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

Automotive

1. Handle a blowout YES
2. Drive in snow YES
3. Check trouble codes NO- I know where to take the car though.
4. Replace fan belt -Not myself
5. Wax a car- YES
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

Handling Emergencies

10. Perform the Heimlich YES
11. Reverse hypothermia SURE
12. Perform hands-only CPR YES
13. Escape a sinking car YES

Home

14. Carve a turkey YES
15. Use a sewing machine YES
16. Put out a fire YES
17. Home brew beer NOPE
18. Remove bloodstains from fabric YES
19. Move heavy stuff YES
20. Grow food YES
21. Read an electric meter YES
22. Shovel the right way YES
23. Solder wire NO
24. Tape drywall YES
25. Split firewood YES
26. Replace a faucet washer YES
27. Mix concrete YES
28. Paint a straight line YES
29. Use a French knife FRENCH? NO
30. Prune bushes and small trees YES
31. Iron a shirt YES everyday
32. Fix a toilet tank flapper YES
33. Change a single-pole switch NO
34. Fell a tree NO I dont know
35. Replace a broken windowpane NO
36. Set up a ladder, safely YES
37. Fix a faucet cartridge NO Dont know what this is...
38. Sweat copper tubing YES I have seen it before
39. Change a diaper YES
40. Grill with charcoal YES
41. Sew a button on a shirt YES
42. Fold a flag YES

Medical Myths

43. Treat frostbite NO
44. Treat a burn YES
45. Help a seizure victim YES
46. Treat a snakebite YES
47. Remove a tick YES

Military Know-How

48. Shine shoes YES
49. Make a drum-tight bed YES
50. Drop and give the perfect pushup YES

Outdoors

51. Run rapids in a canoe NO
52. Hang food in the wild YES
53. Skipper a boat UM..
54. Shoot straight YES
55. Tackle steep drops on a mountain bike NO
56. Escape a rip current YES

Primitive Skills

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

Surviving Extremes

60. Floods NO
61. Tornados YES
62. Cold YES
63. Heat YES
64. Lightning YES

Teach Your Kids

65. Cast a line YES
66. Lend a hand YES
67. Change a tire YES
68. Throw a spiral NO... well yes but not consistent.
69. Fly a stunt kite YES
70. Drive a stick shift YES
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 SURE
77. Take the perfect portrait YES
78. Calibrate HDTV settings Dont have HDTV
79. Shoot a home movie YES
80. Ditch your hard drive YES

Master Key Workshop Tools

81. Drill driver YES
82. Grease gun YES
83. Coolant hydrometer NOPE... what is that?
84. Socket wrench YES
85. Test light YES
86. Brick trowel YES
87. Framing hammer YES
88. Wood chisel YES
89. Spade bit YES
90. Circular saw YES
91. Sledge hammer YES
92. Hacksaw YES
93. Torque wrench NO
94. Air wrench NO
95. Infrared thermometer NO
96. Sand blaster NO
97. Crosscut saw NO
98. Hand plane YES
99. Multimeter NO
100. Feeler gauges Dont know what this is...

75/100 Skills.... let's see... that's a C... I guess I am just an average man... how do you rate?