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Posted: 1/10/2018 10:02:06 AM EDT

[#1]

I am a master of sarcasm and profanity.

Posted: 1/10/2018 10:07:49 AM EDT

[#2]

My whole life I've been better than average at most things. Great? No, though I'm heading toward being great at forgetting things.

Posted: 1/10/2018 10:10:59 AM EDT

[#3]

I'm good at lots of things. Great at none of them.

Posted: 1/10/2018 10:11:41 AM EDT

[#4]

No, but I sometimes have delusions of adequacy.

Posted: 1/10/2018 10:12:34 AM EDT

[#5]

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Mediocre

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At best.

Posted: 1/10/2018 10:15:05 AM EDT

[#6]

I do alright with the cameras and whatnot.

The GF on the other hand...her ability to draw is the stuff of legend.

Posted: 1/10/2018 10:16:32 AM EDT

[#7]

Internationally known and locally accepted.

Posted: 1/10/2018 10:21:25 AM EDT

[#8]

Great dad.

Posted: 1/10/2018 10:25:08 AM EDT

[#9]

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I was great at something
I loved it, to the point that I was was willing to sacrifice my health and 2 marriages in order to be able to do it.
In the end I was so damaged I could no longer walk on my own or lift my kids up to hug them. Multiple concussions left me with occasional seizures and re occurring optical fade outs.
I was forced to retire.

In the 3 years since then I have tried to make up for years of being a long distance father and husband, recovered some of my mobility, and the most serious of the neurological damage seems to be slowly fixing itself.

But when I’m alone with my thoughts I miss it terribly.

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Rodeo Clown?

Posted: 1/10/2018 10:31:16 AM EDT

[#10]

I consider myself great at my job. At least compared to my coworkers, simply by being willing to actually do my job and not just sit on my ass all day collecting a pay check.

I was great at school until senioritis struck me during sophomore year. I could ace just about anything without studying, simply stopped doing most of the homework. I was also a great concert saxophonist through tenth grade, when I gave it up due to schedule constraints. I kinda wish now I had done bass in the orchestra. I'm (causally) trying to learn bass guitar now, and playing a stringed instrument after so many years of a wind instrument is making me question having called myself a musician. What is this more than one note at a time nonsense? It doesn't have a fixed tuning? Crazy talk!

I'm not nearly as athletic as I was in my younger days, but I used to be naturally good at most sports (basketball was a notable exception to this), and I was actually a truly great goalkeeper in soccer, my main sport. Really the thing I was or probably ever will be the greatest at. The one thing I'd consider myself to have truly mastered. Great enough at it I'm still pretty pissed I didn't have the support from my parents to actually pursue it seriously, because I had a shot at a pro career. My future kids will NEVER be told "that's too big of a commitment".

Posted: 1/10/2018 10:34:44 AM EDT

[#11]

Why yes, yes I am.

Posted: 1/10/2018 10:36:53 AM EDT

[#12]

Funny you should ask.

This came out of my fortune cookie last week.

Posted: 1/10/2018 11:03:06 AM EDT

[#13]

Sure, back in glory days, but that was then and this is now. gotta keep moving forward and enjoying new stuff.

Posted: 1/10/2018 11:15:35 AM EDT

[#14]

I was a great speller in school. Won 4th, 5th and 7th grade spelling bees. Runner up in 6th and 8th grade. I think I'm a great shooter of a shotgun. Best score in a Sporting clays tourney was a 98/100. Was a State Champ one year. I also think I'm great at taking care of my family.

Posted: 1/10/2018 11:18:42 AM EDT

[#15]

I am a Marine and a Cola Warrior therefore, I am a great janitor and can eat peep with the best.

That's gotta count for something.

Right?

Posted: 1/10/2018 11:25:30 AM EDT

[#16]

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I was a great speller in school. Won 4th, 5th and 7th grade spelling bees. Runner up in 6th and 8th grade. I think I'm a great shooter of a shotgun. Best score in a Sporting clays tourney was a 98/100. Was a State Champ one year. I also think I'm great at taking care of my family.

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Right on. I am also a great speller. 7 time champ. '87-'94

Posted: 1/10/2018 6:11:03 PM EDT

[#17]

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I'm very good at being retired. I'll be great in a few years.

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5 years in a couple weeks, approaching greatness.

Posted: 1/10/2018 6:17:42 PM EDT

[#18]

In my career choice, great would be an innovator. I was not but have been told and documented on performance evaluations to be outstanding in emergency ops. I loved it and ot seemed like the sketchier things got the calmer I felt. It was like I could see things evolving 3 steps ahead of most people. When people trust your assessments and solutions without question is a amazing and humble feeling.

Posted: 1/10/2018 6:23:03 PM EDT

[#19]

I've been exceptional at avoiding death on several occasions...

I'm also pretty damn good at what I do for a living.

Posted: 1/10/2018 6:23:29 PM EDT

[#20]

I can make a gun so pretty people and animals are proud to get shot by it.....

Posted: 1/10/2018 6:26:06 PM EDT

[#21]

Still married after 30

Kids ain’t murderers

Ain’t burned the house down sweating pipes or doing electrical work

Average height for muh weight I guess.

Posted: 1/10/2018 6:35:06 PM EDT

[#22]

I'm a great procrastinator.

Posted: 1/10/2018 6:40:15 PM EDT

[#23]

Great, no, but I am outstanding!

Posted: 1/10/2018 6:41:09 PM EDT

[#24]

I am pretty good at just getting by. I don't have the energy for much more than that.

Posted: 1/10/2018 7:40:06 PM EDT

[#25]

I make good food. Teach others to do so as well.

Posted: 1/10/2018 8:02:12 PM EDT

[#26]

I'm really fucking awesome!! if I don't say so myself

Posted: 1/10/2018 8:03:37 PM EDT

[#27]

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Im great at banging chicks half my age.

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As far as skills go that's a pretty fucking good one

Posted: 1/10/2018 8:12:34 PM EDT

[#28]

I’m great at Microsoft Excel. Good at a bunch of other stuff.

Posted: 1/10/2018 8:30:15 PM EDT

[#29]

I'm a great lab guy (sample concrete). Got me training nOObs after 5 months at this company

Posted: 1/10/2018 8:42:42 PM EDT

[#30]

I'm simply great at not being great. I try hard thou!

Posted: 1/11/2018 5:33:56 AM EDT

[#31]

GD= of course @#$$er please

Posted: 1/11/2018 6:12:49 AM EDT

[#32]

Great at RC flying. That's about it

Posted: 1/11/2018 8:36:12 AM EDT

[#33]

My dog thinks so.....

Posted: 1/11/2018 8:58:02 AM EDT

[#34]

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Jack of all and master of none.

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Posted: 1/11/2018 9:02:30 AM EDT

[#35]

I managed to get the smartest girl I've ever met to marry me, and I've kept my cat alive for 20 years. They are both happy with those outcomes.

I can lift heavy things, and split firewood. I once shot a deer at 35 yards, in high wind.

Posted: 1/11/2018 9:03:35 AM EDT

[#36]

I used to be 'great', but due to advancing age I'm now 'merely formidable'.

Posted: 1/11/2018 9:05:10 AM EDT

[#37]

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It kind of sucks. I envy people who are absolute experts in their field/hobby/etc. I don't have the attention span to become an expert and move onto the next thing.

Posted: 1/11/2018 9:23:54 AM EDT

[#38]

Better than average in most things. Not a quitter. Goal directed. Respected in my field.

Posted: 1/11/2018 9:43:17 AM EDT

[#39]

I'm totally worthless

Posted: 1/11/2018 9:56:09 AM EDT

[#40]

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