100 Skills

100 Skills Every Man Should Know: 2008's Ultimate DIY List

Automotive
1. Handle a blowout
yep
2. Drive in snow
yep
3. Check trouble codes
kinda
4. Replace fan belt
yep
5. Wax a car
know how, but don't :P
6. Conquer an off-road obstacle
depends on the obstacle
7. Use a stick welder
want to learn
8. Hitch up a trailer
yep
9. Jump-start a car
all too well

Emergencies
10. Perform the Heimlich
yep
11. Reverse hypothermia
hmm
12. Perform hands-only CPR
kinda
13. Escape a sinking car
yep

Home
14. Carve a turkey
kinda
15. Use a sewing machine
mostly
16. Put out a fire
yep
17. Home-brew beer
no desire
18. Remove bloodstains from fabric
hmmm, peroxide?
19. Move heavy stuff
yep
20. Grow food
in a pinch
21. Read an electric meter
kinda
22. Shovel the right way
sorta
23. Solder wire
yep
24. Tape drywall
yep
25. Split firewood
yep
26. Replace a faucet washer
yep
27. Mix concrete
kinda
28. Paint a straight line
probably not :P
29. Use a French knife
WTF is a French knife???
30. Prune bushes and small trees
I'm a hacker :P
31. Iron a shirt
not well
32. Fix a toilet tank flapper
yep
33. Change a single-pole switch
yep
34. Fell a tree
yep
35. Replace a broken windowpane
yep
36. Set up a ladder, safely
yep
37. Fix a faucet cartridge
yep
38. Sweat copper tubing
kinda
39. Change a diaper
oh, yeah
40. Grill with charcoal
kinda
41. Sew a button on a shirt
yep
42. Fold a flag
yep

Medical
43. Treat frostbite
nope
44. Treat a burn
butter! (JOKE!!!)
45. Help a seizure victim
yep
46. Treat a snakebite
yep
47. Remove a tick
yep

Military Know-How
48. Shine shoes
yep
49. Make a drum-tight bed
nope
50. Drop and give the perfect pushup
hmmmm

Outdoors
51. Run rapids in a canoe
kinda
52. Hang food in the wild
yep
53. Skipper a boat
mostly
54. Shoot straight
yep
55. Tackle steep drops on a mountain bike
nope
56. Escape a rip current
yep

Survival
57. Build a fire in the wilderness
yep
58. Build a shelter
yep
59. Find potable water
yep

Surviving Extremes
60. Floods
hmmm
61. Tornados
yep
62. Cold
yep
63. Heat
yep
64. Lightning
????

Teach Your Kids
65. Cast a line
yep
66. Lend a hand
tried :P
67. Change a tire
not yet
68. Throw a spiral
not likely
69. Fly a stunt kite
they all look like stunt kites when she flies them
70. Drive a stick shift
not yet
71. Parallel park
not yet
72. Tie a bowline
nope
73. Tie a necktie
nope
74. Whittle
nope
75. Ride a bike
yep

Technology
76. Install a graphics card
yep
77. Take the perfect portrait
technology?
78. Calibrate HDTV settings
nope
79. Shoot a home movie
sure
80. Ditch your hard drive
yep

Master These Key Workshop Tools
81. Drill driver
yep
82. Grease gun
yep
83. Coolant hydrometer
yep
84. Socket wrench
yep
85. Test light
yep
86. Brick trowel
not yet
87. Framing hammer
I wouldn't say "master" lol
88. Wood chisel
nope
89. Spade bit
kinda
90. Circular saw
yep
91. Sledge hammer
yep
92. Hacksaw
yep
93. Torque wrench
yep
94. Air wrench
not yet
95. Infrared thermometer
nope
96. Sand blaster
nope
97. Crosscut saw
ugh
98. Hand plane
double ugh
99. Multimeter
yep
100. Feeler gauges
yep

Well, at least I've got more than half done :P