things you feel you should know but don't?

emily91 Select Member Posts: 1,194	things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 11, 2021 13:19:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by emily91 on Apr 11, 2021 13:19:02 GMT -5 is their anything you feel that you should know, but you don't? mine is words to my national anthem. I know the tune... but don't know the words!

cassie Elite Member III Posts: 7,585	things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 11, 2021 13:27:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cassie on Apr 11, 2021 13:27:14 GMT -5 I know the first line of my national anthem... I do know the English one.. First line of the USA and the first line or two of the French !

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things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 11, 2021 13:29:09 GMT -5

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Apr 11, 2021 13:27:14 GMT -5 cassie said:

I know the first line of my national anthem... I do know the English one.. First line of the USA and the first line or two of the French !

you need to teach me the english one...

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things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 11, 2021 13:31:04 GMT -5

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I feel I should know a little more about the human body

it's a little embarrassing the stuff I do (or don't) know

especially when it comes to digestion

I should really know how a body processes food
I do it every day

a_muppet Global Moderator Posts: 35,019 Member is Online	things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 11, 2021 16:42:32 GMT -5 cassie likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by a_muppet on Apr 11, 2021 16:42:32 GMT -5 The national anthem is a disgrace. In the first place it is an awful dirge. In the second, it is insulting to the scots. I always refuse to stand up when it is played.
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things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 12, 2021 17:19:25 GMT -5 a_muppet likes this

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Post by Rebecca Jo on Apr 12, 2021 17:19:25 GMT -5

Learn Canada's instead.

I feel like I should know... how to solve a Rubik's Cube. I'm intelligent, but I don't have the patience or desire to learn. The boys will get them before me, tsk tsk.

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things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 13, 2021 0:14:11 GMT -5

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Apr 12, 2021 17:19:25 GMT -5 Rebecca Jo said:

Learn Canada's instead.

I feel like I should know... how to solve a Rubik's Cube. I'm intelligent, but I don't have the patience or desire to learn. The boys will get them before me, tsk tsk.

Why waste mental capacity?

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Post by jen on Apr 13, 2021 2:26:41 GMT -5

There are lots of things. My worst is getting to know people and exchanging names then just as quickly forgetting their names. I am terrible with names and it is very embarrasing at times.

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things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 13, 2021 16:54:39 GMT -5

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Apr 13, 2021 2:26:41 GMT -5 jen said:

There are lots of things. My worst is getting to know people and exchanging names then just as quickly forgetting their names. I am terrible with names and it is very embarrasing at times.

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things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 14, 2021 10:24:58 GMT -5

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Post by kjay on Apr 14, 2021 10:24:58 GMT -5

Apr 13, 2021 2:26:41 GMT -5 jen said:

There are lots of things. My worst is getting to know people and exchanging names then just as quickly forgetting their names. I am terrible with names and it is very embarrasing at times.

You just described me. I don't know why but it's the only thing that I can never seem to remember.

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heatherly Administrator Maintain low tones! Posts: 16,394	things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 14, 2021 12:58:51 GMT -5 jen likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heatherly on Apr 14, 2021 12:58:51 GMT -5 I also have trouble with names... I will remember your face, though lol

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I forget the names literally 3 seconds after hearing them. I also mix names of places and personal names a lot. I was confused and was going back and forth, when Annie said she's from north California, I kept thinking wait, did she say north California or Carolina? They both start on Ca and contain an R and are similar in the number of letters they contain. Why am I so bad at geography, teachers, I blame you.

I feel like I should know what I've learnt in school. I forgot most of the stuff. Or maybe it's in there somewhere but I have no way of accessing it. Like a huge unorganized archive or something. Am I being too optimistic right now?

Trivia, I am so bad at crosswords, literally the only thing I'm super confident about solving are the two letter ones where you write the first letter of first and last names of a person that is written as a clue.

These things like "sun king" and "black gold", somehow I was just expected to know this in school and nobody told me what it meant (sun king is Louis XIV and black gold is coal, not sure if it's the same abroad). So you're saying a 15 year old me is supposed to watch the news daily in hopes of somehow assimilating this knowledge? Yeah, not gonna happen.

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things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 15, 2021 2:16:31 GMT -5

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Post by jen on Apr 15, 2021 2:16:31 GMT -5

I am poor at crosswords too but do like doing Soduku occasionally. Usually at my mum's as she takes a newspaper so I do some of them.I find it funny how school stuff can come back after years hidden away. An example is French. I never did it at any great level but can sometimes remember words and translate them without really thinking whereas I find it very difficult with any new language.

heatherly Administrator Maintain low tones! Posts: 16,394	things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 15, 2021 12:38:03 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heatherly on Apr 15, 2021 12:38:03 GMT -5 I'm not great at crosswords either.... Word finds are fun.. lol I can do that at least. I mix up names and come up with my own words by mistake all the time, but it's usually really funny.

Popcorn&Candy Rare Member Posts: 11,364	things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 16, 2021 6:37:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Popcorn&Candy on Apr 16, 2021 6:37:06 GMT -5 I should have expertise in mathematics and never struggle with numbers.
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heatherly Administrator Maintain low tones! Posts: 16,394	things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 16, 2021 10:57:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by heatherly on Apr 16, 2021 10:57:18 GMT -5 I'm not great with math or numbers (I swap them around all the time). I have to be careful not to mix things up too much.

kjay Moderator Posts: 24,231	things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 16, 2021 16:50:58 GMT -5 heatherly likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kjay on Apr 16, 2021 16:50:58 GMT -5 I'm terrible with spelling, as a lot of you know, but i am great with numbers. 5 semesters of calculus. Don't ask me why lol....
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a_muppet Global Moderator Posts: 35,019 Member is Online	things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 17, 2021 4:06:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by a_muppet on Apr 17, 2021 4:06:34 GMT -5 Most anything really. I have a terrible memory.
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I should know how to speak French. I've always wanted to be fluent in the language. So much so, I attended classes. But I just could not get on with French. It is a real shame. But I am actually really good at German. Still, I never pursued it. I would be fluent within a few years of learning the language, though. German is really easy.

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adaline Junior Member Posts: 206	things you feel you should know but don't? Apr 17, 2021 5:35:57 GMT -5 heatherly and cassie like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by adaline on Apr 17, 2021 5:35:57 GMT -5 Speaking of german, I dreamt in english and german last night. Was a pleasant surprise and a bit witty.