25 skills every man should know
POSTED BY: fredgiblet
UPDATED: Thursday, October 4, 2007 18:02
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The List:
1. Patch a radiator hose
2. Protect your computer
3. Rescue a boater who as capsized
4. Frame a wall
5. Retouch digital photos
6. Back up a trailer
7. Build a campfire
8. Fix a dead outlet
9. Navigate with a map and compass
10. Use a torque wrench
11. Sharpen a knife
12. Perform CPR
13. Fillet a fish
14. Maneuver a car out of a skid
15. Get a car unstuck
16. Back up data
17. Paint a room
18. Mix concrete
19. Clean a bolt-action rifle
20. Change oil and filter
21. Hook up an HDTV
22. Bleed brakes
23. Paddle a canoe
24. Fix a bike flat
25. Extend your wireless network
The link:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/home_journal_news/4221635.html
Discuss.
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score 19 out of 25- either I'm good at, or at least have done. And If I could swim, or did boats, I'd have done another couple.
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It's hard for me to claim all 25; I've never had an occasion to...
19. Clean a bolt-action rifle
Nor...
21. Hook up an HDTV
...but I suspect I could do so even with out a manual, but -surely- I could with one.
And this one...
22. Bleed brakes
sorry, I don't fuss with brakes, I leave that to my mechanic.
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Manuals? Feh! Real men don't need manuals.
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11 out of 25. I guess Popular Mechanics would say I'm not a very manly man. But then again--feh. What do I care?
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YES 1. Patch a radiator hose
YES 2. Protect your computer
YES 3. Rescue a boater who as capsized
YES 4. Frame a wall
NO 5. Retouch digital photos
YES 6. Back up a trailer
YES 7. Build a campfire
YES 8. Fix a dead outlet
YES 9. Navigate with a map and compass
YES 10. Use a torque wrench
YES 11. Sharpen a knife
YES 12. Perform CPR
YES 13. Fillet a fish
YES 14. Maneuver a car out of a skid
YES 15. Get a car unstuck
YES 16. Back up data
YES 17. Paint a room
YES 18. Mix concrete
YES 19. Clean a bolt-action rifle
YES 20. Change oil and filter
YES 21. Hook up an HDTV
YES 22. Bleed brakes
YES 23. Paddle a canoe
YES 24. Fix a bike flat
NO 25. Extend your wireless network
23 out of 25
Just call me Tim, the Toolman.
I've never extended a wireless network. In fact, I don't even know what that means.
And while I have some idea of what retouching digital photos is, I've never done it - although I suspect you would need something like Photoshop. Wait a minute, come to think of it. I do know how to retouch digital photos, at least digital pictures, but I’m not sure if that’s what Popular Mechanics mean, so I’ll leave that one No.
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-- Cicero
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In a similar vein, from the mind of Robert Heinlein....
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects!
I've never taken a CPR course, but if you hum a few bars I could fake it.
I'm from Canada and live in the city, so the bolt-action rifle is also something I haven't done. (I have rebuilt a transmission - is that close? I've owned several British cars, so you learn to be a good mechanic when you're not rich!)
23 out of 25.
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24 of 25... Clean a Bolt Action rifle is my downfall 
Silly Da dosen't hunt, so apparently we have no need for guns in the house 
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I can say I have done everything but perform CPR on an actual person, but I have taken CPR classes.
Hera7
Mechanic & Cook
"So thats where that bolt went to."
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O.O Cudos!!!
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