What's Your Talent?

[LadyTrinity]

:chattin: One of my many talents is typing. I can type over 90 WPM. :chattin:

[Bainidhe Dub]

I paint, draw, make jewelry, some quilting, altered books.. Mostly artsy stuff.

Oh, and I'm sarcastic. Is that a talent? *laughs*

[charmedkisses1]

In your case yes :bigblue:

[nomadicdragon]

I write, play the piano, sing, heal, read runes, am a queen of sarcasm... can't think of anything else right now..

[Faeawyn]

In your case yes :bigblue:
You stole the words right outta my mouth :lol:

[Tsuchimaru]

Err....talents? I'll have to think about that.....

[Faeawyn]

I write poetry and paint, I'm an Interior Decorator (hey, thats a talent), I'm learning to work with clay and make soap.
Oh....and I can satisfy a man in 23 ways :rotfl:

[Flaire-FireStar]

I've got a case of the sarcasm too.

I also draw and write. :2G: Is driving a talent? I can do that for hours.

[Mystika]

i dont have any talents

[LadyTrinity]

I write poetry and paint, I'm an Interior Decorator (hey, thats a talent), I'm learning to work with clay and make soap.


You should apply to work for Trading Spaces :lol:

[Faeawyn]

You should apply to work for Trading Spaces :lol:
I thought about it....but I'm no good under pressure :lol:.....and a budget??? what the hell is that????

[Faeawyn]

I've got a case of the sarcasm too.

I also draw and write. :2G: Is driving a talent? I can do that for hours.
Yes...driving is a talent...if you don't require me to stay awake and keep you company. If I do...then its no talent :lol:

[LadyTrinity]

I thought about it....but I'm no good under pressure :lol:.....and a budget??? what the hell is that????


:rollingla

[Bainidhe Dub]

Well I figured sarcasm would be a good talent.... so I've pretty much gotten close to perfecting it. From what people tell me, I've gotten quite good at it.

:twitch: :smoke: :eyebrow:

[Boogins]

I write screenplays and novels, paint high realist canvases (see Merry Moot in my sig), compose and program music and sing when coaxed. Caterwauling, maybe...

[Faeawyn]

I write screenplays and novels, paint high realist canvases (see Merry Moot in my sig), compose and program music and sing when coaxed. Caterwauling, maybe...
Well shut my mouth!!!! you painted those Boog??? Those are amazing. I'm so envious of people who can't paint realism.

[charmedkisses1]

I write poetry and paint, I'm an Interior Decorator (hey, thats a talent), I'm learning to work with clay and make soap.
Oh....and I can satisfy a man in 23 ways :rotfl:

:lol: lmao

I love anything I can be creative in... people say I'm good at decorating and fashion and painting. I can see things in my brain before they are finished better than most people. Also singing, playing music, and home improvement things like rediong furniture- everyone else in my family is tacky, I guess I got the good taste genes. Sometimes I get in trouble bc I'm too sarcastic ... I think it takes brains to me. :fpipesmok I'm also good at counceling.. .but that's not as much fun.
O and is spending money a talent?

[charmedkisses1]

I write screenplays and novels, paint high realist canvases (see Merry Moot in my sig), compose and program music and sing when coaxed. Caterwauling, maybe...
Wow - Those are really great

[Faeawyn]

:lol: lmao

I love anything I can be creative in... people say I'm good at decorating and fashion and painting. I can see things in my brain before they are finished better than most people. Also singing, playing music, and home improvement things like rediong furniture- everyone else in my family is tacky, I guess I got the good taste genes. Sometimes I get in trouble bc I'm too sarcastic ... I think it takes brains to me. :fpipesmok I'm also good at counceling.. .but that's not as much fun.
O and is spending money a talent?
Are we sisters?? :wtf: :lol: No, thats impossible, because everyone else in my family is tacky too :lol: Maybe we were seperated at birth.

[Sylvan]

I can write backwards, in cursive... *shrug*

[charmedkisses1]

Are we sisters?? :wtf: :lol: No, thats impossible, because everyone else in my family is tacky too :lol: Maybe we were seperated at birth.
I can hope.... lol

[Aedrais]

I can... er... write when I'm inspired, sing when it's a good song, read quickly, ad lib a presentation, annnnnd.... er...

I can inspire faith in others. Or, I used to be able to. Hopefully a talent that sticks around. :smile:

[Blondie]

Writing (screenplays), acting, producing, altering clothes, cooking.

A lot of creative junk mainly.

[FroggieThePunk]

Umm... I can frag with the best of them, write code like a maniac (and it works to!), keep a level head in almost all situations, and be a general diamond in the rough when doing something for the for the first time, and I am pretty good at being acurate with Tarot.

Um, yay for me?

[Brynn]

I design and make my own clothes.

[djmixon]

play the piano, sing, am a queen of sarcasm
I play piano and sing
I do stained glass
and I and the Empress of Sarcasm. . .(just ask my husband and kids - it is Slam or Be Slammed in our house - the verbal acuity of my kids will serve them well - just as thier spouses will :bigblue: )

[AngelicFear]

My biggest talents are playing guitar, singing, and being really tall...i guess :fpeace:

[Bec_W]

I have a talent for putting my foot fairly, squarely and irretrievably in my mouth :)

Other then that I'm a writer

[djmixon]

I have a talent for putting my foot fairly, squarely and irretrievably in my mouth :)

Other then that I'm a writer
Oh, there is that one, too. . .guilty as charged. . .

[Merlinawakend777]

i write poems, songs, and stories, i draw, and paint, i create music, play guitar. type fast with 4 fingers (chicken pecken method) i make people angry just by being honest, i can sing, i can dance sorta, i can act, i can cook, i can usualy read people eyes and tell them things that only them and maybe one other person knows about them. and i can spend money faster then bill gates can make money!!! :moped: :cutesanta :shaker:

[Llewyth]

I'm a jack-of-all trades. I'm good at just about anything I try. Or maybe I should say that my talent is being stubborn enough to become proficient at just about anything I try.

[Valkie]

I sing... and write occationally... but I don't write songs.

[Goddess Rhiannon]

actually....I don't think I can talk about what my true talent is....you just have to draw your own conclusions on this one

[ArKane]

I can type fairly fast. I have a nack for being able to remember things after only hearing/seeing etc once. I have a really good memory. I'm the godess of useless talents , finding out stuff, sarcastic one liners and I can write when inspired. I aslo have a good ack for being stubborn. It gets me what I want. :nyah:

[Flaire-FireStar]

Yes...driving is a talent...if you don't require me to stay awake and keep you company. If I do...then its no talent :lol:

:weirdsmil I think my own horrid singing can keep me awake!

[MerrisHawk]

Driving......I wish I could afford to hand out bus passes to brain-damaged drivers.

I can rebuild a carb, or change an ignition switch in less than an hour. (Right after I change the blinker fluid :bigblue: )

I am 5' tall and can be intimidating and scary when needed.

Beadweaving, wooworking, multi-tasking, macrame, writing, procrastinating. :bubbles:

[Mysticism Deity]

Does being witty count as a talent?? or being a B***? haha jk.......um I dont think too highly of myself and I dont think I have much talent. but things I love to do are Photograhy..that makes me really happy. writing poetry have a few published, childrens books, songs......um singing....scrapbooking. i'm sure there are some others but its really late right now and I dont feel like using my brain. heh.

[Earthy]

Havent found mine yet,but sure i will . :smile:

[FeatherGoblinglimmer]

i quite patient:)

[RubyRose]

Um ... probably writing short stories ... and I have tried my hand at song writing (but I normally do that when I'm pissed off at Rhyce - don't tell him I said that) ... though I flunked year 12 English ... stupid TEE exams.

[Storm Dancer]

I'm a jack-of-all trades. I'm good at just about anything I try. Or maybe I should say that my talent is being stubborn enough to become proficient at just about anything I try.

:bigblue: This sounds just like me.

But I suppose my real talent is music. I usually get good really fast with any instrument I pick up. I almost made it my career before I realized I'd probably just end up as an instructor or conductor. I've tried that, and no way in **** am I ever doing that the rest of my life. I just want to play.

Storm

[DragonFriend]

Talents...tough one....

Cooking?? Does that count - apparently Im a dab hand in the kitchen.

If I had to say myself - Id say cheering people up and Im told Im pretty good with animals esp ones with problems.

Dunno what else....

[Xentor]

I'm great at slacking. Being late is one of my favourites.

[Desert_Yaqui]

:deviltail ... I'm NOT telling!! :razz:

[docdoo]

I can (preserve) vegetables and make a mean apple butter. Animals seem to like me, as far as hobbies etc. I do crosstitch, sew, paint, sketch and do woodburning. I also like woodworking and anything involving fine motor control. My first love is writing however and though I don't know if it's a talent it is most definatly a love.

[Boogins]

I can type fairly fast. I have a nack for being able to remember things after only hearing/seeing etc once. I have a really good memory. I'm the godess of useless talents , finding out stuff, sarcastic one liners and I can write when inspired. I aslo have a good ack for being stubborn. It gets me what I want. :nyah:
Hey, ArKane--did you know you and I look an awful lot alike? A bunch of folks pointed that out in the JS crush thread... Are you missing an older sister, or an aunt, or something? :D

[Boogins]

And thank you, Faeawyn and CK1--you looked! Yes, I am responsible for those, LOL. :spaceman:

[Bonniestar]

Hi All!
I'm a life-long "contactee" and I'm good at helping people who see the star people/aliens. I'm pretty good with energy manipulation, dreaming, and working in alternate realities.

[Sabrina]

Pen and Ink....a time honored tradition is my best gift.

And I use the word gift for that's what I believe talent really is...a gift.

I also love to paint - but most of my artwork I stick to pen and ink. Our ancestors used ink and even though pen and ink is difficult and suffers a myriad of problems - it is a path I wish to see continue and not die out as an art form.

Pen and Ink is my connection to the past...that I pull into the here and now and hopefully will see itself into the future. If I can accomplish that then I will have properly addressed my *talent*.

[DebLipp]

I can lick my nose.

[David]

I DID 3D computer animation... but I don't any more. My real talent is porcrastination and annoying people. SOMETIMES I can do anything I try. Other times I can't do ANYTHING I try. Most the time I get bored doing anything. I'm pretty much a hopeless waste of air! :smile:

[Nighthawk]

Hmm, well..most of you know. I write poetry and stories..Been published..I write songs and play about 25 instruments. I work on cars and all that. I also do electrical work and build computers. I don't know..... I draw a comic strip and throw knives and axes... but..talent? Hmm... anyway..

[Boogins]

You're so nice to yourself, NH... or you should be!

[Avalon]

I have lots of interests, but as far as talents? I'd have to say poetry and music.

[Damien]

Acting.

[patc00123]

well talent...hmmmm i write and i'm a skilled swordsman and stratagin but other than that i'm pretty much useless

[Boogins]

Swordsman? You don't mean fencing, do you?

[Avalon]

Acting.
Have we found a replacement monosyballic poster for Radocs? :lol:

[Llewyth]

Oh yeah, I forgot! I'm a really good kisser!

[Damien]

Have we found a replacement monosyballic poster for Radocs? :lol:

Who?

[Paco]

I can make pepole happy and i am a good and true buddy. And i am there if i am need for what ever u need

[Boogins]

Who?
You missed him. But we're hoping he's coming back.

[Searcher]

Damien -

Well said.

[Dextra]

I can sing. And I'm told I can draw ok. I'm good at random outbursts and saying things that make people go :wtf:

And I have the amazing gift of sarcasm and self-deprication. :smile:

[Sowelu]

painting, henna tatt's, candlemaking, clothing design and sewing, woodburning, sculpting, special FX makeup, jewelry making, this thing I do with my tongue, interior decorating, creating/assembling things from wood, rock painting, hairstyling, nails, painting/detailing motorcycle helmets, making bath and body products, book-making etc, etc,....:hahugh: (sorry I couldn't decide on which 1 to pick):lol:

[Dallin]

I write :) My novel firstly, but I'm also susceptible to the odd short story or poem, or "other" - some stuff really doesn't fit into the category of either short stories or poetry.

My cooking ability is second to none... no wait, second to nothing (I pride myself on being able to burn cereal in a microwave :D )

Oh and I can ride bikes (1,500km)

And I reserve the right to make even the darkest of conversations into something silly :D

BTW BOO! Wow, I mean WOW! You PAINTED those? D@mn! They're GREAT! *awestruck*

And Avalon - a talent for music?? You've never mentioned that before!!! We gotta talk girl ;)

Dallin

[MzNeko]

Talents, eh?

Cats like me. Darned near ALL cats. Seriously. If I had a nickel for every time I've heard someone say "Wow, Mr. Fuzzbutt doesn't ususally like strangers." I'd be a rich woman. About the only cats I haven't had much luck with are ones that are terrified of people in general--and given sufficient time to work with them, I've brought a couple of those around as well. I'm not sure this is really a talent, as such... it's simply Something That Is.

Erm, I grow hair fast? Nah... not really a talent.

I'm an incurable smart-arse: sarcasm, one-liners, innuendos, dreadful puns... just a few services I offer. This is offset by the fact that I don't look like the sort of person who would say the things I do. It takes people by surprise sometimes. :)

I have an amazing talent for accumulating tremendous amounts of crap! Sadly, I was NOT gifted with the talent of being able to organize any of it. So, the house is a mess.

I can read and spell. I didn't used to think this was particularly remarkable, but it seems to be getting more and more rare. (Sometime I'll have to have my Literacy Rant.) :(

Something I've discovered in recent years -- I seem to inspire protective feelings in the people around me these days. I find this sweet but kind of funny, since I don't really need a whole lot of protection. (Seriously, I appreciate it, but I didn't know most of these dear people back in the days when I needed protection. :p )

'bout it, I think.

[Boogins]

I write :) My novel firstly, but I'm also susceptible to the odd short story or poem, or "other" - some stuff really doesn't fit into the category of either short stories or poetry.

My cooking ability is second to none... no wait, second to nothing (I pride myself on being able to burn cereal in a microwave :D )

Oh and I can ride bikes (1,500km)

And I reserve the right to make even the darkest of conversations into something silly :D

BTW BOO! Wow, I mean WOW! You PAINTED those? D@mn! They're GREAT! *awestruck*

And Avalon - a talent for music?? You've never mentioned that before!!! We gotta talk girl ;)

Dallin

Thanks, Dallin. :bigredblu Novel, eh? PM me if you have the chance. :)

[WrathofCirce]

I'm an artist ---> see avatar, I do beautiful tile work, faux finishing and I'm a fabulous interior designer.

[Semele]

I am multi-talented. In fact I can do anything! Well unless it involves math because math is hard and stuff!

Actually I am trying to hone a few talents currently so I will have to get back to you on the outcomes. ;)

[Boogins]

Good luck, hone-y. :D

[WrathofCirce]

I am multi-talented. In fact I can do anything! Well unless it involves math because math is hard and stuff!

Actually I am trying to hone a few talents currently so I will have to get back to you on the outcomes. ;)

Don't forget fabulously talented Site Goddess!

[Æon Flux]

My talent would be acting and dancing, at least according to others.
I'm a very artistic person so....

[patc00123]

Oh yeah, I forgot! I'm a really good kisser!

i'm afriad i'll have to have proof (i just couldnt resist!)

[redring]

my talents? creativity. Soap makeing, and meany people who just met me say my greatest is my ability to calm people and make them feel relaxed. but that one just seems natural.

[soilsigh aingeal]

I can make money dissapear in the blink of an eye
I can say "and this one time at band camp.." exactly like the chick in American Pie
I can type pretty fast
Photography
I'm a mommy!

[Lara]

acting,writing,making people laugh...and i'm really good at playing stupid.

[Jaroson]

I can put my legs around my neck, if that is any use.

[LadyTrinity]

I can put my legs around my neck, if that is any use.


r u a guy??????????????????? what a talent!!!!!!!!! :lol:

[Jaroson]

Yeah, I'm a guy. :D

It didn't feel like much of a gift when I did it to show off on a bus, and the bus braked and I rolled off my seat in that position all the way down the aisle!!!

But yeah, it has it's uses. ;)

[magick186]

my talent?....tee-hee!.....If you only knew.............

[CloakofStars9]

<~~~ deviant of many talents :D


just to name a few:
double jointed :p
can draw a little
photography
clairsentient
make stuff
communicate with animals
handy with electronics, xmas lights, building things, etc
lucid dreamer
good listener

[Druchii]

<~~~ deviant of many talents :D


just to name a few:
double jointed :p
can draw a little
photography
clairsentient
make stuff
communicate with animals
handy with electronics, xmas lights, building things, etc
lucid dreamer
good listener

You left out talented weilder of the "looks that kill" Plaid Skirt and Boots! :)

[Avalon]

Thanks, Dallin. :bigredblu Novel, eh? PM me if you have the chance. :)
He is an amazing writer, Boo. You two would get along famously. :D

[Sowelu]

You left out talented weilder of the "looks that kill" Plaid Skirt and Boots! :)
yeah!
and don't forget the "looks that kill" sexy eyes glare!:hehehehe: :heybaby:

[Avalon]

yeah!
and don't forget the "looks that kill" sexy eyes glare!:hehehehe: :heybaby:
Wasn't Dex the one with the withering gaze? :huh:

[Druchii]

yeah!
and don't forget the "looks that kill" sexy eyes glare!:hehehehe: :heybaby:


That's what it is with COS9! :D She gets ALL the girlz and boyz all up ons her! :lol:
No Avy, I thought someone said she had a domineering gaze... NightHawk I thought.

[Avalon]

That's what it is with COS9! :D She gets ALL the girlz and boyz all up ons her! :lol:
No Avy, I thought someone said she had a domineering gaze... NightHawk I thought.
Me shut up now. :gagged:

[Dextra]

Wasn't Dex the one with the withering gaze? :huh:

*runs in just to glare at everyone*
*runs back out again*

:hehehehe:

[Avalon]

*runs in just to glare at everyone*
*runs back out again*

:hehehehe:
*withers*

I thought I was safe from those eyes for a while! :foh: :lol:

:hugz:

[Boogins]

He is an amazing writer, Boo. You two would get along famously. :D
He is--just from his posts he is. I've posed the entry-level question, LOL...

[patc00123]

i write i just have mooments where i dont want to write because every time i do i end up useing words and phrases that confuse a bunch of people and every one i know has a lower intelegence level then me (so they say) and i'll admit i cant have an intelegent conversation with anyone hardly

[LadyTrinity]

Yeah, I'm a guy. :D

It didn't feel like much of a gift when I did it to show off on a bus, and the bus braked and I rolled off my seat in that position all the way down the aisle!!!

But yeah, it has it's uses. ;)


:wtf: :lol:

[the_red_dragon]

I write poetry and paint, I'm an Interior Decorator (hey, thats a talent), I'm learning to work with clay and make soap.
Oh....and I can satisfy a man in 23 ways :rotfl:

REALLY! Prove it!! lol Just kidding

talents lets see... I can drive heavy equipment, I can outrun a charging bull, make a person nearly wet themselves laughing, I write poetry, short stories, use my feet like hands (creepy), I race offroad with fourwheelers, I make babies cry with a glance, AND I can make a perfectly sencible person go insane in a few minutes just by talking to them.

[Boogins]

REALLY! Prove it!! lol Just kidding

talents lets see... I can drive heavy equipment, I can outrun a charging bull, make a person nearly wet themselves laughing, I write poetry, short stories, use my feet like hands (creepy), I race offroad with fourwheelers, I make babies cry with a glance, AND I can make a perfectly sencible person go insane in a few minutes just by talking to them.
I knew I must have met you somewhere before. :crazyman:

[Llewyth]

i'm afriad i'll have to have proof (i just couldnt resist!)
:smoochypo :smooch: :heybaby: :heartthro

Hehehe... :D

[the_red_dragon]

I knew I must have met you somewhere before. :crazyman:

Maybe in a past life?

[charmedkisses1]

I'm great at slacking. Being late is one of my favourites.
OOo Ooo- does lazy count? I think I have perfected it.

[Boogins]

Maybe in a past life?
Yes, and I carried the insanity with me into this one! :spinnysmi

[patc00123]

:smoochypo :smooch: :heybaby: :heartthro

Hehehe... :D

woo hoo!! :lookwhats :fpraise: :fpraise: hahahahaha

[the_red_dragon]

Yes, and I carried the insanity with me into this one! :spinnysmi

THATS IT!!! We were in an asilum together! I was the guy talking about eating my shoes to keep the scientist from stealing them to make a clone from the sweat! :woah: :bug:

[Boogins]

And I told you the foot powder would corrupt your DNA! :D

[blugirrl1]

i can hold a 2 liter under my boob and walk up stairs. so talented i am

[LadyTrinity]

i can hold a 2 liter under my boob and walk up stairs. so talented i am

:fpraise: :lol:

[Ladyvi]

well . i grow things . be it children plants or livestock. i grow it. ** shruggs **

[patc00123]

i can hold a 2 liter under my boob and walk up stairs. so talented i am

madam forgive me but *dives under her boob* hey! it's pretty roomy down here!!

[the_red_dragon]

And I told you the foot powder would corrupt your DNA! :D

lol duely noted

[the_red_dragon]

well . i grow things . be it children plants or livestock. i grow it. ** shruggs **

ITS ANOTHER FARMER!!! Im am not the only hee hawed one in these here parts :nyah:

[Traz Heart]

just to name a few:
No gag Reflex :p
photography
good listener
Can sing ok I guess.
Wrighting songs, movies, poems, and anything else.
I seem to make people laugh alot so I guess I am funny.
I never hide the true me.
Openminded.
Big heart!! (Yes this leads to alot of :heartbrea but it is when it leads to :heyalove: that makes it all worth it.)

Good lover? umm I guess.

I dono you would have to ask Kaylara about this tuff.
She would be a better judge.


:heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: Kaylara:heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove: :heyalove:


Oh I almost forgot I am a Great speller!!!!

I can spell anything no problem!



Hey it is true!!!!!
I never said I would spell it right!
I just said I could spell anything.
:fpartay:

[~Broken Lily~]

I have the talent of being very blunt. People now don't get affended as they know I really don't mean things to come out that way.It's quite funny really. I been discribed as being a subtle as a brick wrapped in cotton wool.

[patc00123]

mmmm fun droping those from heights

[WynterWynd]

Talent?:huh:

Sarcasm....most deffinatly!:devil: Other than that, crafting.....cross stitching, painting, wood work, decorating for holidays (look out Santa:lol: ) baking

Is being a general p.i.t.a. a talent?:p

[{Tigress}]

I'm a fast learner. I catch on to new things very quickly.

[blugirrl1]

madam forgive me but *dives under her boob* hey! it's pretty roomy down here!!:lol: find anything hidden in there? if it is cash please return. hehe

[Lala]

Is this a talent?
I can put the bottom of a bottle in my mouth. Party trick.
DUH...

EDIT:
had to add to that
I can love unconditionally...it doesn't happen often, and it hurts, but I can

I can grow my herbs

I can nurture my kitties

I am learning to speak my mind...so it's a talent in the works...

[Laurelei]

I can lick my own elbow (this is supposed to be physically impossible, and I freak out everyone I show it to)

I'm good at video games.

I'm also good at arguing. I mean, err, debating.

I'm also good at sleeping through incredibly loud noises...

[HorseCrow]

My clients tell me I'm a wonderful baby catcher, if that is a talent...

I paint and draw. Train dogs. And I have always done really well in school/college/university... exept for maths! I'm clueless when it comes to maths!!

[patc00123]

:lol: find anything hidden in there? if it is cash please return. hehe

forks over the fortnox stash that he found............*points* HEY I FOUNF THE MISSING WALMART!!!!!!

[blugirrl1]

forks over the fortnox stash that he found............*points* HEY I FOUNF THE MISSING WALMART!!!!!!

:hehehe: wait now my bra won't fit. :p

[Jeleia]

Photography, Illustration and graphic design.

I've fairly talented with computers, art and design. :bubbles:

[Deranged Hermit]

puppets :2G:

[Gwenhwyfar]

I like to paint, anything, picture frames, ceramics, canvass, whatever catches my eye, I can do wicked little pictures on finger nails. I make picture frames out of little tiny shells i collect at the beach.... hmmmm, Im a really good listener and a loyal friend...but thats not really a talent..oh well..those are my talents all summed up.

[moria636]

I write poems, im good at divination....hummm.....
im good at staying up all night:needcoffe ....

[patc00123]

:hehehe: wait now my bra won't fit. :p
woundered why it looked like a big pillarhey if thats what over here what about over there?! *justrelised he was in only one side of the chest* man your tetas are huge!

[Morr]

drawing/painting fantasy art stuff... playing the piano... writing...