100 Skills Every Man Should Know

[QC]

I don't recall seeing this here . . . Comes from 2008 Popular Mechanics. Pretty decent list. Sorry for the length, I couldn't figure out how to make it work in columns . . . How many do you have left to complete? I count about 20 to go for me.
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[SIZE=-1]Note: After studying the list click on the photo to go to the Popular Mechanics website "100 Skills Every Man Should Know: The Instructions (With Videos!)[/SIZE]"

Automotive
1. Handle a blowout
2. Drive in snow
3. Check trouble codes
4. Replace fan belt
5. Wax a car
6. Conquer an off-road obstacle
7. Use a stick welder
8. Hitch up a trailer
9. Jump start a car
Handling Emergencies
10. Perform the Heimlich
11. Reverse hypothermia
12. Perform hands-only CPR
13. Escape a sinking car
Home
14. Carve a turkey
15. Use a sewing machine
16. Put out a fire
17. Home brew beer
18. Remove bloodstains from fabric
19. Move heavy stuff
20. Grow food
21. Read an electric meter
22. Shovel the right way
23. Solder wire
24. Tape drywall
25. Split firewood
26. Replace a faucet washer
27. Mix concrete
28. Paint a straight line
29. Use a French knife
30. Prune bushes and small trees
31. Iron a shirt
32. Fix a toilet tank flapper
33. Change a single-pole switch
34. Fell a tree
35. Replace a broken windowpane
36. Set up a ladder, safely
37. Fix a faucet cartridge
38. Sweat copper tubing
39. Change a diaper
40. Grill with charcoal
41. Sew a button on a shirt
42. Fold a flag
Medical Myths
43. Treat frostbite
44. Treat a burn
45. Help a seizure victim
46. Treat a snakebite
47. Remove a tick
Military Know-How
48. Shine shoes
49. Make a drum-tight bed
50. Drop and give the perfect pushup
Outdoors
51. Run rapids in a canoe
52. Hang food in the wild
53. Skipper a boat
54. Shoot straight
55. Tackle steep drops on a mountain bike
56. Escape a rip current
Primitive Skills
57. Build a fire in the wilderness
58. Build a shelter
59. Find potable water
Surviving Extremes
60. Floods
61. Tornados
62. Cold
63. Heat
64. Lightning
Teach Your Kids
65. Cast a line
66. Lend a hand
67. Change a tire
68. Throw a spiral
69. Fly a stunt kite
70. Drive a stick shift
71. Parallel park
72. Tie a bowline
73. Tie a necktie
74. Whittle
75. Ride a bike
Technology
76. Install a graphics card
77. Take the perfect portrait
78. Calibrate HDTV settings
79. Shoot a home movie
80. Ditch your hard drive
Master Key Workshop Tools
81. Drill driver
82. Grease gun
83. Coolant hydrometer
84. Socket wrench
85. Test light
86. Brick trowel
87. Framing hammer
88. Wood chisel
89. Spade bit
90. Circular saw
91. Sledge hammer
92. Hacksaw
93. Torque wrench
94. Air wrench
95. Infrared thermometer
96. Sand blaster
97. Crosscut saw
98. Hand plane
99. Multimeter
100. Feeler gauges

 

[PondTunes]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

20 left to do for me as well, mostly the disaster things and such I hope I never need to do

 

[stevenw00]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

19 to go for me. I better hurry or I won't be done before my 30th b-day.

 

[luv2b0at]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

They left one off...

Keep the wife happy.

Maybe 'cause that's considered impossible.

 

[v1_0]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

They left one off...

Keep the wife happy.

Maybe 'cause that's considered impossible.

It's right below "Find / Refind your wife"

 

[JB]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

I can think of about 50 more that a fisherman or boater needs. They could replace 50 of those.

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

You really want to look at the list and think of what your wife/significant other can do on that list. My wife has a bunch that I know of and if she admits to knowing more I am going to pass the "chore list" right back to her.

 

[Limited-Time]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

# 91 is asking an awful lot.............

 

[QC]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

LOL ^^^^^ Yeah, define "Master" . . . Did you see if they have a video? "First thing you need to do is properly select the thing you want to pulverize . . . "

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

My wife actually consider's this a "partial" list of my weekend chores

 

[QC]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

Who gets/gives the Heimlich? ^^^^^

 

[Bass Man Bruce]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

# 39 is just basic self defense!

 

[lowkee]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

I can think of about 50 more that a fisherman or boater needs. They could replace 50 of those.

JB, that's a good idea! I'd be interested in a 50 things that make an 'old salt' thread. Give me some milestones to laugh at when I actually do them and fail miserably

 

[180shabah]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

21 here, but my daughter is ony 7 days old so I still have time to run the "teach your kids..." section.

 

[beerfilter]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

Done them all , but I could care less about #'s 31 & 73 .
All laundry is done in a 3 step process :
1) wash
2) dry
3) wear
REPEAT ...

I don't understand neckties . They bear a striking resemblence to a noose , cleverly disguised as a fashion piece . They have no practical value , except to aid in identification of the wearer as a person who does little or no actual work . Maybe THAT is the answer .
The next time you ask " who do we have to hang in order to get anything meaningful accomplished ?" , think of those that are allready prepared for the event .

 

[QC]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

I don't understand neckties . . . They have no practical value

Of course they do. They cover up the buttons. Jeez, some people have no imagination

 

[beerfilter]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

Of course they do. They cover up the buttons. Jeez, some people have no imagination

LOL

 

[rogerwa]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

I'm disappointed burp the alphabet didn't make the list.

 

[triumphrick]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

I see four. I'm probably too old to try 55..however I just went skydiving last November for my 61st birthday. And for 47 will a hot cigarette on the posterior do the job?? Worked on the dog.
For 61 and 62, would know what to do, yet have never had to survive them them.

 

[ebry710]

Re: 100 Skills Every Man Should Know

Whats with the sewing machine (#15)? If it needs to be sewn, it needs to be replaced.