Simple things you struggle with

Hyperbollix

Tying knots in ropes to hold stuff on a roof rack or to tie down stuff in a trailer. My father was epic at it, he had all sorts of crazy knots he could deploy to fasten things down. They wouldn't budge an inch.

I should really look at youtube and learn some useful knots and techniques. Rachet straps have made it so easy, I haven't bothered.

Mad_maxx

Mister Vain wrote: »

Putting on a condom.

feels like a bin liner , does it ?

Mad_maxx

leahyl wrote: »

For years I could rarely crack an egg into a frying pan without the yolk bursting and going all over the place - I think I've 'cracked' it now though

i see what you did there

AllForIt

Trekker09 wrote: »

Those 'Easy Open' packs of ham that I always end up cutting open with a knife

I recent years I keep a box cutter in the kitchen for these kinds of pesky jobs. Careful though, they are extremely sharp and will take the finger off you if your're not careful. Never been one for sharpening knives. Such a chore.

Mister Vain

Basic multiplication. Unless the number ends in a zero I really struggle. Thank god I have a calculator on my phone or I would have been sacked long ago.

spelling....im pure terrible at it


Nouns/pronouns etc.....havnt even vagueist iota,what they are about

SineadSpears

leahyl wrote: »

For years I could rarely crack an egg into a frying pan without the yolk bursting and going all over the place - I think I've 'cracked' it now though

I always crack an egg into a small glass dish first. Then tip it into the pan. No egg shell, & no burst yolk :cool:

marialouise

opening the foil lid on yoghurt without ripping it down the middle

Aglomerado

I can't shuffle cards, when playing games I always have to ask someone else to do it for me.
I can't peel potatoes either (probably laziness) so I just bake or roast with skins on.

Antares35

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

This stresses me out to no end, pity there's no duvet cover changer service that comes to your door.

Anyway my one is sleep, although things are improving lately.

I have figured out a really quick way of doing this. You turn the duvet cover inside out and put your hands into it, grabbing a corner each (furthest away from the open end) and while maintaining that grip, pinch each corner that you're holding onto the two corners of the duvet closest to you. Make sure you've a firm grip of duvet and duvet cover in both corners then lift and shake the whole thing - the rest of the cover will just fall down over the rest of the duvet, which can then be buttoned. It takes me fifteen seconds

I can't reverse in a straight line.

Mister Vain

Antares35 wrote: »

I can't reverse in a straight line.

Never mind reversing in a straight line, why would you need to reverse around a corner? I don't know why that's in the test. I haven't had to do it in 15 years of driving.

Antares35

Mister Vain wrote: »

Never mind reversing in a straight line, why would you need to reverse around a corner? I don't know why that's in the test. I haven't had to do it in 15 years of driving.

I know! Of all the stupid things to do, you'd imagine they should fail someone for doing that!

jaxxx

Understanding the human animal.

Skippyme

jaxxx wrote: »

Understanding the human animal.

Same here - I mean men have their framework and stick to it thinking they are strong and independent, yet they all copy each other with macho crap bullying other men as they don't have the fortitude of their own conviction

Majority of men led by major influence of TM but I can't be led.

I just can't limit myself to that extent in case cos everything is unmanly ffs !

PG 1 especially* also 7 & 11

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058042337

mfceiling

Verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, pronoun's.

Yeah not a clue.

Stateofyou

Flossing. I just hate doing it. So I usually get a dentist cleaning every 3 ish months.

Church on Tuesday

The self destructive nature of the human condition.

bodhrandude

I love these Gourmet Tart all-in-one meals but its an absolute head melt removing the cellophane wrapping, it never ever comes off cohesively. Gourmet Tart is a café/shop franchise with shops mainly based all around Galway city.

Hellokitty1212

This is hard for me. DIY.

There. I admitted it!!!!

SineadSpears

Eating a meal just as its served - I need to 'fix' everything. Can't just eat it as it is. It annoys the hell out of me & makes me feel uncomfortable eating around others.

Example would be a simple Caeser Salad. I don't like the thick veins in the lettuce, so I'll cut them out & put them on a napkin or something to the side.

Then the rest of the leaves need to be cut down smaller.

The chicken needs to be cut into bit size pieces.

The bacon might end up being picked out if it's any way fatty & not crispy.

The croutons I feel won't stretch to every bite, so they need to be halved even though they are already small, & dry, & therefore difficult to cut.

It's probably about 10minutes before I've taken the first bite, & by then I'd nearly need a rest after all my hard work :rolleyes:

marialouise

Punctuality

razorblunt

Click my fingers.
Make that weird clicking noise with my mouth to get a dog's attention.

Jequ0n

Tell people apart, so many look the same

Fabio

Can't click my fingers.

Usually not the most punctual either...but then, punctuality isn't always the most simple of things.

Mister Vain

Binge drinking. I'm fooked after 3 pints.

EmilyBClare

siblings

Realtine

whistle, envious of those that can.
struggle sometimes with left and right.
the names of items - a dustpan in our house has become a "picker upper".
being on time for an appointment then left waiting - arrgghhhhh

Samsonsmasher

Simple things I'm struggling with?

I can't go 5km from my residence without risking a fine or prosecution.
I can't go for a coffee in a cafe, a pint in the pub, a movie in the cinema or holiday abroad.
I can't meet friends or family or meet a woman for a romantic date.
I can't go to work or see my colleagues.
I can go on a bus or train without wearing a face nappy.
I can't go for a walk without being screamed at by people wearing face nappies who get hysterical if anyone passes within 2m of them and believe all of this is necessary to save their miserable useless lives.

Apart from that I'm fine.

Antares35

Realtine wrote: »

whistle, envious of those that can.
struggle sometimes with left and right.
the names of items - a dustpan in our house has become a "picker upper".
being on time for an appointment then left waiting - arrgghhhhh

I'm a bit like that with left and right. I have to think about which one feels more dominant and then I know it's my right.

CruelCoin

Banter. Always had a hard time with it.
I'd rather have a good conversation on a topic, than 2 hours in the pub streaming my consciousness.

Also taking info in when it's described to me. It's much easier for me to take it in when i read it.

storker

mfceiling wrote: »

Verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, pronoun's.

Yeah not a clue.

Noun: The thing
Adjective: Describes the thing
Verb: What you did to the thing
Adverb: How you did it to the thing
Pronoun: How you refer to thing without using its name.

storker

CruelCoin wrote: »

Banter. Always had a hard time with it.
I'd rather have a good conversation on a topic, than 2 hours in the pub streaming my consciousness.

Also taking info in when it's described to me. It's much easier for me to take it in when i read it.

Banter gets boring very quickly. A deep dive into a topic is much more enjoyable.

storker

Skippyme wrote: »

Same here - I mean men have their framework and stick to it thinking they are strong and independent, yet they all copy each other with macho crap bullying other men as they don't have the fortitude of their own conviction

Seriously? I thought sex-stereotyping was a bad thing?

(Struggling?)

moslo

Understanding someone with a face mask. I was never good at understanding what people were saying but since Covid and widespread face masks it's become a lot more difficult.

Gael23

Being able to drop a soft comfortable shït every morning

Tea For Two

Remembering people’s names. I’m always squirming in a conversation when they keep saying my name and I can’t remember theirs.

bnt

CruelCoin wrote: »

Banter. Always had a hard time with it.
I'd rather have a good conversation on a topic, than 2 hours in the pub streaming my consciousness.

I can do banter, but my idea of banter usually isn't what the others are expecting. For example, a group could be banging on about sport, which I could hardly care less about, but I might have some (to me) interesting factoid about the boots, or the stadium, or the history of the sport. <Insert "crickets" sound effect here.>

For me it's shoelaces. I clearly remember seeing another kid in my class, about 8, doing up a shoe in about 2 seconds with a few twists of the fingers. I was about a year younger and the laces seemed to have a mind of their own, not going where I pushed or pulled them. This still happens to me sometimes, many years later.

nigeldaniel

Small talk. Never had a handle on it, and doubt I ever will.

emeldc

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

I’m 47, and I can’t read an analog clock. I understand the concept fine, but I can’t just look at one and instantly tell the time. Ive had a digital watch since I was 7, and I’ve never been in a position where I’ve had to rely on an analog clock to tell me the time.

Reminds me of a story my brother told some years back. He had a garage and he took on a young lad to give him a hand. Anywhooo the lad was under a car taking off an exhaust when he shouted from beneath. 'I can't get the nuts off'.
My bro said, 'are you turning them clockwise or anti clockwise'.
There was a bit of a pause and then the young lad said, 'ermmm, I dunno, I've only got a digital'.
That was his last day, poor lad.

JupiterKid

I can’t whistle or click my fingers properly.

Skippyme

storker wrote: »

Seriously? I thought sex-stereotyping was a bad thing?

(Struggling?)

Hi Storker, yes it is a bad thing ... but that would be like saying don't call chauvinists out. Stereotyping is what they believe should be reality like Man Up attitude, men are men & should do this and that but not the other etc.

Young guys still try to create an image of acceptable male behaviour for themselves along with lines that other guys will be persuaded to stay inside.

storker

Skippyme wrote: »

Hi Storker, yes it is a bad thing ... but that would be like saying don't call chauvinists out. Stereotyping is what they believe should be reality like Man Up attitude, men are men & should do this and that but not the other etc.

Young guys still try to create an image of acceptable male behaviour for themselves along with lines that other guys will be persuaded to stay inside.

Sorry, but I'm still struggling with...

I mean men have their framework and stick to it thinking they are strong and independent, yet they all copy each other with macho crap bullying other men as they don't have the fortitude of their own conviction

...and how it's not calling out chauvinists, but an entire gender. As a simple rule, if derogatory generalisations about women aren't acceptable, then they shouldn't be acceptable if aimed at men either.

storker

nigeldaniel wrote: »

Small talk. Never had a handle on it, and doubt I ever will.

Years ago, not long after the fall of communism, I was slow-dancing with a Hungarian girl in a London night club, and was so lost for something to talk about that I swear I asked her what changes she'd noticed since removal of the Iron Curtain.

We didn't leave the club together.

dastardly00

emeldc wrote: »

Reminds me of a story my brother told some years back. He had a garage and he took on a young lad to give him a hand. Anywhooo the lad was under a car taking off an exhaust when he shouted from beneath. 'I can't get the nuts off'.
My bro said, 'are you turning them clockwise or anti clockwise'.
There was a bit of a pause and then the young lad said, 'ermmm, I dunno, I've only got a digital'.
That was his last day, poor lad.

'righty tighty, lefty loosey' would have solved the problem there!

taylor3

Use cling film, the roll breaks my heart trying to find the start and then tear it.

Purple Mountain

Now that I think of it, I struggle with vertical and horizontal.
I can't instantly remember which is the correct name for which.
I always have to think that 'the horizon' is a horizontal line to remember.
Same with rows and columns in Excel.
I always remind myself that a column hangs downwards from a ceiling.

taytobreath

gettin out of the bed when im supposed to

janja

notsoyoungwan wrote: »

Spring forward, fall back- this helps me remember. But I still have to work it out by saying “so what was 7am is now only 6am so I get an extra hour in bed” etc.

Yes I was told this too! ButI can never remember if its Spring forward/fall back or fall forward/ spring back !:pac::pac::pac:

Mister Vain

storker wrote: »

Years ago, not long after the fall of communism, I was slow-dancing with a Hungarian girl in a London night club, and was so lost for something to talk about that I swear I asked her what changes she'd noticed since removal of the Iron Curtain.

We didn't leave the club together.

Reminds me of the date I had with a Polish girl years ago. We were in the pub and there was a fish tank behind us that I commented on. Not knowing what else to say I spent the next 20 minutes talking about fish. I still managed to get the shift though. She probably did it to shut me up more than anything.

marialouise

Fabio wrote: »

Can't click my fingers.

Usually not the most punctual either...but then, punctuality isn't always the most simple of things.

I mean like.. chronically bad time management in all aspects of my life! :eek: