I grew up for the most part in a small house in Omaha, Nebraska. There were two bedrooms with the bathroom between them. My mom made a beautiful third room out of the unfinished attic, all on her own. My dad says he helped by staying out of the way. 🙂 That was my room, which was great. But to get to the bathroom, I had to go through either my parents’ room or risk my life trying to get through my brother’s messy room.
The bathroom had white, hexagonal tiles on the floor, just like these I saw in a Philadelphia bathroom recently. I’ve seen them other places as well. When I had occasion to sit for a time in the bathroom staring at these tiles, I discovered an unusual talent.
Stereoscopic photography, something we used in college geology class, is basically what Viewmasters do. Two identical photos are placed a small distance apart and when viewed through a viewer, you see them one atop the other, creating a 3-D effect. I could do that with my eyes, counting how many tiles I could get to overlap.
My geography professor didn’t believe me until I described a photo to him. My eyes don’t cross, either. I’m not sure how useful that talent is, but it’s fun and can be done other places than bathrooms.
Did you have tiles like these in your bathroom? Can you see in 3-D? Do you have an unusual/weird talent?
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