What skill or talent do you wish for ?

officerripley said:
The reason that some are good at "small, meaningless" talk is that it's not meaningless to them; they really do care about the weather, food prices, what size shoes a grandkid now wears, etc.

I wish I were better at small talk; what I've learned to do over the years is get the convo going by asking about their jobs or families (especially kids/g'kids) and just paste an interested look on my face and listen. Sure, I don't like being bored but sometimes I like being around other people even if they're talking about something I'm not interested in.
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I do exactly that.. I can engage in small talk as long as it's interesting. Don't tell me in any sentences that take longer than one minute about your kids or your grandkids, because my brain will switch off... and don't talk to me about Soaps... that's really mind-numbing. I used to work in a place where people just spent every working day talking abut tv shows they'd watched.. and or their grandkids.. arrrggghhh!!
 
I wish I could cut hair. I cut my own sometimes ..and when my DD was small I cut her hair as well as the O/H....but that's as far as I'm safe... I wish I'd learned when all my friends were learning hairdressing when we were at school.. I learned business economics instead.. All of them even in retirement can still make money..I wish I'd had the foresight..
 
Mobilman44 said:
What skill or talent do you wish for ?
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When I grow up(assuming that that ever happens) I want to be able to stucco work. I have about 500 sq. ft. of stucco on a room addition that needs to be re-done, thanks to a particularly inept stucco contractor.

...it's unlikely that I'll bring this wish to fruition, as my motivation to actually perform this task is at an all time low ebb. Maybe I should just rub the genie's lantern and wish to get a competent contractor to do the job. ;)
 
Nathan said:
When I grow up(assuming that that ever happens) I want to be able to stucco work. I have about 500 sq. ft. of stucco on a room addition that needs to be re-done, thanks to a particularly inept stucco contractor.

...it's unlikely that I'll bring this wish to fruition, as my motivation to actually perform this task is at an all time low ebb. Maybe I should just rub the genie's lantern and wish to get a competent contractor to do the job. ;)
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Don't wish to get a competent contractor, take the steps to locate one the intelligent way. Properly interview and follow up on references, like most other homeowners would do.
 
Years and years ago, my mom offered to pay for me to take the Singer Sewing Courses. This was in addition to my parents paying for my college and university education as well. But dummy me, I said no. I could have done so much by making my own clothes, possibly creating my own sewing business and now, I could still be working part time either being a seamstress or doing alterations, making some money in my retirement.
 
LoveTulips said:
Years and years ago, my mom offered to pay for me to take the Singer Sewing Courses. This was in addition to my parents paying for my college and university education as well. But dummy me, I said no. I could have done so much by making my own clothes, possibly creating my own sewing business and now, I could still be working part time either being a seamstress or doing alterations, making some money in my retirement.
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see that's another one I should have really concentrated on learning. When I was at school I had sewing classes. I was making a dress from a pattern.. I started it when I fist started senior school, and it still wasn't finished years later when I left school. I'm absolutely useless at craft type things...

I can hammer things, chop wood, paint, make old furniture look new again... I can even knit and crochet but use a sewing machine?.. no... nor can I do these ''girly type'' crafts like flower arranging and card making et al...
 
LoveTulips said:
Years and years ago, my mom offered to pay for me to take the Singer Sewing Courses. This was in addition to my parents paying for my college and university education as well. But dummy me, I said no. I could have done so much by making my own clothes, possibly creating my own sewing business and now, I could still be working part time either being a seamstress or doing alterations, making some money in my retirement.
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hollydolly said:
see that's another one I should have really concentrated on learning. When I was at school I had sewing classes. I was making a dress from a pattern.. I started it when I fist started senior school, and it still wasn't finished years later when I left school. I'm absolutely useless at craft type things...

I can hammer things, chop wood, paint, make old furniture look new again... I can even knit and crochet but use a sewing machine?.. no... nor can I do these ''girly type'' crafts like flower arranging and card making et al...
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There are so few businesses that do sewing and clothes alterations around here that the few that there are can charge a lot and never run out of work.
 
officerripley said:
There are so few businesses that do sewing and clothes alterations around here that the few that there are can charge a lot and never run out of work.
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they do here too...sometimes it costs more to have the garment altered than it did to buy it.. but on average it costs about half the price depending on what has to be done... for example to take up the sleeves of a jacket at my nearest place which is in the next town...it's £30.. ( $38 USD) to take up the hem of trousers/jeans etc.. £20.....to hem curtains.. £50.00
 
Mobilman44 said:
Over the last few years, I've wanted so much to be able to play the guitar. I know a great deal about them, but my hands cannot work together to play. I had three years of piano lessons and never could get the right and left hands to work independently. Yet, I can type with the best of them....which of course requires the use of ONLY one finger at a time.

I love music, and watch an awful lot of concerts and just envy the Justin Haywards and Keith Richards and Willie Nelsons of the world. There is just so much musical talent out there, and I need to just be happy I can listen to them.

So that's my yearning, what is yours???
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Mobilman44...I too wanted to learn to play a guitar. I played in a school band for eight years and know how to read music and play the French Horn. The Horn is not a good solo instrument. So, when I retired, I purchased a Classical Guitar it is a beautiful wood guitar with no electronics in it. The strings are partially metal and partially nylon. Has a nice sound and is easy to play, not so hard on the fingers.

I got a couple of books for learning to play. I am working on training my mind and hands to play the notes as I read music. That is going slow but I am making progress. Coupling that with learning to play guitar chords is also helping learn to play music. So when playing a piece I play the cords and pick notes in between cords.

It is going slow, but I enjoy practice so much and it is very relaxing.

Give it a try....
 
Reiki. I've been learning reiki for healing this year and I would like to become better at it than I am. A friend injured his eye and I don't even know what crystal to use. I need to get better at this. :)
 
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