The "It may be common sense for some, but..." thread

[Ktanaqui]

For packing up things... if you use the USPS, they have a nifty feature where you can print out the labels. Saves a lot of trouble for Antisocial folk.

[Riverfox]

i can't understand how people can stand up in the bus. I know they have those things to hold on to, but i look around and when the bus lurches they don't move a muscle! while i'm thrown all over the place, they can hold on to that one little loop and be fine when i need both hands on bars. It's not that i have bad ballance, it's actually better than most people, but the momentum always makes me fly everywhere.

sometimes there are words i can't spell, like thouroughly (is that right?) and a few others too.

i also can't whistle, it just doesn't work and i end up spitting everywhere when i try. It might be because i have a small gap between my front teeth, but they're not crooked or anything, so i don't know if it's that or i just can't whistle

[Ricansea]

For as well off as I am in language arts, I cannot, for the life of me, spell "thoroughly" without looking it up. I don't know why. It's not a difficult word, it's not like I haven't used it and read it some 100+ times, but it never sticks. There's a hole in my brain where that word falls through.

you too?? I thought I was the only one! I cannot, repeat, cannot, spell that word right the first time. Not once have I gotten it right. >.> I can spell harder words and I can spell foreign words, but for the life of me I can't do that one.

[HobbitFeet]

Oops... Ignore

[DreamingOfIslands]

For as well off as I am in language arts, I cannot, for the life of me, spell "thoroughly" without looking it up. I don't know why. It's not a difficult word, it's not like I haven't used it and read it some 100+ times, but it never sticks. There's a hole in my brain where that word falls through.

you too?? I thought I was the only one! I cannot, repeat, cannot, spell that word right the first time. Not once have I gotten it right. >.> I can spell harder words and I can spell foreign words, but for the life of me I can't do that one.

Thoroughly. I'm pretty sure that's right, but I've always been a good speller. I used to get "definitely" wrong a lot, too, until I saw the word "finite" in it.

I had major problems untying double-knotted shoes until I figured out the trick to that. I used to make the knot ten times worse before finally getting it out xD

[flamekaat]

Bottom Sheet fail
I know this now but was 14 before I could use a can opener either manual or electric. still hate electric & use manual more often then not (we don't even have an electric one)
Anyspace I am sure I will find lots of other things like this. Having a hard time right now IRL so gunna hafta give me some passes for forgetfulness

[andypie1010]

I didn't know that 7 is the most common roll on 2 dice. Got yelled at.

[Merkwerkee]

i can't understand how people can stand up in the bus. I know they have those things to hold on to, but i look around and when the bus lurches they don't move a muscle! while i'm thrown all over the place, they can hold on to that one little loop and be fine when i need both hands on bars. It's not that i have bad ballance, it's actually better than most people, but the momentum always makes me fly everywhere.

sometimes there are words i can't spell, like thoroughly (is that right?) and a few others too.

i also can't whistle, it just doesn't work and i end up spitting everywhere when i try. It might be because i have a small gap between my front teeth, but they're not crooked or anything, so i don't know if it's that or i just can't whistle

Its a matter of bracing yourself. As the bus accelerates, you put more of the weight on the foot closest to the front of the bus. As the bus decelerates, you shift your weight to the foot furthest away from the front of the bus. This works best if you have your feet placed sort of like a surfer with your dominant foot forward.
/only knows this because she plays a game with her sisters where whoever swayed/moved the least on the bus won

As for whistling, there are many ways to go about it. So you can't whistle with just your lips? Try various finger positions. Or learn to whistle between your front teeth (funtimes when you're trying to annoy someone subtly)
I can't, for the life of me, do those ear-piercing whistles that people at football games and such events are so fond of. They do 'em in a variety of ways - both pinkies in the mouth, middle and index finger of both hands in the mouth, squeezing their lower lips out, etc - but I can't get any of those to work! I can whistle as pretty a tune as you please, but it isn't terribly loud. :tard:

[Soleil]

I know this now but was 14 before I could use a can opener either manual or electric. still hate electric & use manual more often then not (we don't even have an electric one)

Oddly enough, I have more hell with my electric can opener than I do the old-timey manual one. I can crank that sucker around a can like it's nothing, but you put me in front of an electric one (especially my mother's) and I just.. completely fail at using it. I can't get the can onto the little track... I can't get the can lid to stick to the magnet that's supposed to keep the lid from falling in... I can't get it to start... I mean, seriously I am completely incompetent at using them!

I actually have tiny celebrations when I get it right the first time.


I also have the bottom sheet failure. I just kind of.... wad it up in something that resembles a square and shove it in the cabinet because I cannot fold them!

[ShenziSixaxis]

I can NEVER effing spell 'restaurant' it seems. Either I have an extra 'u', forget an 'a', or put letters in the wrong spot. I can NEVER spell it right without spell check, or even having to google it if my spelling is that off.

I absolutely hate folding clothes, and I suck at it. I like to just throw my clothes in the clean pile, the dirty pile, the 'worn but not dirty' pile, and the 'not sure pile'. I also hate wearing socks because one is ALWAYS tighter than the other no matter what, and because I like symmetry (another word I often fail at spelling), when one goes down the ankle and the other doesn't, I go batshit crazy.

sometimes there are words i can't spell, like thouroughly (is that right?) and a few others too.

i also can't whistle, it just doesn't work and i end up spitting everywhere when i try. It might be because i have a small gap between my front teeth, but they're not crooked or anything, so i don't know if it's that or i just can't whistle

*Thoroughly.

Also, with whistling, try taking air IN instead of out. I learned by doing that, and I can whistle quite loudly if I want. I can now whistle normally by blowing air out, but it's not as consistent or loud.