Hidden Talents

Emptyman had this on his web site. I thought I would respond here. I encourage you to come up with your own answers.

Your Six Secret Skills

So let's hear your six secret skills. Things you can do that not everybody knows about. Talents that surprise people when they find out you have them. Not bits of history like meeting Alex Trebeck, not innate characteristics like being ambidextrous, but actual hidden abilities you have acquired. Your secret super-powers, if you will.

Ok Emptyman, here are mine.

Talents:
1. I am good at every sport I have ever tried. I am always the best on my team at everything.
2. I can play Spades, Hearts, Cribbage, Euchre, Pinnacle and Gin better than you.
3. I learn everything technical very quickly - no matter what it is. This is how I make a living.
4. I can cook very good Italian food. I am not Italian. Four years doing it in high school helps.
5. I can quote lines from every good movie from the 80's. I own and watch them all.
6. Arm wrestle - in my whole life I have been beat twice. I don't look that strong so no one ever believes me until I beat them.

The flip side: six things that people often assume you can do, but can't.

1. I can't float and can barely swim. Everyone thinks because I was in the Navy that I am a frogman.
2. I don't know a lot about computers. I fake it well (see #3 above).
3. I have no artistic ability. I can't sing, play an instrument, draw or paint. I think they assume I can because most of my family can.
4. I can't tend bar - I know all kinds of drinks and know all about bartending (married to one for years). People just assume I have tended bar.
5. I don't know a lot about cars. I guess in the ghetto we are supposed to know all about cars.
6. I can't speak any other languages. I have traveled a lot and people assume I can speak another language...they speak English everywhere. Why do I need to speak another language.

A quote for all those 80's movie nuts:
"Relax, alright, my old man is a television repairman. He has this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it."