What Skill Do You Wish You Had ?

[Huyton Layne]

Probably keeping a beat or ninja skills. Or both.

 

[PhilM]

The ability to have any grasp of cryptic crosswords as they utterly baffle me, as to me you'd have to be on the same psychotic drug they used.

I'm more than competent at standard crosswords, even pretty difficult ones, but cryptic crosswords are just beyond me and my linear mind.

 

[The Esk]

The ability to have any grasp of cryptic crosswords as they utterly baffle me, as to me you'd have to be on the same psychotic drug they used.

I'm more than competent at standard crosswords, even pretty difficult ones, but cryptic crosswords are just beyond me and my linear mind.

@roydo is your man

 

[silent bob]

The ability to have any grasp of cryptic crosswords as they utterly baffle me, as to me you'd have to be on the same psychotic drug they used.

I'm more than competent at standard crosswords, even pretty difficult ones, but cryptic crosswords are just beyond me and my linear mind.

All crosswords are just word association.

Cryptic just try to mask that association.

 

[roydo]

The ability to have any grasp of cryptic crosswords as they utterly baffle me, as to me you'd have to be on the same psychotic drug they used.

I'm more than competent at standard crosswords, even pretty difficult ones, but cryptic crosswords are just beyond me and my linear mind.

If you know the codes, for want of a better word, they become less of a mystery. Random example from todays Telegraph.

"Hereditary, in part? Correct" 4

The answer is hidden, (in part?) in the first word, "Hereditary" "Edit" means "To correct".

See?

But there are tons to pick up!

 

[nosejam]

@roydo is your man

I'm sure that was 32 down in the last one I tried.

 

[roydo]

The ability to have any grasp of cryptic crosswords as they utterly baffle me, as to me you'd have to be on the same psychotic drug they used.

I'm more than competent at standard crosswords, even pretty difficult ones, but cryptic crosswords are just beyond me and my linear mind.

http://bigdave44.com/

This helps as well.

 

[tommye]

If you know the codes, for want of a better word, they become less of a mystery. Random example from todays Telegraph.

"Hereditary, in part? Correct" 4

The answer is hidden, (in part?) in the first word, "Hereditary" "Edit" means "To correct".

See?

But there are tons to pick up!

 

[roydo]

Thats me looking at a wall plug or a radiator mate.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

• If you know the codes, for want of a better word, they become less of a mystery. Random example from todays Telegraph.

"Hereditary, in part? Correct" 4

The answer is hidden, (in part?) in the first word, "Hereditary" "Edit" means "To correct".

See?

But there are tons to pick up!

Clever mule (5-3)

 

[ItsOKImAPilot]

Small talk w/strangers happens so easily on here though.

Got any pets?

 

[ItsOKImAPilot]

That is strangely one of the things I've always been relatively good at. There's been a few times when I've been out for a drink with my Dad and he's been amazed at how I can just talk to people, about absolutely anything. It helps in my work, and has led to me doing some fairly scary but exciting stuff recently. The first time I've ever been in a lecture theater and I was stood up at the front, and being live streamed.

Its really strange, because as I was growing up, the one thing I could never say I was, was confident, I'm not particularly now, I guess I'm just braver.

What's weird is I have zero problem talking in front of people during lectures or briefings, I just have a hard time making small talk in social situations. Kills me in dating. I'm confident I just have no idea what to talk about.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

I always regret that I can't speak a foreign language. I'd also love to be able to sing in tune.

Funnily enough mine are both the same as yours.

I'm learning Spanish now via that Duolingo and keeping up with it everyday. Thinking of going to Spain for a month in summer and learning properly at a school.

Also thinking of singing lessons for that very reason.

Just do it! [insert Shia Lebouf clip]

 

[summerisle]

Funnily enough mine are both the same as yours.

I'm learning Spanish now via that Duolingo and keeping up with it everyday. Thinking of going to Spain for a month in summer and learning properly at a school.

Also thinking of singing lessons for that very reason.

Just do it! [insert Shia Lebouf clip]

Can the tuneless ever hold a tune ?

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Can the tuneless ever hold a tune ?

I'm led to believe so. And that's not by someone just trying to grab my money either!