POLL: You've tried and tried but you just can't get the hang of.....

[Hawkeye]

What?

For me - it's cooking. I am a horrible cook. I have tried so hard so many times - i just can't get the hang of it.


What about you?

 

[mskitchmas]

losing weight!

 

[medusalox]

Sewing.

...In home ec in middle school, I broke 5 sewing machines. One even had smoke come out of it...and then I impaled myself with a sewing needle. We were supposed to make tshirts, and then in our computer class we were going to create graphics to iron onto it...my teacher told me that if I just went and bought a shirt, she'd give me an A, just as long as I didn't touch anything else.

 

[kimmy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by medusalox Sewing. ...In home ec in middle school, I broke 5 sewing machines. One even had smoke come out of it...and then I impaled myself with a sewing needle. We were supposed to make tshirts, and then in our computer class we were going to create graphics to iron onto it...my teacher told me that if I just went and bought a shirt, she'd give me an A, just as long as I didn't touch anything else.

i can kind of sew, but i can't get the hang of treading the damn machine. everytime, i follow the book's instructions step by step and i always fuck it up somehow.

my mom is like a sewing genius since she's been doing it for like 30 years. she sewed all my clothes when i was little, and all my jammies now, and she quilts...she pretty much can handle any sewing task. so she's showed me how to thread the machine too...and i STILL mess it up everytime!

i don't know why...

 

[Vicky88]

Cooking, crafts of any kind and liquid eyeliner!

 

[medusalox]

Quote:

Originally Posted by THE ANTHEM i can kind of sew, but i can't get the hang of treading the damn machine. everytime, i follow the book's instructions step by step and i always fuck it up somehow. my mom is like a sewing genius since she's been doing it for like 30 years. she sewed all my clothes when i was little, and all my jammies now, and she quilts...she pretty much can handle any sewing task. so she's showed me how to thread the machine too...and i STILL mess it up everytime! i don't know why...

I can do a running stitch (is that what its called) by hand if I concentrate really hard. Sewing machines explode when I look at them, however

 

[spectrolite]

Argh those damned eye puzzles. You know the ones that are made up of patterns and you are meant to see something in them? I could never do those and it still bothers me!!

 

[Beauty Mark]

Whistling and snapping my fingers. It's really sad, but I can't whistle or snap my fingers. I'm physically coordinated, too, so I don't get it.

 

[Chic 2k6]

Vegetables lol i absolutely HATE them, i tried and tried them but i cant ge tthe hang of them yeuch.

i cant get the hang of driving manual car (stick) i'm gonna have driving lessons in March but ive been trying to learn how to drive manual but i cant do it *sigh* i can only do Automatic, but im doing my test in manual blah

 

[IslandGirl77]

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Originally Posted by Chic 2k6 Vegetables lol i absolutely HATE them, i tried and tried them but i cant ge tthe hang of them yeuch. i cant get the hang of driving manual car (stick) i'm gonna have driving lessons in March but ive been trying to learn how to drive manual but i cant do it *sigh* i can only do Automatic, but im doing my test in manual blah

Took me two months to drive a manual car. I suck at word problems and at math. LOL

 

[Simply Elegant]

Sewing. I've gotten way better but some of the techniques are just way too hard for me. I can make simple tops and shorts but nothing else really.

 

[claresauntie]

I love driving stickshift!

I can't get the hang of numbers/math, nor can I sing in tune without a voice to sing along with.

 

[kimmy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beauty Mark Whistling and snapping my fingers. It's really sad, but I can't whistle or snap my fingers. I'm physically coordinated, too, so I don't get it.

don't feel bad, i can't snap either.

 

[SARAHluvsMAC]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mskitchmas losing weight!

amen!

 

[queenofdisaster]

hmmmmmmm.... cleaning my house! LOL!!!! no seriously. whistling. i am so jealous of ppl that can whistle. grrrrrr!

 

[medusalox]

I cannot say the word "Rural". I can give you a great definition of the word, but my mouth will just not spit it out correctly.

"Peculiar" is another one that I just cannot say.

 

[user79]

Quote:

Originally Posted by spectrolite Argh those damned eye puzzles. You know the ones that are made up of patterns and you are meant to see something in them? I could never do those and it still bothers me!!

Yeah those 3d magic eye ones right? I was able to do one - ONCE - for like a few seconds, and never again. So frustrating when everyone else can see the image and all you see is a blur of colours.

 

[Bernadette]

Bloody marys.
They are one of my favorite drinks but I just can't seem to get them right. I made one last night that was half-way decent but still a little off

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[Shawna]

Keeping my mouth shut when I know I should

I have a runaway tongue at the best of times. Most people either love that about me or hate me. Eh, either way, I need to learn to keep quiet in certain situations. I tell myself that I shouldn't say what is in my head and next thing, it just pops out and horrifies people. I tend to have a very dry sense of humour so most people think I am being serious. Scares the crap out of them. I am pretty good here though because I'll type out a rant and then delete it before I post it. Every once and a while I'll post some pretty cheeky stuff though. Speaking of scaring the crap out of people, time to go to work

 

[d_flawless]

this is so lame, but speaking in spanish. i'm a spanish major and trust me, after 8 years of drilling the grammar, i can read and write it with near fluency...speaking on the other hand, omg...
it's weird, but i speak hella good spanish when i'm drunk, lol