Speakeasy: popular mechanics 25 things every man should know.
popular mechanics 25 things every man should know.
by grimgraphix - 9/14/07 2:03 PMI came across this list just now. I have to admit that despite the fact I have some pretty esoteric and/orreclectic skills, there are one or two things here, that I don't know how to do.
1. Patch a radiator hose
2. Protect your computer
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
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
can do 24 of them
by Dick White - 9/14/07 2:42 PM In reply to: popular mechanics 25 things every man should know. by grimgraphixbut my method for backing the trailer is a bit unorthodox... unload it, unhitch it, push it backwards while holding the hitch in my hand, turn the car around and back it up to the relocated trailer, hitch it back on the car, and reload the trailer. The next time I moved, I rented a truck.
dw
Backing up a trailer is my achilles heel as well.
by grimgraphix - 9/14/07 2:49 PM In reply to: can do 24 of them by Dick WhiteI'm iffy on shooting a bearing on a map with a compass. I much prefer my hand held Garmin GPS... I got spoiled and lazy.
(NT) backing trailers up is easy
by jimandjerry - 9/14/07 7:08 PM In reply to: can do 24 of them by Dick WhiteNot really in some cases
by Steven Haninger - 9/15/07 2:43 AM In reply to: (NT) backing trailers up is easy by jimandjerryYou might notice that, when you get into any sort of an awkward backing situation, you attract a lot of cars with loud horns that suddenly come up behind you. 
I know how to do 12 of those.
by Angeline Booher
- 9/14/07 3:54 PM
In reply to: popular mechanics 25 things every man should know. by grimgraphix
But there are some of those 12 that I am not able to do any more.
If they had listed how to replace window glass and re-glaze then I'd have 13.
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by grimgraphix - 9/14/07 5:04 PM In reply to: I know how to do 12 of those. by Angeline Booher
I questioned the need for a few of the items. On the other hand, most of the people I know couldn't come close to 5 items, let alone 12!
Now a days, if something needs done, most folk throw money at it... if it's broke, they throw it away and buy a new one.
I can do 19
by Cindi Haynes - 9/14/07 4:52 PM In reply to: popular mechanics 25 things every man should know. by grimgraphixThe others I haven't had occasion to do. Good thing I have hubby, he can do all 25. Well, he admits to never having filleted a fish, but he's a hillbilly and hillbillies know how to use their knives!!
I'm with Angeline on replacing/reglazing glass panes.
Cindi
(NT) I got a broken window you can come fix...;-)
by grimgraphix - 9/14/07 5:10 PM In reply to: I can do 19 by Cindi HaynesAnd how did it get broken?
by Steven Haninger - 9/14/07 5:14 PM In reply to: (NT) I got a broken window you can come fix...;-) by grimgraphixWhich item on the list were you doing at the time? ![]:)](http://www.cnet.com/i/mb/emoticons/devil.gif)
Planting flowers this past spring, I ran into a...
by grimgraphix - 9/14/07 5:23 PM In reply to: And how did it get broken? by Steven Haninger... hornet's nest in the back yard, while I had a shovel in my hand. The hornet dove at me. I stepped back and swung the shovel out of reflex... can you guess the rest? 
Thank goodness it was just a ground level basement window!
I was thinking it was # 19...not planting flowers
by Steven Haninger - 9/15/07 2:50 AM In reply to: Planting flowers this past spring, I ran into a... by grimgraphixSwatting at hornets with a shovel isn't smart or as manly as using a rifle....especially in W.Va.
A few years ago, there was a news story...
by grimgraphix - 9/15/07 7:11 AM In reply to: I was thinking it was # 19...not planting flowers by Steven Haninger... about a fella in the southern part of the state, who decided it was a good idea to clean his guns after he went hunting, while drunk. Evidently, he forgot to check the chamber, because he ended up shooting himself in the foot with the first gun he started to clean. Ignoring the wound, the man went on to clean his other guns... and shot himself in the foot one more time before he decided to seek medical help.
The basement window was a single pane... two gun shout rounds in the foot would be considered a double pain?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Why am I not surprised alcohol was involved?
by Paul C - 9/18/07 3:08 AM In reply to: A few years ago, there was a news story... by grimgraphixObviously this yahoo never heard of the late Col. Jeff Cooper's Four Rules of Gun Safety, as he violated Rule 1 not once, but twice! I guess that's where the booze came in...
IMO, there are 3 kinds of shootings; intentional shootings, negligent shootings and grossly negligent shootings. There are very few true gun accidents...
(NT) LOL!
by drpruner - 9/15/07 8:13 PM In reply to: I was thinking it was # 19...not planting flowers by Steven Haninger
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