I can lead a nature tour anytime in almost any place.
I can ski double black diamonds, even though I am old and overweight...I love to go straight down the hill at 40 mph.
I can read about 100 pages of a paperback book in an hour. | |
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angel97701
BucketHead
PeaNut 280,758
October 2006
Posts: 608
Layouts: 4
Loc: High Desert of Central Oregon
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MrsDepp
PeaNut
PeaNut 568,835
October 2012
Posts: 211
Layouts: 0
Loc: In the boot state at the parish line
| Posted: 3/7/2013 11:02:56 PM
Appearing to be calm cool and collected in situations ... | |
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Alissa103
prepPEA
PeaNut 39,261
May 2002
Posts: 8,227
Layouts: 98
Loc: Nashville. Yay!!!
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I'm left-handed but can cut the most intricate cuts with scissors using both my left AND right hands. If my left gets tired, I just switch hands. My crafty friends are always amazed 
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Darkangel090260
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 308,882
April 2007
Posts: 2,806
Layouts: 15
| Posted: 3/8/2013 12:07:06 AM
I can build websites
I do quilling and paper Jewelry
I can plain big events with out even thinking about it. |
| I have quite a few learing disabilitys that effect my spelling a grammer. I do know my grammer and spelling suck. I have been working on this problem all my adult life. | |
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Frazzled Mom
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 22,352
October 2001
Posts: 5,410
Layouts: 0
Loc: Between a rock and a hard place
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I'm a kid whisperer. I can reach pretty much any child, especially the tough cases and challenging kids. |
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M in Carolina
nothing could be finer than to be back in Carolina
PeaNut 226,467
October 2005
Posts: 9,660
Layouts: 0
Loc: RTP
| Posted: 3/8/2013 12:22:33 AM
I am afraid of heights, but hanging out of the open door of a helicopter to take photographs doesn't bother me in the slightest.
I was a pilot and was 7 hours away from getting my license before I was grounded for medical reasons
I studied art, interior design, photography, and graphic design in college. I love doing different art projects.
I taught an extended education class on faux finish techniques in college for my degree. I buy lamps, finials, and small decorative pieces and paint/faux finish them how I want them. --like changing shiny brass fleur de lis shower hooks into a matte silver I could actually use. Faux finishes are easy to do, but you have to have the courage to try different ideas.
I have a cookbook collection of almost 200 volumes. I *love* to cook but haven't done much since I've been so sick the past 2 years. I am really looking forward into getting back into it. |
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KathrynPea
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 376,370
May 2008
Posts: 2,266
Layouts: 2
Loc: Las Vegas, NV
 | Posted: 3/8/2013 1:08:20 AM
I don't really have any talents that most people would notice but I am able to connect with people and speak to their spirits with the help of my Heavenly Father. Actually it is more like I am able to get out of the way so the Spirit can guide them, heal them and help them. It really isn't me.
Only the people who I have helped know my secret talent. If you told my daughter, she would never believe you. | |
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gar
Whoopea!
PeaNut 172,235
October 2004
Posts: 12,499
Layouts: 0
Loc: England UK
 | Posted: 3/8/2013 1:33:04 AM
What fabulous talents ladies! I don't have a special talent but I wish I did
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"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
Stephen Roberts
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stefdesign
PhotoshoPEAholic
PeaNut 307,816
April 2007
Posts: 11,994
Layouts: 861
Loc: So Cal Gal Living in NJ
| Posted: 3/8/2013 7:19:15 AM
Since I moved to a new state 5 months ago, very few people know that I play a variety of traditional musical instruments, including the hammered dulcimer, banjo, guitar and autoharp. When I was in California, I was in a bluegrass band so it was common knowledge. Now it seems kind of awkward to bring up! |
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paigepea
I'm PEAchy Keen!
PeaNut 74,479
March 2003
Posts: 17,002
Layouts: 116
| Posted: 3/8/2013 8:02:54 AM
I can hang a spoon on my nose (although not as well as my older dd - she's fantastic at it).
Paige. |
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MetalDancer
PeaAddict
PeaNut 328,901
July 2007
Posts: 1,825
Layouts: 1
Loc: I like calling North Carolina home!
| Posted: 3/8/2013 9:13:37 AM
I'm a belly dancer. |
Lisa =^..^=
"What fresh hell is this?" Sheldon Cooper | |
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PhotoHorse
PeaFixture
PeaNut 66,309
February 2003
Posts: 3,097
Layouts: 13
Loc: Central Iowa
| Posted: 3/8/2013 9:22:49 AM
1. I am earning my 'practical engineering' degree with the help of my dad and youtube: The starter went out on my tractor, and I was able (with dad's help over the phone and some good youtube videos) to diagnose what was wrong, take it off, then replace it with a new starter. The guys at O'Reilly's Auto Parts were pretty impressed. I don't tell very many people this because they already think I'm weird enough. I'm just thrilled that it saved a lot of money to do it myself. I assume it would have been $100 - $200 labor and service charge.
2. I'm pretty sure I could teach 9th grade algebra because I help my dd so much. Anyone want to know how to write a recursive formula? That's what I had to relearn this morning.
3. I, too, can decorate a pretty mean cake.
4. I think I'm pretty good at reading people....or at least I can come up with some plausible explanation for their behavior (at least to me). | |
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Rainy_Day_Woman
PeaFixture
PeaNut 369,799
March 2008
Posts: 3,406
Layouts: 0
Loc: Canada
| Posted: 3/8/2013 9:50:15 AM
I have a very good memory- especially for numbers, and add in my head quickly.
The cashier and I play a game every week, to see who can tally up my grocery bill faster. Even adding in variables such as the weight of produce, I was only off by 3 cents last week (on a $153 dollar bill) 
The cashier thinks that I'm a riot, but aside from adding groceries, calculating tips and remembering birth dates and phone numbers of everyone I have ever known, it's a relatively useless talent.
And as a seamstress for so many years, I can tell you your measurements by looking at you within a 1/4 inch.
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gorgeouskid
You gots to access your uncrazy side.
PeaNut 83,119
April 2003
Posts: 9,741
Layouts: 10
| Posted: 3/8/2013 10:02:51 AM
I can solve a Rubik's Cube in under a minute. | |
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chelsea_bug
AncestralPea
PeaNut 89,393
June 2003
Posts: 4,155
Layouts: 0
Loc: Central New York
 | Posted: 3/8/2013 10:19:19 AM
I can also balance a spoon on my nose. |
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benem
Yo, that's fifty dollars for a T-shirt.
PeaNut 526,154
October 2011
Posts: 5,549
Layouts: 0
Loc: Illinois
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I can stand on my head. I don't wobble either. |
"We are NSBR. We talk about E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
Diva Cups Merkins Tub Girl Crock Pots Kitten Heels The Hoff HOF Obama Bush Kardashians Shopping Carts Shopping Trolleys Dead Aunt Cookies Trolls Not Trolls Garden Snakes Snails Stripper Poles with or with out Birds In-Laws Scoff-Laws Blogs Borg Paint Colors Dinner Books and Each Other"
--SueSume, 3/21/13
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Marzbar71
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 73,461
March 2003
Posts: 6,029
Layouts: 15
Loc: Chicago, IL
| Posted: 3/8/2013 10:38:13 AM
My friends often tell me they are jealous of my ability to say no. LOL
I don't have any trouble telling people no if I don't want to attend something or be on such-and-such committee.
And I don't feel the need to explain, just no.  |
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domoo
OMG....Did I really say that out loud?
PeaNut 262,693
May 2006
Posts: 5,762
Layouts: 7
Loc: Louisville, K
| Posted: 3/8/2013 10:42:25 AM
I can make friends with any child 3 months - 6 years in minutes, probably seconds. I can calm any infant, anytime. Quickly.
Baby-toddler-preschooler whisperer. |
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benem
Yo, that's fifty dollars for a T-shirt.
PeaNut 526,154
October 2011
Posts: 5,549
Layouts: 0
Loc: Illinois
| Posted: 3/8/2013 10:44:01 AM
I am also really really good at public speaking. I used to do it for a living. When I went to Dave Ramsey Live last May, I got up on stage in front of 7000 people. It was AWESOME! |
"We are NSBR. We talk about E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
Diva Cups Merkins Tub Girl Crock Pots Kitten Heels The Hoff HOF Obama Bush Kardashians Shopping Carts Shopping Trolleys Dead Aunt Cookies Trolls Not Trolls Garden Snakes Snails Stripper Poles with or with out Birds In-Laws Scoff-Laws Blogs Borg Paint Colors Dinner Books and Each Other"
--SueSume, 3/21/13
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Peabay
Happy now?
PeaNut 156,993
July 2004
Posts: 44,677
Layouts: 13
Loc: Connecticut
| Posted: 3/8/2013 12:26:19 PM
I have perfect pitch. It's usually a good talent to have (my dd3 inherited it), but it sometimes makes listening to music and/or singing hard because I can hear every sharp or flat note. |
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ILoveSmores
PeaNut
PeaNut 86,408
May 2003
Posts: 31
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 3/8/2013 12:32:13 PM
I can juggle | |
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moanicac
BucketHead
PeaNut 27,763
January 2002
Posts: 894
Layouts: 2
Loc: Powder Springs, Georgia
| Posted: 3/8/2013 12:47:49 PM
I can solve a Rubik's Cube in under a minute.
I have always wanted to be able to do this!! Way cool!
As for me, I know song lyrics from all kinds songs, across a multitude of genres. For example, I had a work study job in college and the weekend supervisor would ONLY play oldies on the radio. I know a million of those songs. I would win a bazillion dollars on Name That Tune! |
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prettyprettypeas
BucketHead
PeaNut 262,876
May 2006
Posts: 686
Layouts: 11
| Posted: 3/8/2013 1:14:16 PM
I can pick up, pet and snuggle even the meanest of cats. If there is a cat at someone's house, I will automatically pick it up and love on it. I have had many friends freak out when they see me holding their cat because their cat HATES everyone. Not me 
Dogs and babies also really like me right away. | |
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TinCin
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 29,331
February 2002
Posts: 6,216
Layouts: 0
Loc: Living in the palm of the hand.
| Posted: 3/8/2013 1:14:41 PM
I can tell you but you have to promise it won't leave NSBR...
I am a spy. I can't tell you my spy name but I am a spy and a darned good one too.
Now remember, what happens in NSBR, stays in NSBR! |
| PROUD MEMBER OF UAW LOCAL 659 - Home of the Sit-Down Strike! | |
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Tracyarts
Just content to be ME pea...
PeaNut 44,329
August 2002
Posts: 9,529
Layouts: 30
Loc: 8 miles from Galveston Bay
| Posted: 3/8/2013 1:34:39 PM
Party tricks: Whistling in two pitches at the same time, and writing in mirror image with both hands simultaneously.
Skills: Really good aim especially with a bow and arrow or a slingshot, and I can sew pretty much anything without needing a pattern.
Tracy
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PEArfect
AncestralPea
PeaNut 452,048
January 2010
Posts: 4,488
Layouts: 0
Loc: Indiana
 | Posted: 3/8/2013 1:40:20 PM
I'm guessing my dh would answer this differently then me.
I can draw. Hand me a photo or object as a reference and I can draw it. Ask me to draw it from memory and it will look cartoonish. |
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jarmommy
AncestralPea
PeaNut 359,731
January 2008
Posts: 4,500
Layouts: 1
| Posted: 3/8/2013 1:43:16 PM
I can sew pretty much anything without needing a pattern
I can do this too, mainly with quilt patterns but it doesn't take me too long to have it figured out down to the exact fabric requirements. | |
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jml_9112
PEA-anist
PeaNut 114,989
November 2003
Posts: 12,065
Layouts: 1,082
Loc: Chicago-ish
| Posted: 3/8/2013 2:52:44 PM
Peabay, me too! Comes in handy when directing a choir but not so much when watching Idil, lol. DD14 inherited mine too. |
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VanC
PeaFixture
PeaNut 82,273
April 2003
Posts: 3,386
Layouts: 9
Loc: Out and About
| Posted: 3/8/2013 3:22:54 PM
After 4 years of voice lessons I still can't read music worth a darn but if I hear my part played I can sing it back pitch perfect. |
"It's ALL just paper......'til you add adhesive, a little love and some pixie dust."
LLTTF&JB
VanC
****I wish you Love, it's All you need. I wish you Laughter, and hope you find Joy in the journey. I wish you Tickles, because you can't tickle someone without touching them and forming a connection. I wish you Teases, because everyone needs a little humour to get them through the rough spots. I wish you Frogs, because there are NO Frogs just Handsome Princes & Beautiful Princesses who don't know who they are, everyone needs someone to love them in spite of themselves warts and all. Finally I wish you Jelly Beans because life's sweetest moments can come in all sorts of colours and flavours.****
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*Delphinium Twinkle*
I'm just a pea:)
PeaNut 163,613
August 2004
Posts: 68,322
Layouts: 236
Loc: *Sunny Southern California*
| Posted: 3/8/2013 5:16:06 PM
I have a Rolodex of numbers in my head.
Every address and phone number of everyone I know, and phone numbers for stores, hospitals, schools etc. Also every medical record number to all the doctors everyone in my family sees and DH's and DD's DL and SS#. They don't know them
I even know the address and phone number my grandpa had when I was 4. I have no idea how or why I know those ones
I actually have them all filed in my head and flip through them like a Rolodex. It's weird. |
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NLGuy
I have a colorful PEAsonality!
PeaNut 219,124
August 2005
Posts: 5,699
Layouts: 49
Loc: Wine Country... bottoms up!
| Posted: 3/9/2013 12:57:06 AM
These are all really cool! 
I have a few party tricks - can balance a spoon on my chin, wiggle my right ear, say the alphabet backwards - but nothing quite as impressive as some of these. |
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IamJen
PinkKitchenStudio
PeaNut 14,286
April 2001
Posts: 15,207
Layouts: 244
Loc: Louisville, Ky
 | Posted: 3/9/2013 6:45:54 AM
I am a master at painting fingernails My 12 yr old dd loves it!
I can also sew things without a pattern & build things like furniture or shelving, just from seeing the item in a store or magazine. |
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Nicole in TX
The Peas did what we do and went insane over it
PeaNut 16,696
June 2001
Posts: 18,168
Layouts: 65
Loc: Not so obvious
| Posted: 3/9/2013 6:54:35 AM
Bethie,
That is really cool! It amazes me how people's brains are wired so differently. |
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Monklady123
AncestralPea
PeaNut 475,028
July 2010
Posts: 4,501
Layouts: 0
Loc: Northern VA
| Posted: 3/9/2013 7:11:10 AM
I have perfect pitch. It's usually a good talent to have (my dd3 inherited it), but it sometimes makes listening to music and/or singing hard because I can hear every sharp or flat note.
I always thought it would be horrible to have perfect pitch! I spend a lot of time in and around music -- choir, church, etc. -- and I would think that anyone with perfect pitch would be like  and  and again, especially with congregational singing. omg. lol... I can usually hear when things aren't on key, and I can hear that my piano needs to be tuned (next week, in fact) but perfect pitch seems like taking that to extremes.
As for me, not sure I have any "secret" talent. I'm a good preacher (so I'm told) but that's not "secret". lol. I'm not afraid of anything I see in the hospital -- trauma, cancer, all the equipment, death -- but that's also not a secret. Maybe a lot of people don't know that I play the flute and piano, although I'm not really great at either one. I play for my own enjoyment only and don't even take lessons anymore because of not having the time.
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GamGam
PeaNut
PeaNut 552,272
April 2012
Posts: 129
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 3/9/2013 8:05:59 AM
Another perfect pitch person here. I can hear a song played and play it myself on the piano, and I know what key any orchestral peice is written in just by listening. | |
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LadyScrap
PeaAddict
PeaNut 28,157
January 2002
Posts: 1,242
Layouts: 146
Loc: Ohio
| Posted: 3/9/2013 9:34:52 AM
What a fun topic! Here are mine:
I am "spatially talented". I am the person who loads everyone's cars for a trip, gets everything to fit in their suitcase and knows where to place furniture in a room. Whenever we go on a trip, my entire family just drops all their "stuff" on the ground next to the car. It is my job to load it all. I can get everything to fit perfectly and still have tons of room leftover. It has become quite entertaining for everyone!
I have a photographic memory when it comes to color. If you showed me a color of anything (a dress, wall color, nail polish, etc) I could then go to Lowe's and pick out the exact paint color to match without said item.
I am a music junkie. I can tell you who sings almost every song on the radio from the 1970's forward. People often tell me that I will be their "phone a friend" when it comes to music. Useless information, but fun. |
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SuzastampinCTMH
PeaFixture
PeaNut 157,667
July 2004
Posts: 3,792
Layouts: 15
Loc: Upstate NY
| Posted: 3/9/2013 10:31:43 AM
I can whistle through a blade of grass. LOL. Yea,I know..not a big demand for someone who can. LOL |
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Frazzled Mom
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 22,352
October 2001
Posts: 5,410
Layouts: 0
Loc: Between a rock and a hard place
| Posted: 3/9/2013 12:11:33 PM
These replies are so interesting ! Who knew the Peas were such a gifted bunch.
I can write backwards about as easily as forwards. I forget not everyone can do that.
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pennyring
Thrift Ninja
PeaNut 226,011
October 2005
Posts: 22,413
Layouts: 40
Loc: Rite Aid
| Posted: 3/9/2013 12:19:28 PM
I can sing the alphabet backwards.
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desertgirl
PeaFixture
PeaNut 256,534
April 2006
Posts: 3,473
Layouts: 0
| Posted: 3/9/2013 12:32:59 PM
Awesome thread! What cool stuff we all can do.
I was a state champion in archery, and at 61, can still hit a bull's-eye 9/10 times.
Not a very useful talent because dh is the hunter in the household. I do beat him, however  , in the backyard contests.
I need to hook up with TinCan, the NSBR Spy Woman. And I won't tell! | |
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I-95
It's all just nonsense anyway!
PeaNut 97,456
July 2003
Posts: 19,570
Layouts: 0
Loc: California, NY & Orlando
| Posted: 3/9/2013 12:49:47 PM
I'm ambidextrous, I can mentally add the grocery total as I shop...I'm usually right within $1 when I get to the register. I can regurgitate entire group conversations/discussions, almost as accurately as a tape recording.
I'm a licensed pilot, but that's a learned skill, not a talent. I can't sing worth a damn, am a total failure at learning to play a guitar, but I can instinctively zero in on what part of a wide scene will make an awesome photograph (basically I'm good at composition) | |
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BoSoxBeth
Working for SHALOM
PeaNut 44,871
August 2002
Posts: 17,104
Layouts: 8
| Posted: 3/9/2013 3:37:58 PM
I'm a good public speaker. | |
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