Are interests and talents genetic?

[Nglund]

Probably, my great-uncle drew the Lancaster's tail when he served as a military scientist in WWII. I must've inherited his skills...obviously!

[Bloodeagle]

i really believe it must be usual.

To me, usual is knowing the latest football stats and does not concern knowing the consistency of your garden humus or the nitrogen deficiency in your Hibiscus.

[Arne]

To me, usual is knowing the latest football stats and does not concern knowing the consistency of your garden humus or the nitrogen deficiency in your Hibiscus.

I mean "Soccer is good and nice" but not in a Garden.
It is pretty damaging to the flowers.
Most People don´t really care about the Ecosystem.

[Germanicus]

My late father and i have worked in metal fabrication of some kind all of our adult lives, he had a passion for making things, he could turn his hand to constructing anything, with wood he had no master.

It seems i have the same passion for this artistic speciality too, i can make almost anything without the need for drawings or detailed instruction.

[Mopi Licinius Crassus]

I had an interesting discussion with my mother this morning. She's been doing some genaeology work and found the obituary of my great-great grandfather who lived in Quebec. It talked about how he had a thing for technical gadgets, engines, and how he used to build and fix radios and things like that. She said he reminded her of me, because ever since I was young I was playing with computers, and I can build one in my sleep. I've also taken apart my PS3 and tweaked it, several cell phones, stereos, and things like that. I can also do basic maintenance on my own car, the engine and the stereo system.

She's still trying to figure out where I got my artistic abilties from, though, because she said as far as she knows, nobody on either side of the family can even draw a straight line.

grumps giri...hi