Whats one of your hidden talents?

I can talk to bees. I don't understand it, but it's something I've been doing for as long as I can remember into early childhood. "Tell them who you are", my grandfather told me. I can calm a single bee or a swarm with a few words and hand signs. "I am not a flower", and gently wave them away, usually works.
I'm also a fairly good finger picker on my six string acoustic guitar.
 
Brian Van Fleet said:
Interesting single chain ring/cassette combo. Guessing your terrain is hilly?
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Idk, it seems like a pretty standard 1x wide-range cassette. They're pretty standard equipment for mountain bikes in the past five years or so. It probably ranges from a 50-tooth gear to 11-tooth for the smallest. Clutched wide-range derailleurs can do some pretty wild stuff, as long as you keep them in good shape

Just for comparison, here's the cheapest build of Salsa's hardtail mountain bike. 1x10, 30-tooth crankset up front, 11-48t in the back

Salsa Cycles | Adventure by Bike

www.salsacycles.com www.salsacycles.com
 
I learned how to knapp in college when I was studying experimental archaeology, but I never got to be good at it. I'd love to get to the point that I can knock an eight-inch flake off a blade core, but for now, my time is limited, so I've narrowed down my formerly numerous hobbies to just bonsai and D&D. I hope that later in life, I'll be able to escape the office grind and dedicate some time to the interests I was able to pursue as a student.
 
Gabler said:
I learned how to knapp in college when I was studying experimental archaeology, but I never got to be good at it. I'd love to get to the point that I can knock an eight-inch flake off a blade core, but for now, my time is limited, so I've narrowed down my formerly numerous hobbies to just bonsai and D&D. I hope that later in life, I'll be able to escape the office grind and dedicate some time to the interests I was able to pursue as a student.
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Blade cores are fascinating
 
Brian Van Fleet said:
Interesting single chain ring/cassette combo. Guessing your terrain is hilly? What does that bike weigh?

My hidden talent is drumming, though it’s tough to “hide” something that noisy.
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Its pretty flat here but most of the year looks like this. It's a fat bike and i swap to a 29 inch wheelset for the summer. The drivetrain is really for this type of riding where I'm trudging along at like 5mph.

Not sure on the weight. It's a 2014 salsa mukluk titanium frame, carbon fork, rims and bars so it's about as light as I can get it until I start packing winter gear on.

I'm lucky to have a groomed dog sled trail network within a couple mile of my house. I get a lot of riding out there in the winter.
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Brian Van Fleet said:
Interesting single chain ring/cassette combo. Guessing your terrain is hilly? What does that bike weigh?

My hidden talent is drumming, though it’s tough to “hide” something that noisy.
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Haha. So that’s why I like your trees Brian. Jk.

I am also a drummer. Self taught at 19 yrs old. My buddies started a band and I didn’t want to miss out on the fun so I learned the drums and subsequently Latin percussion. Our band La Junta played locally for 13 years. We went on 2 west coast tours and released 4 albums, which are on Spotify, one of which is a live album. We were a decently big deal locally but it never went further once we all started making families. Here’s a few videos from our hay day.



 
My hidden talent is quite subtle: I seem to be the Camp Counselor for the universe. Every store I shop in, other customers assume I know where things are located. When I go to the garden center to shop, other customers ask me all kinds of gardening questions. When I go to the library, people ask me what books they should read. People tell me their life stories and their problems at the drop of a hat. When I stand at the deli counter, people ask me what to buy for their wife who just had surgery and doesn't want to eat...you get the picture.

This started when I was a teen! Later on, my husband thought it was due to me smiling and making eye contact with other people, so I tried an experiment: I did not look at anyone for a week and even then, people asked me questions or for advice. So no, it is not because I make eye contact with strangers. (I live in a small town and this all happens in the presence of many others, so I never feel afraid.)

Since this seems to be my hidden talent, I try to honor it by always taking time to listen. I offer advice if I can but mostly encouragement. So many folks have no one in their lives who just stand quietly and listen. I never look at my watch or get impatient, I always seem to have the time to listen.

If you have more time to read, I will tell you one of the funny conversations I had a the garden center. They were having a sale on clematis, so I was looking at the plants. You all surely know that some clematis flower on old wood, and some on new and old wood. The ones that flower on both new and old wood are more desirable because you get more flowers sooner. As I was pondering my purchase, of course another shopper came up to me and asked me about clematis. I was explaining new and old wood to her, and she said, "Well, I want to plant it near a split rail fence, would that be considered old wood?"

Sometimes I have to try really hard not to laugh at my campers.

Thanks for listening to my TEDTalk. Now back to others' hidden talents!

P.S. My children seem to have inherited my hidden talent, and I am very proud of them when they take time to help others. If I have taught them anything, it is ALWAYS BE KIND.
 
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I can subnet IPv4 addresses in my head. Sadly, IPv4 is dead (long live IPv4!) and IPv6 is just too big to fathom really. While there is subnetting in IPv6, its different.

Otherwise, ...I can count pretty high and occasionally I'm able to get a real laugh out of my wife.
 
Hartinez said:
Haha. So that’s why I like your trees Brian. Jk.

I am also a drummer. Self taught at 19 yrs old. My buddies started a band and I didn’t want to miss out on the fun so I learned the drums and subsequently Latin percussion. Our band La Junta played locally for 13 years. We went on 2 west coast tours and released 4 albums, which are on Spotify, one of which is a live album. We were a decently big deal locally but it never went further once we all started making families. Here’s a few videos from our hay day.
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Good stuff! Great combo of instruments, cool vibe.
 
I know a little bit about everything, not a whole lot, just the tiniest snippets of information, but about damn near everything.

NOW, as for my hidden talent: the ability for people to approach me asking advice or to fix things that I don’t know anything about but they’re convinced I’m the only expert able to save them in their hour of need. I get asked the most random things and people turn both flabbergasted and disappointed when I can’t help them
 
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