Simple things you struggle with

Can't whistle.

Plasandrunt wrote: »

For example It takes me ages to open bin liners. Just this morning it must have taken me at least 15 minutes to manage to open a black bag when changing the rubbish. It feels like I've no grip on my fingers, I can't click my fingers so I've generally put my inability to perform a simple task down to this but it can be quite embarrassing when asking people in work to open up a bag for me.

Do you not use the old lickety-spit?

o1s1n wrote: »

Changing the ****ing duvet cover!

Many years ago I worked as an accommodation assistant in a 5 star hotel. Here's how I was taught to do it quickly: when you take off your duvet cover take it off so it's inside out. Leave it that way and launder it. When it's freshly laundered put your hands inside the duvet and grab the two top corners: right hand on top right corner, left hand on top left.

Now with your hands still holding the corners grab the two corresponding corners of your duvet and flip the duvet cover over the duvet still holding the corners. Shake it down and your cover is right side on. Button or tie the ends. Done.

I also found it fastest to start by picking the duvet up from the ground, then when it's covered keep holding the corners and throw the buttoned end of the duvet half way up the bed and throw the top end of the duvet where it should be at the top, then pull the lower half down so it all lays flat and finished...if you can follow that.

You can do it in less that 30 seconds if you do it often enough.

This explains the main part anyway:

Greentopia wrote: »

Many years ago I worked as an accommodation assistant in a 5 star hotel. Here's how I was taught to do it quickly: when you take off your duvet cover take it off so it's inside out. Leave it that way and launder it. When it's freshly laundered put your hands inside the duvet and grab the two top corners: right hand on top right corner, left hand on top left.

Now with your hands still holding the corners grab the two corresponding corners of your duvet and flip the duvet cover over the duvet still holding the corners. Shake it down and your cover is right side on. Button or tie the ends. Done.

I also found it fastest to start by picking the duvet up from the ground, then when it's covered keep holding the corners and throw the buttoned end of the duvet half way up the bed and throw the top end of the duvet where it should be at the top, then pull the lower half down so it all lays flat and finished...if you can follow that.

You can do it in less that 30 seconds if you do it often enough.

This explains the main part anyway:

1.30 in for the actual duvet change!

Doesn't everyone do it this way?

km991148 wrote: »

1.30 in for the actual duvet change!

Doesn't everyone do it this way?

Apparently not.

I can't whistle for the life of me.
I also have this really awkward way of holding a fork, I grasp the handle as if I'm holding a stick. It's the only way I can use it

Snapping my fingers

Reducing sugar intake. It has been 3 days since my last piece of chocolate and the headaches are unbearable.

Purple Mountain wrote: »

I'm the same with east and west.
I always have to remind myself that Into the West was filmed in Galway and Galway is to the left as we look at the Irish map!

Lol I'm the same with east & west. I'm in Dublin so I'm clearly not in the Wesht of Ireland. & I know I'm not in the North or even the South, & yet I still have to go through all that thought process to figure out the difference between East & west. Every single time.


Ulster & Munster I'm ok with, but have to put some thought into Leinster & Connacht. Figure connacht doesn't sound very Dublin City, so I'm left with guessing I'm in Leinster

Plasandrunt wrote: »

What are things that are generally seen as simple by others that you struggle with?

For example It takes me ages to open bin liners. Just this morning it must have taken me at least 15 minutes to manage to open a black bag when changing the rubbish. It feels like I've no grip on my fingers, I can't click my fingers so I've generally put my inability to perform a simple task down to this but it can be quite embarrassing when asking people in work to open up a bag for me.

Lick your thumb and fore finger and then wipe them together to dry them slightly then try and open bin liner,

Jokes are another one I struggle with. 99% of the time I won't get the joke. Even after the joke has to be explained to me, there's a few seconds delay for it register

silliussoddius wrote: »

Snapping my fingers

That's easy.

angel eyes 2012 wrote: »

Reducing sugar intake. It has been 3 days since my last piece of chocolate and the headaches are unbearable.

Awe just have some or maybe take a panel or a nurofen if you have some. Why suffer when you do not have too.

Gruffalux wrote: »

I have car blindness. Cannot recognise them. It does not matter how fancy or expensive your car is unless it is purple and remarkably zany I will have forgotten what it looks like by the time you drive off and will never recognise you on the road by your car. It is nothing personal - occasionally I struggle to find my own car in a packed car park.
Also donkey - apparently dunkey is not how they are pronounced but fcuk you and the dunkey you rode in on!

Awe that's a pity. Obviously they do interest your brain and it just seems them as objects that do a job and that's it.

Sonics2k wrote: »

Whistling. 36 years old and trying to learn for bloody years now and just can't get it right.

Yep I can do that but not the two fingered whistle thing. Could never do that whistle thing.

mistress_gi wrote: »

Geography in general, wether it's directions, knowing where i am (if a new place of course).
Needless is to say i go in a lot of adventures, especially if going to a new place.

That sounds like fun.
I want to go on adventures with you and we can get lost together lol.
Geography do in school I loved it. Was one of my stronger subjects that and history.