10+ Impressive Skills with a Shady Side

PomeroySays
4 min readSep 18, 2024
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Would it surprise you to know I know how to pick a lock? I grew up blue collar and my dad was very handy. He taught me how to fix things- and pick locks.

Here are more skills that are good to have- but might make people look at you funny!

FACIAL RECOGNITION

I suck at remembering names, it’s something I have to work at. But my ability to visually remember people and places is unmatched. I was watching an episode of a tv drama and one actor looked familiar. I told my husband he was in that one episode of The Golden Girls and he played a cop.

My husband looked up the actor’s name and it matched both shows. He was amazed. I also tend to be someone who likes to keep things out on open shelves so I can find things.

And I found out recently that very visual, creative people tend to have more dramatic dreams. I have had crazy dreams my entire life.

PICKING LOCKS

It was back in the late 90’s and I was locked out of my mom’s apartment. I had taken a…

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