Childhood skills still in use.

[AUFred]

I just shot a wasp off the wall with a rubber band. Good to know I haven't lost it.:thumbup

 

[Zorak]

Haha, awesome.

 

[Minderella]

I can still throw temper tantrums like a 5 year old.

*sunshine*

 

[AUFred]

I have shot a roach off the ceiling before much to my wife's dismay.

 

[brieze]

I still use the multiplying songs for three and four :thumbup

Three Song

I see three sitting in a tree counting apples for you and me
I see
3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30
That’s 30 apples for you and me.

Repeat song with other types of fruit.

Four Song

Four here, four there
Four square everywhere
Four here, four there
Four square everywhere
4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40

They weren't on youtube.

 

[Kyle B]

I sing that song to remember how many days in the months.

" 30 days hath September, April, June, and November...."

 

[dancingpotato]

I sing that song to remember how many days in the months.

" 30 days hath September, April, June, and November...."

I do that too!

 

[Abcinthia]

I sing that song to remember how many days in the months.

" 30 days hath September, April, June, and November...."

I sing that too!

 

[Natasha]

LMFAO Awesome aim, Fred!!!

 

[itsmeJonB]

armpit fart noises, really useful

 

[acctnt shan]

I sing that song to remember how many days in the months.

" 30 days hath September, April, June, and November...."

I use the knuckle trick...

 

[Maulds]

Its not a skill at all, far from it but I never outgrew getting up and walking out when a loud plane or helicopter fly over because I wanna see it.

 

[Natasha]

Its not a skill at all, far from it but I never outgrew getting up and walking out when a loud plane or helicopter fly over because I wanna see it.

Lifeflight's landing zone is at our Sheriff's Department (which is right next door to the 911 center). I *may* be guilty of going outside just to watch them land...and take pictures...maybe.

 

[PadawanBrittany]

Detecting the ice cream truck before it's even on the street. I did that last summer at my boyfriend's place - his sister did as well, we both ran outside at the same time.

 

[anathelia]

I still use the multiplying songs for three and four :thumbup




[/B]They weren't on youtube.

We learned to multiply our threes and fours to the tune of jingle bells. I still do it sometimes.

Also, when doing multiplication by 9s, I do the finger thing. 9x7...put down the 7th finger from left to right, and count how many fingers come before the finger that's down and how many are after. 6 and 3. 9x7=63.

My brother says that's complicated, but I've always found it useful.

 

[Boomerang]

We learned to multiply our threes and fours to the tune of jingle bells. I still do it sometimes.

Also, when doing multiplication by 9s, I do the finger thing. 9x7...put down the 7th finger from left to right, and count how many fingers come before the finger that's down and how many are after. 6 and 3. 9x7=63.

My brother says that's complicated, but I've always found it useful.

I love the trick with the 9's!

I learned a new multiplying trick the summer! It isn't so much useful as it is just cool. It only works on multiplying two numbers between 5 and 10 together. You use one hand for each number. Let's say I am multiplying 7 and 8 together. I will use my left hand to show 7. Since I don't have 7 fingers on one hand, I am just going to hold up however many I have left when I take away 5; so I would hold up 2 (7 - 5 = 2). On my right hand I would do the same thing for 8, so I would hold up 3 fingers (8 - 5 = 3). Okay...so now you are holding up 2 fingers on one hand and 3 on the other. The number of fingers that are up is the number in the tens place. Since I have 5 fingers up my answer will be fifty-something. Now you look at the number on fingers down on each hand. I have 3 down on one hand and 2 on the other. Multiply these together to get the ones place. 2 x 3 = 6, so my answer is 56!

Ok...sounds waaaaaay more complicated than it is.

 

[Reflection]

amazing talent