Ramen = Replacement For Cooking Skill

[telkanuru]

I'm really bad at actually attending class...

[ReverseLunge]

Ramen is trash. Chinese noodles and Vietnamese Pho is much better.

[ThatReallyHurt]

I'm very poor at dealing with deliberately incompetent people.

[Maeve_Mari]

Originally Posted by ThatReallyHurt

I'm very poor at dealing with deliberately incompetent people.

hehehe... I am very deliberate in dealing with incompetent people poorly.

[howtobrew]

I can't fold contour sheets.
In fact, folding clothes in general is a weak area for me.
So is balancing the checkbook, despite being an engineer.
But speaking of engineering, I can't calculate Mohr's Circle to save my life. Statics and Mechanics of Materials bored me to tears. Corrosion is right up my alley though.

[JackOfHearts]

Originally Posted by fencergal33

I'm really bad at saying the perfect thing at the perfect time. In fact, I was just thinking about this the other day. I had a "confrontation" with some stupid girl over something dumb, and I couldn't think of anything good to say when she got in my face. It was two days later when I realized exactly what I should've said to both quench the situation and make her look ridiculous and stupid at the same time. That really drives me crazy that I always think of things when it's far too late.

It's best not to obsess about it. Wit is always easier in hindsight. Just keep it in mind, it may come in handy at a later date.

[Gav]

What basic skill set?

Without a doubt, DIY and to illustrate I will relate a story from my teenage years.

I once caused £200 of damage to my mothers purse by destroying the hotwater system in her house. I came in drunk, turned on the hot water tap by mistake and then turned it off. One of the guys was standing eating a sandwhich and he says, "Y'know you're turning that tap the wrong way; don't you?" To which I replied, "Don't be stupid I know how to use a tap." That was at the exact moment that the tap popped off. So HOT water is spraying everywhere and I decide that the best thing to do is to cut off the water supply. Unfortunately I picked the wrong stopcock and, turning that the wrong way, I pulled it off as well. So now I have HOT and COLD water spraying everywhere.
Mum gets up, it's 3 in the morning and there are two almost-adults screaming in panic (and not a little pain) in her kitchen. She calming goes to the cupboard and isolates the kitchen water supplies and calls out a plumber to fix any other damage I might have done.

Not my finest moment.

[Fencergrl]

Originally Posted by Go? Fencing?

Ah, mais je parle français... donc je peux te parler en français! Qu'est-ce que tu dis à ça?

You are soooo sexy when you speak French!

[swordwench]

Gav, you failed to address how you actually caused such extensive damage to your mother's purse. Do you mean her life savings, or, say, her Coach or Prada bag? (I know I'd be pretty inconsolable if somebody destroyed my handbag! Things cost a bloody fortune.) I have this mental image of you trying to catch the water spouts with nothing but her bag...

[great bowyer]

Originally Posted by Epee_Pox

Was in elementary school when the US was trying to go metric, oh well.

actually it is still pretty bad. the schools are teaching the engineering system as the standard system to use in everyday life, but then all of the science courses are teaching the si system. they expect you to be able to be able to use both. i personally find the si easier to use, but i mostly use the engineering system for everyday purposes(cooking, measuring, etc)

as far as what i am not good at, i am not good at studying, i am usually able to get away with taking note in class and never look at them again. if i were actualy able to study, i would do slightly better in some classes like anatomy that require large amounts of information to be memorized.

[Epee_Pox]

Originally Posted by howtobrew

I can't calculate Mohr's Circle to save my life.

No worries. There's any number of free websites with java applets to do it for you. Just don't forget your sigmas and taus, and you're golden.

[Zasha]

i am socially inept, which goes well with my cooking skills. if i need someone to like me i will make them dinner. and desert. it never fails.

[Elemental]

I rock at cooking in general except one aspect:

I've inherited my mother's inability to cook rice. Without a rice cooker I'll overcook, undercook, or otherwise manage to ruin simple white rice.

I just try to cook meals that don't use rice as a side dish.

[swordwench]

Originally Posted by Elemental

I just try to cook meals that don't use rice as a side dish.

Near East rice pilaf. Nigh impossible to screw up. Comes in lots of flavors these days, too. You can even make a decent biriyani out of a base of the curry flavor! Add other things to it, like toasted almonds or peas, and you've got most of a meal right there.

Near East. It's the ramen noodle of the rice world.

[parrythis]

Originally Posted by Black Jeebus

What basic skill set are you completely inept at?

Laundry.

So says my wife... and every woman I ever dated before marrying my wife.

The funny thing is, every time a woman accused me of being inept at Laundry, I was using the system taught to me by the previous woman.

Draw your own conclusions.

[mrbiggs]

Originally Posted by Epee_Pox

I never learned how many cups, teaspoons, pints, gills, ounces, etc. are in a gallon or whatever. Just can't work with those measurements. Reading a recipe is always a pain in the wazoo. (Was in elementary school when the US was trying to go metric, oh well.)

The day I start using the metric system is the day I die.



Also, I firmly beleive that Farenheit makes more sense than Celcius.

[swordwench]

Originally Posted by parrythis

Laundry.

So says my wife... and every woman I ever dated before marrying my wife.

The funny thing is, every time a woman accused me of being inept at Laundry, I was using the system taught to me by the previous woman.

Draw your own conclusions.

I think I've figured out your system... if you're totally inept at something, chances are, your wife will just do it for you rather than put up with your screw-ups. Hence, you don't have to do laundry anymore. I ought to try that approach!

[Fencergrl]

My husband uses a different technique complaining.... Let's face it housework isn't fun, but just because I don’t whine doesn’t mean I enjoy the process.

The last thing I want to hear is complaining while he’s “helping” me with it. “How come I can never find….? How come the vacuum doesn’t pick that up? Bla bal bla” I usually send him some place I’m not or have him do tasks when I’m not around.

[swordwench]

See? He knows all about parrythis' system. Must be a guy thing. Comes with the chromosomes. I need to git me some of them thar chromosomes...

[Epee_Pox]

Originally Posted by swordwench

I think I've figured out your system... if you're totally inept at something, chances are, your wife will just do it for you rather than put up with your screw-ups. Hence, you don't have to do laundry anymore. I ought to try that approach!

Guys have a name for this: "Learned Incompetence."

If you offer to help, but do a bad job, you'll never be asked to do that task again.

My dad is a pro.