infallible body clock
I can generally tell the time to within a couple of minutes, whatever I'm doing, without looking at a clock. I'll have a wild guess and nine times out of ten I'm almost bang on, and I'll often find I've happened to look at the clock at dead on the o' clock or half past the hour.

If I need to meet someone, and I've got a few things to do first I can say "I'll be with you at four-ish" and without needing to particularly be on time and without really making an effort I'll be ready at 4, on the dot.

I have to try really hard to be late - for example if I'm meeting someone who's always late themselves - and even then I'll usually just be on time rather than 5 minutes early.

It may be genetic, my parents are painfully prompt to everything; as a child we used to go to the cinema and sit there with all the lights on for 20 minutes waiting for those pre-trailer crappy local adverts to come on.

Oh and I've always be really good at spelling and grammar (but rubbish at maths). It's really annoying me this week that the photo challenge is misspelled (its "inappropriate")....
(TheFlyingOnion. looking forward to, Sun 21 Nov 2010, 22:19, 10 replies)

I always wake up
5 minutes before my alarm goes off. No matter what time I've set it to.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sun 21 Nov 2010, 22:25, closed)

definitely some spooky brain shit going on....
The weird thing is I couldn't tell the time until I was about 16 - total mental block.
(TheFlyingOnion. looking forward to, Sun 21 Nov 2010, 22:30, closed)

I have both of these conditions.
Yesterday I was out shopping and was supposed to meet m'lady love at half past five. I was in the shopping centre and suddenly wondered what time it was, and said to myself "I bet it's about a quarter past five." Looked at my watch - 17:15 precisely.

I will also routinely wake up exactly 60 seconds before my alarm clock is to go off. Apparently I inherited this from my dad.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Sun 21 Nov 2010, 22:29, closed)

Me too
I've also got my dad's old alarm clock.
( SteamedCleaner, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 12:38, closed)

You missed an apostrophe.
IT'S "inappropriate"

Muphry's Law strikes again.
( Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 9:14, closed)

fair enough
you got me...
(TheFlyingOnion. looking forward to, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 9:29, closed)

Soz.
I earn my crust as a word-monkey of sorts – it's guaranteed that whenever I email a colleague explaining the finer points of some obscure punctuation rule, there will be at least three examples within my email that directly contradict said rule.
( Wet-chinned bag shanker Cannot parse Wogan, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:12, closed)

yes, it's always good to use
some examples and counter examples when explaining something. You are indeed a wise word-monkey.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 13:02, closed)

could be confirmatory bias?

( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 13:10, closed)

eh?

(TheFlyingOnion. looking forward to, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 17:44, closed)