25 Skills Every Man Should Know

[Pixilated]

I can roleplay with the best of them, come up with some zingers, find multiple and unusual uses for duct tape (one time I held the gearshift of my car together with ducttape), drink my tequila straight and hold my liquor pretty good, give wonderful massages (well, until I injured my wrist), skilled at the art of pleasure and most of all with my mouth :eek:

[Kilvert_s_Pagan]

Male, 49… I can/have:

2. Protect Your Computer
3. Frame a Wall
4. Retouch Digital Photos
5. Back Up a Trailer
6. Build a Campfire
7. Fix a Dead Outlet
8. Navigate with a Map and Compass
9. Sharpen a Knife
10. Perform CPR
11. Fillet a Fish
12. Maneuver a Car out of a Skid
13. Get a Car Unstuck
14. Back Up Data
15. Paint a Room
16. Mix Concrete
17. Change Oil and Filter
18. Paddle a Canoe
19. Fix a Bike Flat

[JimOfAllTrades]

Male, 51.

Can and have done, no problem:

1. Patch a Radiator Hose
2. Protect Your Computer
3. Frame a Wall
4. Retouch Digital Photos
5. Build a Campfire
6. Fix a Dead Outlet
7. Navigate with a Map and Compass
8. Use a Torque Wrench
9. Sharpen a Knife
10. Get a Car Unstuck
11. Back Up Data
12. Paint a Room
13. Mix Concrete
14. Change Oil and Filter
15. Hook Up an HDTV
16. Bleed Brakes
17. Fix a Bike Flat
18. Extend Your Wireless Network
    Can do, but not really very well.
19. Back Up a Trailer (single is not too bad if I go very slowly, doubles I’m hopeless)
20. Fillet a Fish
21. Maneuver a Car out of a Skid
22. Paddle a Canoe
    Don’t know, never tried:
23. Perform CPR
24. Clean a Bolt-Action Rifle

Probably would never be good at:
3. Rescue a Boater Who Has Capsized (I can’t swim)

For the ones I’m not very good at, a little practice could change most of those pretty quickly. For the two I’ve never tried, I’d bet I could learn do them easily in a very few minutes.

So I’d have to agree with some of the others, not really a challenging list.

[DJ_Motorbike]

Jerking off should also be on that list.

[cornflakes]

@askeptic

If you can navigate class IV rapids in an open unmodified canoe, you are a river god.

Uh, a very short Class IV… without much foam…?

(You got me. I was off on the classes by one. But I have run short class III+ rapids. Ok, we swamped from the foam, but we could have done it if we had a skirt. Hey, at least we kept the boat upright until it was underwater and well into the tailrace!)

[CalMeacham]

Male, 42.

I have never…
19. Cleaned a Bolt-Action Rifle–I don’t hang around gun people much, but judging by a friend’s Mauser it doesn’t have to be that hard.
21. Hook Up an HDTV–I don’t have HDTV.
25. Extend Your Wireless Network–The router sits atop my one box.

And while I don’t mean to be a jerk, there are varying grades to a lot of the tasks. Does “mixing concrete” mean that the person knows the importance of slump, or does paddling a canoe include the ability to navigate Class IV rapids or track a straight line in flatwater?

Hey cornflakes, I think your list is the same as mine!

CalMeacham, who has been dumped by well under class III rapids.

[The_Librarian]

Bleed brakes??
Frame a wall??

Maybe this is something american?
Can somemone explain this for me?

[lieu]

If the brake fluid level in the fill reservoir becomes too low, you can actually press air into the lines, thus inducing a gas bubble into a normally hydraulic-only environment. This’ll make 'em feel spongy. Bleeding the brakes is the method by which that unwanted air is removed from the system.

Framing a wall is the way in which a carpenter applies a structurally adequate but not materially excessive support for the wall(s) of a structure. You’ve seen new houses first take on an open, stick-like appearance? 2x4s in parallel and perpendicular arrangement, sometimes doubled or tripled, with opening for windows, doors, insulation, etc? That’s what they mean by “framing” and I suppose they could mean either for a new home or just to add a wall to an existing structure.

[msmith537]

How about
26 Punch a dude in the face
27 Purchase a lapdance from a stripper
28 Break a bottle in order to make a weapon out of it like they do in the movies
29 Pick up a girl in a bar
30 Prepare a bong for smoking

?

[The_Librarian]

Thank you lieu. In my native language the equivalent would be ‘de-airing’, I can see how that would be inconvienient in English.

You’ve seen new houses first take on an open, stick-like appearance?

No, in holland we use bricks or concrete to build walls.

[gigi]

@The Librarian

No, in holland we use bricks or concrete to build walls.

Even for interior walls??

[The_Librarian]

Not in newer houses, but in older houses every wall is made of bricks (interior walls from lesser quality bricks).

[gigi]

Do the brick walls get covered with anything? Like drywall or plaster?

[The_Librarian]

Typically plaster and wallpaper.

[control-z]

I’ll do it the other way around, here’s what I CAN’T do:

3. Rescue a Boater Who Has Capsized - If I had a boat or floatation device I probably could by holding out an oar or whatever, but don’t know the proper way and I’m not a strong swimmer.
4. Frame a Wall - I’m ok with a hammer, but I’ve just never framed a wall myself, I was helping someone else.
5. Back Up a Trailer - Never had the pleasure except in GTA: San Andreas
6. Perform CPR - Think I knew in high school
7. Fillet a Fish - I like fishing, but not dealing with the caught fish
8. Bleed Brakes - I don’t like to mess with such an important part of the car.

[control-z]

Response deleted, Lieu covered it better…

[AHunter3]

Male person here

1. Patch a Radiator Hose √
2. Protect Your Computer it’s a Mac
3. Rescue a Boater Who Has 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 does out-of-date version count?
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

[danceswithcats]

@The Librarian

Bleed brakes??
Frame a wall??

Maybe this is something american?
Can somemone explain this for me?

When the hydraulic braking system of a car, truck, or motorcycle is opened to replace a component, such as a wheel cylinder, a caliper, or a master cylinder, it is important to ensure that all air is removed from the system. Air is compressable, hydraulic fluid isn’t. This procedure is called bleeding the brakes, and involves forcing fresh fluid (with associated air) out of the system.

Framing a wall consists of assembling a system of wood or metal members such that they define, enclose, or partition a living or work space. Most popular in the US are 2 x 4 members, aligned vertically on 12, 16, or 24 inch centers, between upper and lower plates of the same dimension. Framing is done prior to installation of electrical or plumbing utilities, insulation, and finish covering of said wall unit.

[jackdavinci]

2. Protect Your Computer
   Well I have a Mac, which alleviates some of that…

3. Retouch Digital Photos

4. Navigate with a Map and Compass

5. Sharpen a Knife

6. Perform CPR
   Took a course but might be a bit rusty…

7. Maneuver a Car out of a Skid

8. Get a Car Unstuck

9. Back Up Data

10. Paint a Room
    Unless there is more to it than I thought…

11. Hook Up an HDTV

12. Paddle a Canoe

Male, 33

[Hostile_Dialect]

None of these skills are relevant to my life. There are only two things a man needs to know:

1. How to conjugate verbs in a foreign language.
2. How to give a lady lovin’ like she’s never had before.

As for me, I’m the Bob Vila of lovin’ and conjugation. My verb tenses bring all the girls to the yard. I could teach you, but I’d have to charge.