25 skills a guy needs to know how to do

[CrabCake]

http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/home_journal_news/4221635.html


The List: How to...

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

 

[TwoBitTxn]

Not bad, I'm only missing 21, 22, and 25

 

[CAPT HOOK]

Bled brakes years ago but don't know a soul who would mess with in now. Just take it to a shop.
Can do and have done all the rest except 25.

 

[MSilvia]

Never had any hands-on time with an HDTV, but the rest of that's simple enough. If it were my list though, I'd have left off some of the tech skills for stuff I consider more fundamental, like driving a car/tractor/truck with a standard transmission, building almost anything out of duct tape, and throwing a ball. I don't think a guy would be considered any less "manly" for not knowing how to touch up a digital photo.

I've bled brakes a number of times, but I've also done a DIY dual head gasket replacement on a 4 cylinder Subaru "pancake" engine, so I may not be in the middle of the bell curve on car repairs.

 

[DennisS]

26. Hit the bullseye

 

[mikerault]

27. Cook a gourmet meal
28. Plan an invasion
29. Play a dulcimer
30. Please a woman in bed
31. Pick a decent wine
32. Do calculus

As Heinlein said:

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!

 

[BTravlin]

I strike out on #'s 4 and 25.

26. Know when to call in professional help.

 

[almitywife]

maybe i'm old fashion but i would like to see

* respect women
* be a good father & be a positive role model

 

[rhadamantus]

26. know when it is really NEEDED to ask for directions

 

[almitywife]

26. know when it is really NEEDED to ask for directions

why is it hubby dislilkes taking directions of me but he will take them from the lady inside his garmin nuvi ??