Hidden Talents?
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Hidden Talents?
Anybody in NEFAland have any special secret talents outside of the disc golf world?
(This isn't meant to be dirty thankya)
I for one can play the guitar, am an above average basketball player (can spin a ball on my finger for as long as i want, that's why doing it with a disc is so easy!), I can juggle, and porbably most surprising I can actually sing really well.
Don't be shy, what amazing talents ya'll got??? Who's a great cook? Who can do 40 pull-ups? Who has an amazing whiffle ball slider??
C'mon C'mon
(This isn't meant to be dirty thankya)
I for one can play the guitar, am an above average basketball player (can spin a ball on my finger for as long as i want, that's why doing it with a disc is so easy!), I can juggle, and porbably most surprising I can actually sing really well.
Don't be shy, what amazing talents ya'll got??? Who's a great cook? Who can do 40 pull-ups? Who has an amazing whiffle ball slider??
C'mon C'mon
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Re: Hidden Talents?
Played drums pretty much my whole life. Dad was in a band so the kit was always set up in the basement.
Played bass guitar for a short while. That's me on the left at 13

Played bass guitar for a short while. That's me on the left at 13

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I can eat a hotdog bun in under 30 seconds without the use of water.
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I was a Chef for 15 years. Mostly japanese food. My last stint before I got out of the field was head chef of a japanese noodle house for 9 years. Sushi anyone?
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Re: Hidden Talents?
Kevin Gardner wrote:Anybody in NEFAland have any special secret talents outside of the disc golf world?
(This isn't meant to be dirty thankya)
I for one can play the guitar, am an above average basketball player (can spin a ball on my finger for as long as i want, that's why doing it with a disc is so easy!), I can juggle, and porbably most surprising I can actually sing really well.
Don't be shy, what amazing talents ya'll got??? Who's a great cook? Who can do 40 pull-ups? Who has an amazing whiffle ball slider??
C'mon C'mon
How does one quantify "above average basketball player"... to me an average basketball player is a kid that played at the DIII level or above in College.. not at some crappy mid-Mass. High School, also likely 6'3" or taller. Spinning a basketball on your finger does not make you above average, and spinning a disc on it is actually 10 times easier.
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Kenji Cline wrote:I was a Chef for 15 years. Mostly japanese food. My last stint before I got out of the field was head chef of a japanese noodle house for 9 years. Sushi anyone?
Yes please!
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Sick of the snow Solbo? Don't read into "above average basketball player" too much.
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Re: Hidden Talents?
this cant be a serious thread right?
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Im the toughest guy in all of nefa, just ask me ill tell ya!
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Kevin Gardner
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Re: Hidden Talents?
I played street ball anywhere I could for about 5 years straight, places I would deem ridiculous to go to now haha.
I distinctly remember getting a threat of stabbing by the 6' 4" afro-thunder in the trailer park outside Houston that I had just beat 21-9 in a 1 on 1.
Actually gave up basketball in school to do more musical stuff, show choir, vocal ensembles. Used to be exceptional, now I kinda just dull it down to above average. Don't play as much as I'd like any more.
I distinctly remember getting a threat of stabbing by the 6' 4" afro-thunder in the trailer park outside Houston that I had just beat 21-9 in a 1 on 1.
Actually gave up basketball in school to do more musical stuff, show choir, vocal ensembles. Used to be exceptional, now I kinda just dull it down to above average. Don't play as much as I'd like any more.
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And I didn't mean for spinning a ball on my finger to sound like that was why I play basketball well, it's just another hidden talent that happens to be related to the same subject.
Good hidden talents so far, keep em coming
Good hidden talents so far, keep em coming
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Todd E wrote:Sick of the snow Solbo? Don't read into "above average basketball player" too much.
It's expected by now, I don't look like I could hit a layup at the sight of me
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i can drop some nasty beats beatboxin
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Re: Hidden Talents?
I just learned how to stack golf balls. So far four is my max.


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Re: Hidden Talents?
Photography is a rapidly growing hobby of mine, tho I still consider myself an amateur. Other hidden talents include drawing & sketching (mostly cartoons)...been doin that practically my whole life.
I'm also quite proficient in writing, editing and proof reading... hand-me-down talents from my mother who is an English Major. I've had many articles and drawings published in various publications & circulations, though none of them are mainstream..recently won a poetry contest about the Asian Long Horn Beetle, sponsored by the USDA...won a beetle prize pack
Lastly, if you have wetlands that need to be delineated or trees & plants that need to be identified, I can do those too.....for a fee of course
I'm also quite proficient in writing, editing and proof reading... hand-me-down talents from my mother who is an English Major. I've had many articles and drawings published in various publications & circulations, though none of them are mainstream..recently won a poetry contest about the Asian Long Horn Beetle, sponsored by the USDA...won a beetle prize pack
Lastly, if you have wetlands that need to be delineated or trees & plants that need to be identified, I can do those too.....for a fee of course
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Re: Hidden Talents?
I can play the didgeridoo...and I am the worlds best father. Seriously....
and in the end
we have learned
to love the journey
and not the destination...
In the end, my friend, we will all be together again...
we have learned
to love the journey
and not the destination...
In the end, my friend, we will all be together again...
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Ryan Brunelle
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Re: Hidden Talents?
As I posted this my two year old fell upstairs and has a big bump on her head. I retract my earlier talent....
and in the end
we have learned
to love the journey
and not the destination...
In the end, my friend, we will all be together again...
we have learned
to love the journey
and not the destination...
In the end, my friend, we will all be together again...
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Re: Hidden Talents?
Ryan Brunelle wrote:As I posted this my two year old fell upstairs and has a big bump on her head. I retract my earlier talent....
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Kevin Gardner
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Re: Hidden Talents?
Brad Harris wrote:I just learned how to stack golf balls. So far four is my max.
I've never tried this, but that looks absolutely ridiculous.
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Re: Hidden Talents?
I'm pretty good at juggling. Behind the back, through the legs, off the wall, one-handed, all that junk. I'll kick it up a notch by juggling basketballs. To outdo myself I'll eat apples, one at a time, while juggling them. My 2yr old literally crapped himself watching the apple trick, so I assume it was awesome.

