If you could have one talent you currently don't possess

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  • Borg
    Tour de CS 2013?
    • Dec 2008
    • 1501

    #1

    If you could have one talent you currently don't possess

    what would it be?

    I would love to play the piano. I've thought about this as I watch my 16 year old daughter just play such beautiful pieces on the piano. I could listen to her play all day long.

    So relaxing, it's like therapy to calm my nerves at the end of the day.

    I'm going to master the piano one day.
    "Newton's First Law of Motion: ...things at rest tend to stay at rest. Things in motion, tend to stay in motion...."

    Hmm... Good motivation for me to remain active I guess.
  • UtahDan
    *
    • Nov 2008
    • 14496

    #2
    Impulse control.

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    • wuapinmon
      Soul Plumber
      • Dec 2008
      • 30711

      #3
      telekinesis
      "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
      The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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      • New Mexican Disaster
        Suomalainen
        • Nov 2008
        • 4549

        #4
        Drawing or painting.

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        • All-American
          Right, as Usual
          • Nov 2008
          • 15657

          #5
          Ability to heal quickly. Much more important than adamantium claws.
          τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα πλείονες ἢ δυόμενον προσκυνοῦσιν

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          • CardiacCoug
            вот так штука
            • Nov 2008
            • 11013

            #6
            The ability to fake sincerity.

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            • San Juan Sun
              Kicked to the curb
              • Dec 2009
              • 9214

              #7
              The ability to provide witty, incisive Internet message board banter.
              "Sure, I fought. I had to fight all my life just to survive. They were all against me. Tried every dirty trick to cut me down, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch."

              - Ty Cobb

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              • Babs
                Not a Lawyer
                • Nov 2008
                • 17128

                #8
                Originally posted by CardiacCoug View Post
                The ability to fake sincerity.
                You want to go into politics?

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                • smokymountainrain
                  Impressive Member
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 22593

                  #9
                  Sorry, not sure I can choose just one, but the few that come to mind right off the bat are

                  1. musical ability - similar to borg, I'd love to be able to play piano and I'd love to be able to sing well.

                  2. I've always wanted to be able to do a flip. Just stand on the ground, do a flip and land on my feet.

                  3. I wish I were more talented with regard to being handy around the house and the car, and more skilled at building things.

                  4. Math. I wish I were talented at math.
                  I'm like LeBron James.
                  -mpfunk

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                  • cougjunkie
                    *Banned*
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 23223

                    #10
                    100 mph fastball.
                    *Banned*

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                    • Surfah
                      Where's Wallace?
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 33726

                      #11
                      I can't think of anything I can't already do exceptionally well.
                      "Nobody listens to Turtle."
                      -Turtle
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                      • Jeff Lebowski
                        Corporate lackey for Jesus
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 69620

                        #12
                        Originally posted by CardiacCoug View Post
                        The ability to fake sincerity.
                        Ditto.

                        If I don't like someone I do a lousy job of faking nice or pretending to be interested. Drives my wife insane.
                        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                        • RobinFinderson
                          Banned
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 10548

                          #13
                          101 mph fastball.

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                          • San Juan Sun
                            Kicked to the curb
                            • Dec 2009
                            • 9214

                            #14
                            Ability to hit 100+ mph fastballs.
                            "Sure, I fought. I had to fight all my life just to survive. They were all against me. Tried every dirty trick to cut me down, but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch."

                            - Ty Cobb

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                            • Eddie
                              Senior Member
                              • Apr 2009
                              • 8098

                              #15
                              I'd love to have the ability to always pick the winners - against the spread, of course.

                              If that doesn't work out, I could live with having the talent to identify which stocks are going to increase in value by 20% or more over the next 30-60 days.

                              I'd like to be able to golf as well as the awesome leader of North Korea. I just imagine that coming in under par on every single hole and getting a hole in one on around half of the holes would be pretty cool.

                              I'd love to be able to repair stuff better. Cars. My house. Etc.

                              I'd love to be able to play guitar. I've got one. Took some Community Ed classes. Need to practice a LOT more. And take more classes. I've got a bro-in-law who can play just about anything by ear. Wish I could.

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