100 Skills Every Man Should Know (Pop. Mechanics Mag)

Automotive

1. Handle a blowout - yes, done it
2. Drive in snow - I am from Michigan, so yes
3. Check trouble codes - no
4. Replace fan belt - no
5. Wax a car - yes, done it
6. Conquer an off-road obstacle - yes?
7. Use a stick welder - no
8. Hitch up a trailer - yes
9. Jump start a car - yes many times

Handling Emergencies

10. Perform the Heimlich - i am currently cpr/first aid certified, so... yes
11. Reverse hypothermia - yes
12. Perform hands-only CPR - same as heimlech
13. Escape a sinking car - no comment?

Home

14. Carve a turkey - yes
15. Use a sewing machine - no
16. Put out a fire - yes
17. Home brew beer - yes, done it
18. Remove bloodstains from fabric - probably
19. Move heavy stuff - yes
20. Grow food - yes, garden 3x
21. Read an electric meter - probably
22. Shovel the right way - Michigan
23. Solder wire - yes, done it
24. Tape drywall - no
25. Split firewood - yes, done it
26. Replace a faucet washer - no
27. Mix concrete - no
28. Paint a straight line - yes
29. Use a French knife - chef's knife? yes
30. Prune bushes and small trees - yes, done it
31. Iron a shirt - no
32. Fix a toilet tank flapper - mayhaps
33. Change a single-pole switch - no
34. Fell a tree - yes, another story for another day
35. Replace a broken windowpane - no
36. Set up a ladder, safely - yes
37. Fix a faucet cartridge - no
38. Sweat copper tubing - no
39. Change a diaper - no
40. Grill with charcoal - yes, done it
41. Sew a button on a shirt - yes, done it with a patch
42. Fold a flag - no

Medical Myths

43. Treat frostbite - not sure
44. Treat a burn - yes, cool not cold water
45. Help a seizure victim - keep head propped?
46. Treat a snakebite - no
47. Remove a tick - knife or flame?

Military Know-How

48. Shine shoes - yes, done it
49. Make a drum-tight bed - yes, but don't do it
50. Drop and give the perfect pushup - yes

Outdoors

51. Run rapids in a canoe - no, but could
52. Hang food in the wild - yes, don eit
53. Skipper a boat - yes, done it
54. Shoot straight - yes
55. Tackle steep drops on a mountain bike - yes, done it
56. Escape a rip current - not sure

Primitive Skills

57. Build a fire in the wilderness - yes, done it
58. Build a shelter - maybe
59. Find potable water - yes, done it

Surviving Extremes

60. Floods - no
61. Tornados - yes
62. Cold - yes
63. Heat - yes
64. Lightning - off the field!

Teach Your Kids

65. Cast a line - yes
66. Lend a hand - wtf
67. Change a tire - yes
68. Throw a spiral - yes
69. Fly a stunt kite - eh
70. Drive a stick shift - honestly, no
71. Parallel park - yes
72. Tie a bowline - no
73. Tie a necktie - yes
74. Whittle - yes
75. Ride a bike - yes

Technology

76. Install a graphics card - certainly could
77. Take the perfect portrait - eh
78. Calibrate HDTV settings - same as #76
79. Shoot a home movie - yes
80. Ditch your hard drive - ...

Master Key Workshop Tools

81. Drill driver - no
82. Grease gun - no
83. Coolant hydrometer - don't know what this is
84. Socket wrench - yes
85. Test light - uh
86. Brick trowel - no
87. Framing hammer - no
88. Wood chisel - yes
89. Spade bit - no
90. Circular saw - yes
91. Sledge hammer - yes
92. Hacksaw - yes
93. Torque wrench - not sure
94. Air wrench - no
95. Infrared thermometer - sure
96. Sand blaster - no
97. Crosscut saw - no
98. Hand plane - no
99. Multimeter - yes
100. Feeler gauges - huh?

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