now considered useless traits

[MTGomer]

I can look person straight in the eye, shake his hand, and not get two steps away before I forgot his name.

 

[YoungGun]

Spotting a grouse or any other upland bird from the road at any speed. They were the first thing I was allowed to shoot, but I had to spot my own.

 

[jryoung]

Maybe this is backwards but according to my father in law, I've lost the art of being a lead car when he was following me to a very well known destination that I provided a map link to.

 

[noharleyyet]

Maybe this is backwards but according to my father in law, I've lost the art of being a lead car when he was following me to a very well known destination that I provided a map link to.

 

[Europe]

virgin until married

Ken, would you be so kind as to add a meme to my post

 

[Irrelevant]

Per the heading I think depending on the day my wife would claim all of my traits are useless.

@Oak I too am fond of that skill. I couldn't believe the other day I was talking to an intern about college and he had never heard of a beer bong or keg stand... shameful.

 

[dirtclod Az.]

I can hit anything with a dirtclod or rock
at phenomenal distances, sometimes on accident. (windows)

 

[Deleted member 28227]

I can text 20 wpm on a flip phone

 

[noharleyyet]

virgin until married

Ken, would you be so kind as to add a meme to my post

 

[YoungGun]

I can hit anything with a dirtclod or rock
at phenomenal distances, sometimes on accident. (windows)

Name checks out.

 

[BirdManMike]

I can text 20 wpm on a flip phone

T9 word, predictive texting!

 

[BirdManMike]

Keeping with the text message theme...


Texting while driving.

 

[Letthemgrow]

The post on "best advice" got me thinking about specific traits or specialties you posses that most people either laugh at or consider useless.

For me its working an Axe. I don't brag on myself much, but I can absolutely equivalently handle an axe.

My dad and I had a logging company growing up. We sold firewood. All hand cut, hand split and delivered. We cut, split and delivered well over 5,000 cord of wood. I split every one of them. I when I say a cord of wood, I mean real cord of wood, not today's math.

I cant for the life of me understand a log splitter. Our neighbors got one when I was about 15. My dad bet them a few cases of beer i could beat him and his son with it. I did and it wasn't even close. I cannot confirm nor deny that the ol man may have shared the beer with me.

Seems like now everyone has to have a damn log splitter. I am 52 and to this day will still out split anyone, anytime, anyplace, especially a damn log splitter.

Like I said useless trait. But if your ever stuck in woods trying to build a fire, I am your guy!

you're . . . grammar OCD specialist

 

[EYJONAS!]

Making friends on a internet forum and actually going on a hunting trip with em without ever even meeting them before hand sometimes...... my wife thinks I'm weird AF and says I'm asking for a problem. I told her she's crazy and that you can't believe everyone on this world is a psychopath.

I guess if I sit back and look at it more..... I'd still what I'm doing. Been lots of fun some great people on here!

 

[LousyResident]

Maybe this is backwards but according to my father in law, I've lost the art of being a lead car when he was following me to a very well known destination that I provided a map link to.

Oh man, following someone who can't lead or leading someone who can't follow is a pain! My wife, awesome as she is, is terrible at both. She'll stop at a yellow light I went through knowing there was plenty of time for her to make it. Or she'll stay so far back that she'll miss lights just by sheer distance. Then I have to pull over and wait . . .

 

[Dsnow9]

I can take a phone call 80 ft up in a tree and continue working while I carry on the conversation. Part of that is because of blue tooth integrated into my helmet though….

 

[MTLabrador]

Making friends on a internet forum and actually going on a hunting trip with em without ever even meeting them before hand sometimes...... my wife thinks I'm weird AF and says I'm asking for a problem. I told her she's crazy and that you can't believe everyone on this world is a psychopath.

I guess if I sit back and look at it more..... I'd still what I'm doing. Been lots of fun some great people on here!

Between snowdrifts, flying wall tents, and almost having to shoot a grizzly and fight off an angry drunk woman she may be right..

 

[EYJONAS!]

Between snowdrifts, flying wall tents, and almost having to shoot a grizzly and fight off an angry drunk woman she may be right..

We're alive aren't we..... round 2 in 22?

 

[Falcon75]

CTE

Oh that explains a lot for me now.

 

[MTLabrador]

We're alive aren't we..... round 2 in 22?

I’ll be there.