The general chat board used to be one of the busiest boards. Maybe that's why things seem a little slower lately? We used to be chattier.

Let's see how this one goes. I'll start. This is true, btw. I can see through peoples' clothes...  

Creepy and a bit pervy Pia... what an unusual 'skill'

What!
X-ray vision?
...

I can predict when electrical storms are coming due to migraine - when there's no cloud or any hint of one coming. Near one hundred percent. Sometimes the odd one gets by me but most of 'em.

Pervy.  

Be handy too. No pun intended.

Turning into a lineup of super heroes!

Well, it's not like I go out in public and see naked people. I don't. It's kind of like looking through a camera. If I WANT to see someone, I have to switch to a different lens and I can only see that person. Not everyone.

I think it's my brain forming pictures based on what it has seen in the past. I'm old now so I've seen everything from babies to old people naked. I also worked at an early age in a hospital where I would help/wash/bathe anyone from a baby to old people and even dead people. I have also been involved in horse breeding and dog shows, so looking at body form in different species has given me a critical eye to the physique. If I change the lens to my "camera" I see right through people's clothing, unless they wear a lot of bulky clothes. It's like my brain adds up everything it can see with the regular lense and then shows me a picture without the clothes.  

Sometimes I can guess what number someone is going to say, before they say it. It's been a strange ability, and completely useless and not 100%. Noticed it with football games when the refs would call out the numbers and sometimes I could see the number before they said it.

I think I'd rather be able to see (some) people naked now that I think about it.

Pia - you are making it sound even cooler!

Robert - does the number thing work in casinos?

Quoted from LC I can predict when electrical storms are coming due to migraine - when there's no cloud or any hint of one coming. Near one hundred percent. Sometimes the odd one gets by me but most of 'em.

How early in advance? Could it be due to pressure change?

Quoted from Robert Timsah Sometimes I can guess what number someone is going to say, before they say it. It's been a strange ability, and completely useless and not 100%. Noticed it with football games when the refs would call out the numbers and sometimes I could see the number before they said it.

I think I know what you're talking about. Just a flash before it happens, but not early enough to benefit at a casino like Tony asked?

Quoted from Robert Timsah I think I'd rather be able to see (some) people naked now that I think about it.

It's nothing sexual. Just part of assessing someone. I study people all the time. Surely I can't be the only one that does?  

I've developed noxious gas as I've got older, almost lethal so I'm told!

It's starting to sound like we have a rival team to Mystery Men

Pervy Woman - Superpower of X-ray vision but not through anything useful, just for seeing people naked.
Weather Vane - Superpower of short term weather change knowledge, useful for getting the washing in
The Gas Man - Superpower of toxic gas in small blast radius, useful for room clearance and pest control
Number Man - Superpower of right number precognition, just after it's useful.

Any more?

I see the number 309 multiple times a day. Everyday. On signs, the time, on forms...everywhere. I see it so often that now my wife and daughter see it too.

Quoted from AnthonyCawood I've developed noxious gas as I've got older, almost lethal so I'm told! It's starting to sound like we have a rival team to Mystery Men Pervy Woman - Superpower of X-ray vision but not through anything useful, just for seeing people naked. Weather Vane - Superpower of short term weather change knowledge, useful for getting the washing in The Gas Man - Superpower of toxic gas in small blast radius, useful for room clearance and pest control Number Man - Superpower of right number precognition, just after it's useful. Any more?

Have you seen the movie Mystery Men?

Yes, Frank, that's why I mentioned it in my post

I had an immense fascination with serial killers when I was a child, knew pretty much everything about all the major ones when I was like 10 (Gacy, Dahmer, Bundy, etc). Copy Cat (starring Sigourney Weaver) was actually my favorite movie for a while when I was around that age. It kind of disturbed everybody, though my grandmother felt it was a good opportunity to introduce me to the Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, shows she loved as a kid. She wouldn't let me watch R movies (my parents did), but I was allowed to watch that shit and have nightmares lol.

But, now I'm an adult and I'm still obsessed with serial killers, cold case and true crime -- but now everybody is thanks to ID discovery, Netflix, etc... so I guess it's not creepy anymore. As for the bodies in my basement, that's whole another thing...

-- Michael

Quoted from spesh2k I had an immense fascination with serial killers when I was a child, knew pretty much everything about all the major ones when I was like 10 (Gacy, Dahmer, Bundy, etc). Copy Cat (starring Sigourney Weaver) was actually my favorite movie for a while when I was around that age. It kind of disturbed everybody, though my grandmother felt it was a good opportunity to introduce me to the Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, shows she loved as a kid. She wouldn't let me watch R movies (my parents did), but I was allowed to watch that shit and have nightmares lol. But, now I'm an adult and I'm still obsessed with serial killers, cold case and true crime -- but now everybody is thanks to ID discovery, Netflix, etc... so I guess it's not creepy anymore. As for the bodies in my basement, that's whole another thing... -- Michael

This sound like a great premise for a script.

The writer who was fascinated with serial killers as a child starts a screenplay on one but discovers the only way to write an authentic script is to become his Protag.

Working Title: SCRIPTED KILLING

or

KILLER SCRIPT

Not a very interesting one - but 95% of the time I wake up when the digital clock has the same numbers.

e.g., 2:22, 12:12. 1:11 etc.

Quoted from JEStaats I see the number 309 multiple times a day. Everyday. On signs, the time, on forms...everywhere. I see it so often that now my wife and daughter see it too.

Oh wow. I don't know if you're kidding but I too see a three digit number. I'm not telling which one, because I decided it's my lucky number before I told someone.

Oh, one other thing - I sleep on my back, and keep very straight and never move in my sleep. I do look like a dead person in my sleep. And I can wake up whenever I like without an alarm.

Quoted from khamanna Oh, one other thing - I sleep on my back, and keep very straight and never move in my sleep. I do look like a dead person in my sleep. And I can wake up whenever I like without an alarm.

Wish I had that skill. I miss alarms all the time

Quoted from eldave1 Not a very interesting one - but 95% of the time I wake up when the digital clock has the same numbers. e.g., 2:22, 12:12. 1:11 etc.

Straight out of a horror movie, some dodgy stuff going on at your place!

Quoted from eldave1 Wish I had that skill. I miss alarms all the time

There's a famous Russian show about a Russian secret agent who worked for nazis and for big ones like Himmler and such. He could wake up whenever. He also could fall asleep and sleep for the decided amount time.

I watched it when I was little and I started working on it. So I trained myself to be like him. Only there's no application for it whatsoever.

I like to watch...

Quoted from Zack I like to watch...

Um... yeah. Me too.

Quoted from spesh2k Copy Cat (starring Sigourney Weaver) was actually my favorite movie for a while when I was around that age.

Ha, good flick. Have you seen it recently? There's some pretty hilarious "high tech in 1995" stuff in there. Especially the sequence where the killer blows everyone's minds by sending an email with an .avi attached.

not exactly creepy, but 85% of the time I make up a stat, it's 100% correct almost 70% of the time (There is a +5/-5% margin allowed either side)

Quoted from Warren Straight out of a horror movie, some dodgy stuff going on at your place!

I had that same thought myself when I woke up at 5:55

Quoted from khamanna There's a famous Russian show about a Russian secret agent who worked for nazis and for big ones like Himmler and such. He could wake up whenever. He also could fall asleep and sleep for the decided amount time. I watched it when I was little and I started working on it. So I trained myself to be like him. Only there's no application for it whatsoever.

Well, I don't know - you ;d never miss an early morning appointment

I also can wake up anytime I set my mind to without the Alarm. I thought most of people were like that.

Quoted from Miranda I also can wake up anytime I set my mind to without the Alarm. I thought most of people were like that.

I think it's a special talent

Quoted from Miranda I also can wake up anytime I set my mind to without the Alarm. I thought most of people were like that.

I have the uncanny ability to wake up whenever my kids want me to.

Quoted from Matthew Taylor I have the uncanny ability to wake up whenever my kids want me to.

Now that I remember!

I go through an awful lot of socks.

Quoted from AnthonyCawood Pia - you are making it sound even cooler! Robert - does the number thing work in casinos?

Never been. My family has bad history with drinking and gambling LOL  

Quoted from Heretic Ha, good flick. Have you seen it recently? There's some pretty hilarious "high tech in 1995" stuff in there. Especially the sequence where the killer blows everyone's minds by sending an email with an .avi attached.

I have seen it recently, think I saw it pop up on Prime or Netflix or something. It still holds up IMO, but yeah, the high tech shit has aged dramatically. Another one I've seen recently that aged very poorly is "Cellular" with Kim Basinger. It's fucking hilarious!

-- Michael

Quoted from AnthonyCawood Yes, Frank, that's why I mentioned it in my post

Somehow I read that as X Men.

I'll think of someone to blame later

Quoted from eldave1 I had that same thought myself when I woke up at 5:55

It will be even creepier when the clock says 6:66.

This is, of course, irrefutable evidence that you need a new clock.

Quoted from Miranda I also can wake up anytime I set my mind to without the Alarm. I thought most of people were like that.

I wouldn't be able to do that if I was not training myself since early age.

Quoted from eldave1 Well, I don't know - you ;d never miss an early morning appointment

But just like any other person I still have to reason with myself, use persuasion techniques, slap etc to drag myself out of bed.

Quoted from Zack I like to watch...

Despicable!

I always wake feeling very stiff but the doctor assured me this is normal.

Quoted from DustinBowcot I always wake feeling very stiff but the doctor assured me this is normal.

Like your back? Ankles?...

Quoted from DustinBowcot I always wake feeling very stiff but the doctor assured me this is normal.

Your doctor is creepy

Quoted from khamanna Despicable!

Movies! I like to watch movies! God! You're mind is always in the gutter...

I'm so normal and boring it might be considered creepy.

One guy told me in college... "Of all the people I know, you're the one who most needs drugs."

He was right.

Still is.