Which Skill or Craft Did You Wish You Learned When You Were Younger?

[LukeEl]

I would say I would have loved to learn carpentry, electircal work, or some form of engineering.

 

[xfire]

Woodworking. I've done some, but nothing to the extent I would like.

 

[ApolloBalboa]

Carpentry or mechanics. I've tried seeing if I could do something along the lines of an apprenticeship for either, but it seems that that's not something people really do nowadays.

 

[Bearded_Menace]

Ship building. Particularly making ships and boats out of wood.

 

[DR. B]

I wish my parents had paid for piano lessons

 

[Helldude]

I wish the talents I already had could have been more useful in school :O

 

[gunslingingbird]

I had, at some point or another, thought of becoming a luthier.

Woodworking. I've done some, but nothing to the extent I would like.

Isn't that what we all do on Freeones: wood work? :rubbel:

Ship building. Particularly making ships and boats out of wood.

In SF, over by Fisherman's Wharf, the California Historical Society actually has a pier and a shop where people can learn the craft of shipbuilding. They actually do much of the restoration and maintenance on the historical vessels around the bay.

 

[Rey C.]

I'm glad that I chose the path that I did. But I hold machinists and (floor level) manufacturing engineers in the highest regard. When I go into facilities, I may treat a (bad) plant manager or superintendent like a piece of crap. But I always try to be respectful toward machinists (manual and CNC). I've met machinists who have a more solid hold on engineering principles than some engineers with degrees. I've gone back and taken classes on my own time & dime to learn how to write CNC programs and do light CAD/CAM work. I'll likely never do that for a living, but it's something that I'm really proud that I (somewhat) understand how to do.

Maybe it's not for everyone. But when younger people complain that there are "no jobs"... depending on where you live, if you know how to program a CNC machine tool or a robot, you could easily have a job tomorrow - and those jobs tend to pay rather well ($20/hour +). IMO, the technology that's being used in the manufacturing sector these days is REALLY fascinating.

 

[STDiva]

Any sort of handiwork. I'm the least handy person on the planet.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

The ability to destroy stuff with my mind. Dirl would so totally have his head assploded by now if I had that in my repertoire.

 

[Shifty]

F18 Piloting.

 

[Arkham Knyte]

Welding

 

[lurkingdirk]

It's an interesting question. I was very fortunate in that I had a lot of different kinds of music lessons, but I also was part of a large family that all did construction. So I'm musical and handy. I'm a double threat.

One thing that I would love to be able to do, and feel free to mock me openly, I'm fine with that, my penis is bigger than yours, is glass blowing and stained glass. I love it.

 

[BCT]

I wish I could have perfected my throat rips.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

It's an interesting question. I was very fortunate in that I had a lot of different kinds of music lessons, but I also was part of a large family that all did construction. So I'm musical and handy. I'm a double threat.

One thing that I would love to be able to do, and feel free to mock me openly, I'm fine with that, my penis is bigger than yours, is glass blowing and stained glass. I love it.

Anything yet? I've been focusing solely on your signature and avatar for the last half hour and I want to know if you've at least got a headache.

 

[squallumz]

what, no witchcraft? :stir:

 

[bahodeme]

Play Rugby. There are other things like painting that I think is great, but I don't have the acumen for.

 

[lurkingdirk]

Anything yet? I've been focusing solely on your signature and avatar for the last half hour and I want to know if you've at least got a headache.

I wondered what was going on.

Bastard

 

[Mr. Numb3rs]

either playing bass or my drawing.

 

[LeyaFalcon]

How to get attention LOL ... I don't know, I have always been very artsy so I was always very good at crafts (painting I still love to do), I never really had many friends so I was always reading big books way higher than at my age level so I learned how to speak properly and write from that I suppose. Other than all of that, I can't think of anything so basically I am good at anything requiring calling attention to myself, anything involving using words or logic and also creative and dramatic things.